Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 46060

ZIP code 46060 contains just one middle school: Noblesville East Middle School, a public school serving grades 6–8 with 1,057 students in the Noblesville Schools district, a suburban community north of Indianapolis. It is a high-performing school by state standards. In 2025–26 it ranked 37th out of 486 Indiana middle schools — the 92nd percentile, with 5 stars, placing it in roughly the top 8% statewide. Its district is also strong, ranking 38th of 374 districts at the 90th percentile with 5 stars. The school's trajectory is upward: it moved from 72nd (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–24 to 40th (92nd percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–25.

On 2025–26 ILEARN tests, grade-level ELA proficiency ran about 16–22 points above the state — 63.61% in 6th grade, 61.43% in 7th, and 60.17% in 8th, versus state rates of 41.30%, 41.70%, and 44.00%. Math also beat the state at every tested grade: 63.07% in 6th, 44.90% in 7th, and 47.52% in 8th, versus 40.20%, 35.90%, and 34.20% statewide. Sixth-grade science reached 63.34% against the state's 41.20%. Against district peers, though, math is the clearest weakness: all-grade math at 52.00% is 4.66 points below the district's 56.66%, driven mostly by 7th-grade math, where 44.90% trails the district's 51.98% by 7.08 points, while 6th- and 8th-grade math sit slightly above district rates. ELA trails the district at each grade level, even though all-grade ELA (61.78%) edges the district (59.61%). Science showed the biggest year-over-year gain, rising 6.63 points to 63.34%.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.3% — better than Indiana's 16.7% but above the district's 9.3%, making attendance a reasonable local improvement target. About 34.15% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $12,755, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.7. Because 46060 has only one middle school, families should judge it against district and state benchmarks. The takeaway: a strong, upward-trending school with its clearest opportunities in 7th-grade math and in closing same-grade ELA gaps to district peers.