Summary:
ZIP code 46994, which covers Walton, Indiana, has one middle school serving grades 6 through 8: Lewis Cass Junior High School, part of Lewis Cass Schools. The school enrolls 332 students at 6422 East State Road 218. Overall it sits near the middle of Indiana middle schools: the district ranks 234th of 374, in the 37th percentile, with a 2-star rating.
The school's trajectory is generally upward. Its state rank improved from 280th of 491 in 2023–2024 to 254th of 486 in 2025–2026, moving from the 43rd to the 48th percentile, though it has not yet risen above a 2-star rating. Against its own district, English Language Arts and Science are relative strengths — 34.67% versus 31.94% in ELA and 33.78% versus 28.75% in Science — while Math lags at 30.77% versus the district's 34.34%. Year over year, ELA gained 2.67 percentage points and Science jumped 6.95 points, but Math slipped 2.15 points. Notably, the reported Science result comes entirely from 6th grade, so that gain is effectively a 6th-grade story.
Parents should note where the gaps are largest. Eighth grade is close to state levels in both ELA (42.45% versus 44%) and Math (33.96% versus 34.2%), but 7th grade Math is the lowest result in the data at 23.53% proficient against the state's 35.9%, and 6th grade ELA is 25.68% against the state's 41.3% — the biggest shortfall reported. Chronic absenteeism is 17.3%, well above the district's 10.3% and slightly above the state's 16.7%, which may be tied to these achievement gaps, though the data cannot prove cause. Just over half of students (51.81%) qualify for free or reduced lunch. Per-student spending was $9,989 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 16.4 in 2024–2025, though no comparison benchmarks are provided for these figures.
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