Summary:
ZIP code 46368 in Portage, Indiana, is served by two public middle schools — Willowcreek Middle School and William Fegely Middle School — both part of Portage Township Schools, both covering grades 6–8, and together enrolling 1,486 students. Willowcreek is the larger of the two with 920 students (about 62% of the total) compared with 566 at Fegely. The district ranks 260th of 374 in Indiana, at the 30th percentile with 2 stars, and both schools also carry 2 stars. Their state rankings are close but consistently favor Willowcreek: 309 of 486 (36th percentile) versus 323 of 486 (34th percentile) in 2025–26.
The clearest difference between the schools is attendance. Willowcreek's chronic absenteeism is 15.6%, better than both the district (20.3%) and the state (16.7%), while Fegely's is 23.7% — an 8.1-point gap. Willowcreek also has lower free/reduced lunch (41.74% vs. 48.23%) and noticeably stronger math: 26.46% overall versus 21.53% at Fegely, and 33.98% versus 17.76% in 8th-grade math, where Willowcreek nearly matches the state's 34.2%. Fegely's relative strengths are 6th-grade ELA (30% vs. 21.48%) and 6th-grade science (32.34% vs. 29.23%), slightly higher overall ELA (31.08% vs. 30.57%), more per-student spending ($12,312 vs. $11,089), and smaller classes (12.4 vs. 16.6 students per teacher).
Both schools trail state proficiency in math and in the earlier middle-grade ELA, and neither is rated above 2 stars. Science moved in opposite directions last year: Fegely rose 4.95 points to 32.34%, above the district's 30.95%, while Willowcreek fell 3.67 points to 29.23%. Biology End-of-Course results are strikingly high at both schools (80% at Willowcreek and 76.92% at Fegely, versus 35.47% district), but they likely involve a smaller or more selective group of test-takers and should be read with caution.
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