Summary:
ZIP code 47341 in Fountain City, Indiana, contains exactly one middle school, Northeastern Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 297 students as part of Northeastern Wayne Schools. Its attendance is a standout strength: in 2024–2025, chronic absenteeism was 5.5%, compared with 7.6% for the district and 16.7% for the state. In 2025–2026, all-grades ELA proficiency was 44.59%, above the district’s 39.68% and up from 40.86% the prior year; 7th grade ELA was 49.48% and 8th grade ELA was 53.4%, both above their state rates of 41.7% and 44%. The school ranked 210 of 486 middle schools, placing it in the 57th percentile with 3 stars, while the district ranked 211 of 374, in the 44th percentile with 2 stars.
Math is the clearest academic concern. In 2025–2026, all-grades math proficiency was 29.05%, below the district’s 36.86% and down from 32.89% the previous year. Every grade trailed the state: 6th grade math was 29.17% versus 40.2%, 7th grade was 26.8% versus 35.9%, and 8th grade was 31.07% versus 34.2%. Sixth grade ELA also lagged, at 30.21% compared with the state’s 41.3%. Science proficiency dropped sharply from 54.64% in 2024–2025 to 37.5% in 2025–2026; that result was slightly above the district’s 36.79% but below the state’s 6th grade science rate of 41.2%.
Context for families: 49.49% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $11,355 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.2 in 2024–2025. The school’s percentile ranking has slipped from 69 in 2023–2024 to 64 in 2024–2025 to 57 in 2025–2026, though it remains above the state median and above the district. Overall, Northeastern Middle School shows notable strengths in attendance, upper-grade ELA, and above-median ranking, while math, 6th grade ELA, and the year-over-year science decline are the main areas to watch.
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