Bluffton-Harrison Middle School

Set in Bluffton, Indiana, Bluffton-Harrison Middle School is a medium-sized intermediate school, part of MSD Bluffton-Harrison. It hosts 556 students across grades 5 through 8.

MSD Bluffton-Harrison runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,813 students. Bluffton-Harrison Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Bluffton-Harrison Middle School shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at school resources, Bluffton-Harrison Middle School lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wells County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bluffton-Harrison Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.6%; this one delivers 40.1%.

In the surrounding community, Wells County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,957 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Wells County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,106 students), of which Bluffton-Harrison Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bluffton High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bluffton-Harrison Middle School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

Bluffton-Harrison Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Bluffton-Harrison Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 556). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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