Summary:
ZIP code 46738 covers Garrett, Indiana, and contains exactly one middle school: Garrett Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 387 students as part of the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com School Corp. Because it is the only middle school in the area, families here have a single option, so the school's profile is worth understanding closely.
The clearest strength is student engagement. Chronic absenteeism at the school is 8.8%, lower than the district's 10.6% and well below the statewide 16.7%. Academically, 6th-grade English Language Arts is the standout — 42.57% proficient, slightly above the state's 41.3%. Across all grades, ELA rose from 26.05% to 33.24% (+7.19 points) and Science jumped from 31.36% to 40.59% (+9.23 points). These gains helped the school's rank improve from 331 of 480 (31st percentile) to 297 of 486 (39th percentile), and it holds 2 stars versus the district's 1 star and 28th-percentile ranking.
The main weakness is Math. All-grades Math is 24.22%, below the district's 28.57% and below state at every grade: 29.7% vs. 40.2% in 6th, 22.13% vs. 35.9% in 7th, and 21.88% vs. 34.2% in 8th. Math also slipped 1.24 points year over year while ELA and Science improved. Upper-grade reading is another gap: 7th-grade ELA is 30.08% against the state's 41.7%, and 8th-grade ELA is 28.91% against 44%. For context, 57.88% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $10,989, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Overall, the school is improving and beats its district in ELA and Science, but Math and upper-grade ELA keep it below the state and below the 50th percentile.
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