Summary:
ZIP code 47553 — Loogootee, in Martin County, Indiana — is home to a single middle school in this data set: Loogootee Middle School, which serves grades 5 through 8 with 223 students and belongs to the Loogootee Community School Corp. Because there is only one school here, there is no cross-school comparison to make; instead, this is a detailed look at how that one school performs. It ranks 110th of 486 Indiana middle schools for 2025‑26, landing in the top ~23% and earning 4 stars, and it has held a stable top-quartile position for three straight years (121 of 491, then 106 of 480, then 110 of 486).
Academically, the school is strongest in English/language arts and in its younger grades. All-grades ELA proficiency is 53.71%, up 3.94 points from the year before, and it beats the district in that subject by 2.38 points. Fifth-grade math stands out at 67.27% against a state rate of 42.0%, and sixth-grade ELA reaches 63.46% versus 41.3% statewide. But results soften as students move up: math proficiency slides from 67.27% in 5th grade to 33.93% in 8th, essentially matching the state (34.2%), and 7th-grade math is only about 2 points above it. Year over year, the picture is mixed — ELA improved and math was nearly flat, while science fell 12.37 points and 5th-grade social studies dropped 10.06 points.
Attendance is arguably the most notable strength. Chronic absenteeism is 9.5%, below the district's 10.7% and far below the state's 16.7%, despite 37.22% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. The school runs at 12.1 students per teacher and spends $9,905 per student (2023‑24) — modest resources producing above-average results. Note that the school trails its district in math (−5.92) and science (−10.22), though district figures combine other buildings and grade levels, so that gap should be read with caution.
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