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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Indiana

331 public middle schools in Indiana appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. KIPP Indy College Prep Middle leads the list at 98.9%, against a median of 49.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

331

Indiana

Top % FRL

98.9%

Median % FRL

49.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	KIPP Indy College Prep Middle	Indianapolis, IN	KIPP Indy College Prep Middle	Middle	372	98.9%
2	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	Middle	447	97.5%
3	Avondale Meadows Middle School	Indianapolis, IN	Avondale Meadows Middle School	Middle	192	95.3%
4	Sarah Scott Middle School	Terre Haute, IN	Vigo County School Corp	Middle	371	87.3%
5	Southside Middle School	Muncie, IN	Muncie Community Schools	Middle	469	85.7%
6	North White Middle School	Monon, IN	North White School Corp	Middle	197	82.7%
7	Paul Harding Jr High School	Ft Wayne, IN	East Allen County Schools	Middle	422	82.2%
8	Portage Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	380	80.5%
9	Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd	Marion, IN	Marion Community Schools	Middle	500	80.2%
10	Navarre Middle School	South Bend, IN	South Bend Community School Corp	Middle	378	79.4%
11	Timothy L. Johnson Academy Middle	Fort Wayne, IN	Timothy L. Johnson Academy Middle	Middle	150	78.0%
12	Lakeside Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	452	77.7%
13	Lynhurst 7th & 8th Grade Center	Indianapolis, IN	MSD Wayne Township	Middle	1,135	77.6%
14	Martin T Krueger Middle School	Michigan City, IN	Michigan City Area Schools	Middle	324	77.2%
15	H.W. Longfellow Middle School - an IB World School	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Public Schools	Middle	538	76.6%
16	Kekionga Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	527	75.3%
17	Southport Middle School	Indianapolis, IN	Perry Township Schools	Middle	1,304	75.2%
18	Bon Air Middle School	Kokomo, IN	Kokomo School Corporation	Middle	190	74.7%
19	River Forest Middle School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	Middle	369	74.0%
20	James & Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle School	Indianapolis, IN	James & Rosemary Phalen Leadership Academy Middle School	Middle	296	73.3%
21	McGary Middle School	Evansville, IN	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp	Middle	295	73.2%
22	Logansport Intermediate School	Logansport, IN	Logansport Community Sch Corp	Middle	654	73.1%
23	Miami Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	496	73.0%
24	John L McCulloch Junior High Sch	Marion, IN	Marion Community Schools	Middle	455	73.0%
25	Lane Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	644	72.4%
26	Jackson Middle School	South Bend, IN	South Bend Community School Corp	Middle	537	72.3%
27	Goshen Junior High School	Goshen, IN	Goshen Community Schools	Middle	927	71.5%
28	Goshen Intermediate School	Goshen, IN	Goshen Community Schools	Middle	889	71.3%
29	Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Public Schools	Middle	455	70.8%
30	Southport 6th Grade Academy	Indianapolis, IN	Perry Township Schools	Middle	643	70.8%
31	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	Middle	436	70.6%
32	Northwood Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	585	70.6%
33	Northside Middle School	Muncie, IN	Muncie Community Schools	Middle	630	69.8%
34	Logansport Junior High School	Logansport, IN	Logansport Community Sch Corp	Middle	641	69.6%
35	Barker Middle School	Michigan City, IN	Michigan City Area Schools	Middle	390	69.2%
36	Washington Middle School	Evansville, IN	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp	Middle	331	68.0%
37	R J Baskett Middle School	Gas City, IN	Mississinewa Community School Corp	Middle	507	67.9%
38	Cloverdale Middle School	Cloverdale, IN	Cloverdale Community Schools	Middle	297	67.7%
39	Arlington Middle School - a STEM School	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Public Schools	Middle	365	67.7%
40	Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy	Indianapolis, IN	Perry Township Schools	Middle	617	67.3%
41	Anderson Intermediate School	Anderson, IN	Anderson Community School Corp	Middle	490	67.1%
42	Highland Middle School	Anderson, IN	Anderson Community School Corp	Middle	916	67.0%
43	Mitchell Jr High School	Mitchell, IN	Mitchell Community Schools	Middle	336	67.0%
44	Taylor Middle School	Kokomo, IN	Taylor Community School Corp	Middle	368	66.8%
45	Stonybrook Intermediate & Middle	Indianapolis, IN	MSD Warren Township	Middle	1,043	66.7%
46	Shawnee Middle School	Fort Wayne, IN	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Middle	624	66.5%
47	Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center	Indianapolis, IN	MSD Wayne Township	Middle	1,143	66.5%
48	Otter Creek Middle School	Terre Haute, IN	Vigo County School Corp	Middle	670	66.3%
49	Crawford County Middle School	Marengo, IN	Crawford County Community Sch Corp	Middle	267	65.9%
50	Lafayette Sunnyside Intermediate	Lafayette, IN	Lafayette School Corporation	Middle	1,031	65.7%

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