Summary:
ZIP code 46373 in Saint John, Indiana is served by a single middle school, Hal E Clark Middle School, a grades 5–8 building with 1,032 students in the Lake Central School Corporation.
Because there is only one middle school here, there is nothing to compare it to locally — but it holds up well against the wider state. In 2025–26 it ranked 60th of 486 Indiana middle schools (88th percentile) with a 4-star rating, its best showing in three years after slipping from 81st to 91st and then climbing back. Its district is even stronger overall, ranking 27th of 374 districts (93rd percentile) with 5 stars. On tests, the school beats the Indiana average in every subject and grade reported, with the 2025–26 margins running from +1.76 points in 6th-grade Science to +25.03 points in 8th-grade ELA. English Language Arts is the clear strength: proficiency rose from 52.79% to 60.95% year over year, now 3.6 points above the district, and 8th-grade ELA reaches 69.03%. Math also improved (47.09% to 51.80%) but sits 4.71 points below the district. Science is the soft spot — 42.96%, down 5.15 points and 11.85 points behind the district, though still above the state. Note that Science is only tested in 6th grade, so that figure reflects one grade, not the whole school. 5th grade is the only cohort trailing district peers in ELA, Math, and Social Studies, while still far exceeding the state.
Beyond test scores, attendance is a quiet strength: chronic absenteeism is 13.7%, better than both the district (16.2%) and the state (16.7%). About 22.09% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, the student–teacher ratio is 17.2 to 1, and per-student spending was $10,313 in 2023–24. Keep in mind that year-over-year score changes reflect different students, not the same children tracked over time.
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