Summary:
ZIP code 46220, on the north side of Indianapolis, is home to two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Eastwood Middle School in MSD Washington Township and Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School in Indianapolis Public Schools, with a combined enrollment of 1,300 students.
Eastwood Middle School is the standout in this ZIP code. It enrolls 845 students, ranks 107th of 486 middle schools statewide (78th percentile, 4 stars), and has climbed steadily — from the 51st percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 to the 78th percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026. Its 2025–2026 all-grade proficiency is 47.33% in ELA, 47.77% in math, and 44.93% in science, all above its district and the state; its strongest grade-level result is 7th grade math at 53.47%, 17.57 points above the state. Chronic absenteeism is 15.3%, below the district (16.4%) and state (16.7%), and 37.51% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The student-teacher ratio is 15.1, and per-student spending was $13,435 in 2023–2024.
Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School faces substantial challenges. With 455 students, it ranks 451st of 486 (7th percentile, 0 stars), and its all-grade proficiency — 12.84% in ELA, 8.15% in math, 14.43% in science — trails both its district and the state, with 7th grade math at 6.72%, 29.18 points below the state. Its free/reduced lunch rate is 70.77%, nearly double Eastwood's, and its student-teacher ratio of 10.7 is lower than Eastwood's 15.1, yet proficiency is far lower, suggesting class size alone is not driving outcomes. Biology EOC is a bright spot at 72.22% versus a district rate of 20.07%, but without student counts that may reflect a small cohort. Spending, chronic absenteeism, and prior-year results are not provided, so some comparisons are not possible.
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