Summary:
ZIP code 46151 contains two middle schools, both part of MSD Martinsville Schools: John R. Wooden Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 576 students, and Bell Intermediate Academy, serving grades 5–6 with 524 students — 1,100 students combined. Both carry the same district rating: rank 199 of 374 statewide, 47th percentile, 2 stars. Because the schools cover different grade bands, all-grade proficiency comparisons are not perfectly apples-to-apples, so grade-level results are more informative.
Bell Intermediate Academy is the stronger performer on several measures. Its chronic absenteeism is 13.3%, below the district's 18.9% and the state's 16.7%, while John R. Wooden's is 21.0%, above both — notable given that both schools have similar free/reduced lunch rates (52.29% and 51.04%). Bell's all-grade math is 37.64% versus John R. Wooden's 31.09%, and its science score of 48.91% beats the district's 43.69%; its 6th-grade science is 7.71 points above the state. Bell also improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in ELA, math, science, and 5th-grade social studies.
John R. Wooden Middle School's bright spot is 8th-grade math at 39.26%, above the state's 34.2%. But its all-grade ELA fell from 35.4% to 28.71% and math from 36.81% to 31.09%, and its rank history slid from 61st percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 40th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026. ELA is a shared weakness: both schools score below the state in every reported grade level. John R. Wooden spends more per student ($12,740 versus $11,868) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (11.8 versus 13.7), which makes Bell's stronger math, science, and attendance results stand out further.
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