Summary:
Zip code 46394 contains exactly one middle school — Whiting Middle School in Whiting, Indiana — serving grades 6–8 with 250 students as part of the School City of Whiting district, which means families in this area have no other public middle school option within the zip code.
Whiting Middle School's strongest academic result is 8th grade English/language arts, where 60.76% of students are proficient — about 16.8 percentage points above the state's 44% and the standout figure in this data set. 6th and 7th grade ELA sit slightly below state averages (40% each, versus 41.3% and 41.7%), so the school's ELA strength is concentrated in 8th grade. Math is the clearest weakness: all-grade math proficiency is 28.21%, below the district's 33.41%, and every tested grade trails the state — 6th grade by 7.3 points, 8th grade by 5.1 points, and 7th grade by 12.4 points, with 7th grade math at a low 23.53%. Science is mixed: all-grade science (38.57%) is above the district (34.78%) but 6th grade science (38.57%) is below the state's 41.2%, and science fell 5.33 points year over year.
Beyond test scores, attendance is a genuine strength. Chronic absenteeism is 11.8%, well below the district's 19.7% and the state's 16.7%. The school's ranking has also improved, moving from 2 stars and the 43rd percentile in 2023–24 to 3 stars and the 58th percentile in 2025–26 — an 80-position gain — while district-wide ranking sits at 40th percentile with 2 stars. About 65.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and per-student spending is $11,812, with a student-teacher ratio of 17.4. Overall, this is an improving school with strong 8th grade reading and attendance results and a clear, grade-specific math challenge to address.
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