Summary:
ZIP code 46750 in Huntington, Indiana is home to two public middle schools serving grades 6–8, both part of Huntington County Com School Corp: Crestview Middle School with 596 students and Riverview School with 503 students. The district is ranked 160th of 374 in Indiana, placing it in the 57th percentile with 3 stars.
Riverview School is the stronger of the two. It ranks 219th of 486 schools (55th percentile, 3 stars), while Crestview Middle School ranks 281st of 486 (42nd percentile, 2 stars). Riverview leads in all-grades proficiency in ELA (34.07% vs. 31%), Math (35.94% vs. 29%), and Science (42.58% vs. 38.12%), and wins 6 of 7 grade-level comparisons. Its strongest results are 6th-grade Math (45.45% vs. the state's 40.2%) and 6th-grade Science (42.58% vs. 41.2%). Crestview's one bright spot is 8th-grade ELA (36.63% vs. Riverview's 33.88%), though it still trails the state. Crestview's clearest weakness is 7th-grade ELA at just 20.92%, the lowest figure in the data and far below the district's 25.49% and the state's 41.7%. Crestview also saw a sharper rank decline, falling from 56th to 42nd percentile and from 3 stars to 2 stars.
Both schools face a shared concern: chronic absenteeism above district and state levels, at 17.5% for Crestview and 17.6% for Riverview, compared with 14.8% district and 16.7% state. Riverview serves a slightly higher free/reduced lunch population (48.11% vs. 45.13%) yet spends more per student ($10,502 vs. $9,950) and has smaller classes (14.3 vs. 15.9 students per teacher). Overall, Riverview is the clear standout, with Crestview needing improvement in math, 7th-grade ELA, and class size.
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