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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 46385

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At a glance

Schools

1,156

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedBenjamin Franklin Middle School11^th of 486 Indiana middle schools

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Summary:

Zip code 46385 in Valparaiso, Indiana contains two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Benjamin Franklin Middle School (823 students) and Union Township Middle School (333 students), enrolling 1,156 middle-grade students combined. Both belong to highly rated districts — Valparaiso Community Schools (ranked 10th of 374 districts, 5 stars) and Union Township School Corp (14th of 374, 5 stars). In 2025–2026, Benjamin Franklin ranks in the top 2% of Indiana middle schools and Union Township in the top 10%, making this a high-performing area overall.

Benjamin Franklin is the academic standout and is improving. It ranks 11th of 486 schools (98th percentile, 5 stars), up from 28th and then 18th in the prior two years. Its all-grade proficiency is ELA 67.65%, Math 62.87%, and Science 72.08%, leading Union Township in every subject — most dramatically in Science, by 27.73 percentage points. Its Biology End of Course scores, 98.46% in 2025–2026 and 98.78% the year before, far exceed district results, though that exam reflects a specific course-taking group rather than the full 6–8 population. Benjamin Franklin’s own Math scores slip from 72.44% in 6th grade to 54.17% in 8th.

Union Township is still a strong top-decile school but its latest year shows a notable decline, sliding to 51st of 486 (90th percentile, 4 stars) from 19th and 23rd, with Math and Science falling year over year. It offers lower chronic absenteeism (7.4% vs. 8.5%; state 16.7%), higher per-student spending ($12,033 vs. $11,328), a slightly smaller student-teacher ratio (14.1 vs. 14.6), and one clear grade-level win: 8th-grade ELA at 69.49% versus 65.15%. Both schools beat state proficiency in every reported grade-level subject, and their free/reduced lunch rates are similar at 24.54% and 26.73%.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)				ILEARN Math (2026)				ILEARN Science (2026)		ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Union Township Middle School	Public	6-8	599 W 300 N	Valparaiso	46385	Porter County	Union Township School Corp	No	No	No	No	(219) 759-2562	333	24	14.1	26.7%	267 (80.2%)	9 (2.7%)	49 (14.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	85.8	51^st of 486 public middle schools	89.5%		92.5	23^rd of 480 public middle schools	95.2%	28	54.0	63.1	69.5	62.1	48.4	57.4	52.5	52.8	44.4	44.4		$12,033	$71	$11,962
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	605 Campbell	Valparaiso	46385	Porter County	Valparaiso Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(219) 531-3020	823	56	14.6	24.5%	640 (77.8%)	18 (2.2%)	108 (13.1%)	19 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.5%)	95.8	11^th of 486 public middle schools	97.7%		94.5	18^th of 480 public middle schools	96.3%	7	69.6	68.0	65.2	67.7	72.4	61.3	54.2	62.9	72.1	72.1	98.5	$11,328	$387	$10,941

Cities Near Zip Code 46385

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Valparaiso	0.29 mi	24	59^th
Chesterton	6.22 mi	9	104^th
Portage	7.75 mi	12	344^th
Boone Grove	8.86 mi	2	67^th
Hebron	8.9 mi	4	179^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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