Summary:
ZIP code 46149 is home to a single middle school in this data set: Tri-West Middle School, which serves grades 6–8, enrolls 432 students, and belongs to North West Hendricks Schools. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP, there is no local peer comparison to make; the useful comparisons are against its district, the state of Indiana, and its own prior years.
By those measures the school is a standout. It has earned 5 stars in each of the last three reported school years and ranked #24 of 486 Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 95th percentile. That ranking has climbed steadily, from #44 of 491 in 2023–2024 and #34 of 480 in 2024–2025. Its district is also highly ranked at #7 of 374 districts in Indiana, in the 98th percentile with 5 stars. Subject results back this up: Biology End-of-Course hit 100% proficiency in 2025–2026 and 96.3% in 2024–2025, when the state averaged 45.6%. Science and English Language Arts beat the state at every tested grade, with ELA ranging from 56.3% in 7th grade to 70.55% in 8th grade against state rates near 41–44%.
Math is the one area where the school trails its own district, at 55% versus 64.81% in 2025–2026, though that gap narrowed from the prior year and math still exceeds the state in every grade. Chronic absenteeism is a relative watch point: 9.2% is well below Indiana's 16.7% but above the district's 5.9%. With 21.99% free/reduced lunch, $12,039 per-student spending, and a 16.7 student–teacher ratio, strong results here do not appear to come from unusually small classes. Overall, this is a high-performing school with improving statewide standing.
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