Belzer Middle School

Belzer Middle School, an expansive 6-8 campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, one of the schools within MSD Lawrence Township, enrolls 1,119 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Belzer Middle School sits 88% larger than that benchmark.

Within MSD Lawrence Township, which oversees 16 schools and 16,747 students, Belzer Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Belzer Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Belzer Middle School has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at Belzer Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Belzer Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.3%; actual is 12.8%, a gap of -17.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Belzer Middle School is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

Harrison Hill Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Belzer Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 17.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 1,207 students in 2018 compared to 1,119 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 21% to 7%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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