Summary:
ZIP code 46360 contains two middle schools serving grades 7–8 — Barker Middle School (390 students) and Martin T Krueger Middle School (324 students) — both in Michigan City Area Schools, a district ranked 277 out of 374 in Indiana, at the 26th percentile with 1 star. Together they enroll 714 middle school students in the ZIP code.
Barker is the stronger academic performer overall. Its ELA proficiency across all grades is 32.07% versus Krueger's 21.07%, and its math proficiency is 18.53% versus 12.96%. Barker also leads in every grade-level breakdown: 7th ELA 31.89% vs 22.52%, 8th ELA 32.24% vs 19.59%, 7th math 22.7% vs 15.69%, and 8th math 14.29% vs 10.14%. Barker earned 2 stars in 2025–26 and ranked 337 out of 486 schools (31st percentile), while Krueger ranked 402 out of 486 (17th percentile, 1 star). Krueger's standout result is its Biology End-of-Course proficiency of 86.67%, far above the district's 24.87%; in 2024–25 it reported 85% while the district reported 23.42% and the state 45.6%. That is a dramatic outlier and likely reflects a specific cohort or course rather than overall school performance.
Attendance is better at Krueger (19.5% chronically absent) than at Barker (22.1%), and both beat the district's 28.9% — yet both exceed the state's 16.7%. Krueger also has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (77.16% vs 69.23%), higher per-student spending ($17,634 vs $16,701), and a smaller student-teacher ratio (10.9 vs 11.6), but lower ELA and math outcomes, showing that spending and class size alone do not explain achievement differences. Math is the weaker subject at both schools; Krueger's 8th-grade math (10.14%) trails the state's 34.2% by more than 24 points, and both schools fall below state grade-level benchmarks in every subject. Rank trends also diverge: Barker dipped from the 34th percentile in 2023–24 to 25th, then recovered to 31st, while Krueger slipped from 22nd to 20th to 17th. Overall, Barker is the stronger academic choice, while Krueger offers better attendance and a remarkable Biology result.
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