Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 46224

There are two middle schools serving grades 7-8 in zip code 46224: Northwest Community Middle School and Speedway Junior High School.

Speedway Junior High School is the higher-performing middle school in the 46224 zip code. This is evident in its consistently higher statewide rankings, with a 2022-2023 rank of 66th out of 489 schools, compared to Northwest Community Middle School, which ranked 478th out of 489 in the same year and has received zero SchoolDigger stars recently. Academically, Speedway Junior High School shows significantly better proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Math across all tested grades and years. For example, in the 2024-2025 academic year, Speedway Junior High School had ELA proficiency rates around 50-55%, while Northwest Community Middle School's rates were in the single digits. This performance difference is also reflected in their districts; School Town of Speedway is a 5-star district, while Indianapolis Public Schools is rated 1 star and ranked much lower statewide.

Despite the significant academic disparities, both Northwest Community Middle School and Speedway Junior High School reported the same chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year. Interestingly, Northwest Community Middle School spends considerably more per student ($28,033) than Speedway Junior High School ($12,713), yet achieves substantially lower academic outcomes, raising questions about resource allocation effectiveness. The free/reduced lunch rates are similar for both schools, suggesting socioeconomic factors alone do not explain the performance gap. The low proficiency rates at Northwest Community Middle School, with only 3.97% proficiency in Math across all grades in 2024-2025, highlight a critical need for academic support.