Summary:
In zip code 46375, there is one middle school, Michael Grimmer Middle School, serving grades 5-8. This public school is part of the Lake Central School Corporation, which is ranked 31st out of 380 districts in Indiana and holds a 5-star rating.
Michael Grimmer Middle School has demonstrated a positive trend in its statewide performance, improving its ranking from 169th in the 2020-2021 school year to 91st in the 2022-2023 school year, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school excels in English Language Arts (ELA) and Science, with 8th-grade ELA proficiency consistently above both district and state averages. For instance, in the 2024-2025 school year, 8th-grade ELA proficiency was 65.02%, compared to the district average of 56.39% and the state average of 42.7%. Similarly, 6th-grade Science proficiency in the same year was 65.98%, significantly higher than the district's 57.67% and the state's 42.4%. The school also showed strong performance in 5th-grade Social Studies in the 2023-2024 school year, with 56.41% proficiency, exceeding district and state averages.
While Michael Grimmer Middle School shows strengths in ELA and Science, math proficiency presents an area for potential improvement. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's overall math proficiency was 49.63%, falling below the district average of 54.62%. This trend is also observed in specific grades, such as 8th grade, where proficiency was 48.43% compared to the district's 44.09%. Additionally, 7th-grade ELA proficiency at 45.74% was slightly below the district average of 47.2% in the 2024-2025 data. The school's chronic absenteeism rate was 17.8% in the 2023-2024 school year, which is an important factor to monitor for student engagement. With a student enrollment of 788, a free/reduced lunch rate of 32.61%, spending per student of $10,765, and a student-teacher ratio of 17.9, the school appears to be adequately resourced.
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