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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 46226

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Schools

1,216

Students

Districts

Top rankedCircle City Preparatory Middle School381^st of 480 Indiana middle schools

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Circle City Preparatory Middle School

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Summary:

There is one middle school serving grades 7-8 in zip code 46226: Belzer Middle School, which is part of the MSD Lawrence Township district.

Belzer Middle School is currently ranked 428 out of 489 middle schools in Indiana for the 2022-2023 school year, and it has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school serves 1,139 students, with a high rate of 83.58% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student-teacher ratio is 16.5, and the school spends $11,566 per student. A significant concern is the chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year.

Academic performance at Belzer Middle School shows considerable room for improvement. In English Language Arts, proficiency rates for all grades were 18.65% in 2023-2024, significantly lower than the district average of 27.12% and the state average of 41.8%. Math proficiency rates were even lower, with all grades at 9.07% in 2023-2024, compared to the district average of 23.91% and the state average of 33.9%. Notably, 7th and 8th-grade math proficiency rates were in the single digits. An interesting outlier is the Biology proficiency rate, which was 82.98% in 2023-2024, far exceeding both district and state averages. This high performance in Biology warrants further investigation to understand the contributing factors.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2025)				ILEARN Math (2025)				ILEARN Science (2025)		ILEARN Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Circle City Preparatory Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	4002 N. Franklin Rd.	Indianapolis	46226	Marion County	Circle City Prep Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(317) 643-4209	97	7	13.8	93.8%	5 (5.2%)	62 (63.9%)	28 (28.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	19.4	381^st of 480 public middle schools	20.6%					(n/a)	23.4	24.0	33.3	26.3	14.9	8.3	14.8	13.3	12.8	12.8
Belzer Middle School	Public	7-8	7555 E 56th St	Indianapolis	46226	Marion County	MSD Lawrence Township	No	No	No	No	(317) 964-6200	1,119	72	15.6	63.9%	77 (6.9%)	586 (52.4%)	374 (33.4%)	9 (0.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (6.3%)	12.1	424^th of 480 public middle schools	11.7%		14.7	415^th of 491 public middle schools	15.5%	9		12.7	19.2	15.9		9.7	9.5	9.6			81.4	$11,566	$1,014	$10,553

Cities Near Zip Code 46226

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Indianapolis	0.86 mi	267	371^st
Greenfield	7.25 mi	9	149^th
Fishers	7.4 mi	21	20^th
McCordsville	7.7 mi	2	210^th
Beech Grove	8.1 mi	7	362^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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