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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Lake County, Indiana

20 public middle schools in Lake County, Indiana appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Wilbur Wright Middle School leads the list at 60.0%, against a median of 38.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Lake County, Indiana

Top % Proficient (Reading)

60.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

38.4%

BEST IN READING · LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Wilbur Wright Middle School	Munster, IN	School Town of Munster	Middle	990	60.0%	—
2	Michael Grimmer Middle School	Schererville, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	814	54.7%	—
3	Hal E Clark Middle School	Saint John, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	1,032	52.8%	—
4	Robert Taft Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,067	51.8%	—
5	Colonel John Wheeler Middle School	Crown Point, IN	Crown Point Community School Corp	Middle	1,061	49.9%	—
6	Kahler Middle School	Dyer, IN	Lake Central School Corporation	Middle	971	48.0%	—
7	Hanover Central Middle School	Cedar Lake, IN	Hanover Community School Corp	Middle	647	47.9%	—
8	Highland Middle School	Highland, IN	School Town of Highland	Middle	774	46.6%	—
9	Hobart Middle School	Hobart, IN	School City of Hobart	Middle	905	42.7%	—
10	Lowell Middle School	Lowell, IN	Tri-Creek School Corporation	Middle	498	38.6%	—
11	Whiting Middle School	Whiting, IN	School City of Whiting	Middle	250	38.2%	—
12	Merrillville Intermediate School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Middle	788	27.8%	—
13	Pierce Middle School	Merrillville, IN	Merrillville Community School Corp	Middle	878	24.9%	—
14	River Forest Middle School	Hobart, IN	River Forest Community Sch Corp	Middle	369	24.1%	—
15	Charles N Scott Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Middle	663	16.8%	—
16	Joseph Block Middle School	East Chicago, IN	School City of East Chicago	Middle	436	16.2%	—
17	Lake Ridge New Tech Middle School	Gary, IN	Lake Ridge New Tech Schools	Middle	447	14.9%	—
18	Bailly Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Middle	355	14.4%	—
19	Henry W Eggers Middle School	Hammond, IN	School City of Hammond	Middle	693	14.1%	—
20	Gary Middle School	Gary, IN	Gary Community School Corp	Middle	365	12.6%	—

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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