Summary:
Zip code 46733 is home to one middle school, Bellmont Middle School, serving grades 6-8. This public school is part of the North Adams Community Schools district, which is ranked 104th out of 380 districts in Indiana and holds a 4-star rating.
Bellmont Middle School has shown a positive trend in its statewide ranking, improving from 289th in 2020-2021 to 202nd in 2022-2023, while maintaining a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school serves 285 students with a student-teacher ratio of 12.1, indicating smaller class sizes. The spending per student is $12,874. Academically, the school generally performs at or slightly above the district averages in English Language Arts (ELA) for both the 2023-2024 and projected 2024-2025 school years. For instance, in 7th grade ELA for 2024-2025, Bellmont Middle School's proficiency of 40.7% is above the district average of 40.7% and the Indiana average of 37.9%. In Math, the school's performance is more varied. While 7th grade Math proficiency in 2024-2025 is strong at 46.51%, exceeding both district and state averages, the 2023-2024 data showed a significant dip in 7th grade Math proficiency to 25.81%, falling below district and state averages. Science proficiency for 2024-2025 is slightly below the district average.
Other key statistics for Bellmont Middle School include a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is an area to monitor. Additionally, 47.02% of students receive free or reduced lunch, indicating a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The school's overall ELA proficiency for 2023-2024 was 40.51%, above the district average of 38.57%. In contrast, overall Math proficiency for 2023-2024 was 32.6%, slightly below the district average of 33.94%. These figures suggest that while Bellmont Middle School demonstrates strengths in ELA and benefits from favorable resource allocation, areas like 7th grade Math performance and chronic absenteeism warrant attention.
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