Summary:
ZIP code 47710 in Evansville, Indiana is served by a single public middle school — Thompkins Middle School, which enrolls 622 students in grades 6–8 and is part of Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, families here have no other public middle school option in the provided data, so the useful comparison is between Thompkins and its district and state.
Thompkins has real strengths. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 15.8% in 2024–2025 is lower than both the district (21.5%) and the state (16.7%), which suggests the school does comparatively well at keeping students in class. In 2025–2026, ELA and Science proficiency beat the district both overall and at each reported grade level, and 8th grade Math stood out at 34.8% — above the district's 29.53% and slightly above the state's 34.2%. The school's 2025–2026 rank of 244 of 486 places it at the 50th percentile with 3 stars, ahead of the district's own rank of 258 of 374 (31st percentile, 2 stars), though the two use different pools. Its 44.05% free/reduced lunch rate, 15.9:1 student-teacher ratio, and $11,905 per-student spending round out the picture.
There are also clear challenges. Overall Math proficiency was 29.59%, below the district's 34.47%, and 6th grade Math was a weak spot at 25.82% — under the district's 31.2% and well below the state's 40.2%. Proficiency climbs with grade level in both ELA and Math, making 6th grade an obvious intervention target. The school's rank has also slipped steadily, from the 81st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 57th in 2024–2025 and the 50th in 2025–2026, with stars falling from 4 to 3. ELA, Math, and Science all declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and the district's ELA score rose over the same period, so Thompkins lost relative ground. In short: solid attendance, ELA, Science, and 8th grade Math, but Math overall and a multi-year downward trend are the priorities to reverse.
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