Summary:
Zip code 47715 in Evansville, Indiana contains exactly one public middle school, Plaza Park International Prep Academy, which serves grades 6–8, enrolls 610 students, and belongs to Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there is no other local school to compare it against directly; the most useful comparisons are against the district and the state.
Academically, the results are mixed and generally below district averages. In 2025–2026 ILEARN results across All Grades, the school trailed the district in ELA (30.69% vs. 34.34%), Math (27.46% vs. 34.47%), and Science (26.67% vs. 32.88%), with Math showing the widest gap at about 7 points. Eighth grade is the bright spot: 39.09% proficient in ELA and 30.46% in Math, both above district levels, though still below the state's 44% and 34.2%. The weakest results are 7th grade Math (20.97% proficient) and 6th grade ELA (23.47%), both far below state levels. The school declined year over year in all three subjects while the district improved in ELA, and its statewide rank slipped from 3 stars and 52nd percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and 36th percentile in 2025–2026.
Chronic absenteeism is the biggest concern: 25.9% of students were chronically absent in 2024–2025, above the district's 21.5% and well above the state's 16.7% — roughly one in four students misses enough school to be chronically absent. About 56.07% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending was $11,357, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.4 to 1. Families considering this school should weigh its grade-level strengths in 8th grade against the below-district overall proficiency, the declining rank, and the high absenteeism rate.
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