Summary:
ZIP code 46323 in Hammond, Indiana, contains exactly one middle school in this data set: Charles N Scott Middle School, which serves grades 7–8 with 663 students as part of School City of Hammond. Because it is the only middle school in the area, the useful comparisons are between this school and its district and state averages rather than against nearby peers.
The school's clearest strength is Biology End-of-Course proficiency, which reached 52.17% in 2025–2026 and 57.69% in 2024–2025, far above the district's 13.69% and 15.8%; the 2024–2025 figure also exceeded the state's 45.6%. English Language Arts is consistently above the district as well, at 22.79% for All Grades versus the district's 14.83%, with 7th grade at 22.85% and 8th grade at 22.74%. Those ELA results are stable across both grades but still sit roughly 19–21 percentage points below the state rates of 41.7% and 44%. Chronic absenteeism of 21.9% is 7 percentage points lower than the district's 28.9%, a positive sign, though it remains 5.2 percentage points above the state's 16.7%.
Math is the critical weakness: 5.26% proficiency in 7th grade and 7.72% in 8th grade, against state rates of 35.9% and 34.2%, while All Grades Math at 6.56% falls below the district's 13.16%. Overall, the school ranks in the bottom 14th percentile of Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026, an improvement from the 9th percentile the prior year, while the district ranks in the bottom 6th percentile with 0 stars. Context matters: 54.15% of students receive free or reduced lunch, the student-teacher ratio is 18.6, and per-student spending is $12,285 for 2023–2024.
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