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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS·NCES 180120000194

Carmel Middle School

300 S Guilford Rd, Carmel, IN 46032 · (317) 846-7331 · Hamilton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,047 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Indiana public middle schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools

Enrollment
1,047
Middle
DISTRICT 1,297 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
194 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 632731%
Grade 738937%
Grade 833132%
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
71568%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
969%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
495%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
12912%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
586%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
50949%
Female
53851%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Carmel Middle School→Carmel High School
Based on grade levels within Carmel Clay Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
64.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
56.1%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.

Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Carmel Middle School

Carmel Middle School's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Carmel Middle School this school1,04718.5%62.1%
Discovery Middle School
Granger
94119.4%72.3%
Fall Creek Junior High
Fishers
1,00117.7%61.2%
Center Grove Middle School Central
Greenwood
1,27819.4%59.7%
Clay Middle School
Carmel
1,41514.3%67.5%
Fall Creek Intermediate School
Fishers
90916.1%63.3%
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Carmel Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn Hamilton County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
62.1%#22 of 324#8 of 16
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
56.1%#44 of 325#12 of 16
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
64.0%#11 of 325#6 of 16
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,047#30 of 334#8 of 16
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.7:1#99 of 314#3 of 16
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
50.5%#130 of 315#9 of 16
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
18.5%#322 of 330#11 of 16
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-23.9%#16 of 187#1 of 7
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
1,047
-275 (-21%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,277
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,04776.713.7:119% (194)
2023-241,07074.414.4:117% (187)
2022-231,0647614.0:120% (208)
2020-211,3228615.4:116% (209)
2017-181,3767717.9:116% (226)
2015-161,3377019.1:113% (173)
2010-111,2046518.5:19% (110)
2000-011,5029116.5:14% (62)
1990-911,2777317.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carmel Middle School.

About Carmel Middle School

Carmel Middle School is a large middle school based in Carmel, Indiana. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,047 students. It has 76% more students than the average for middle schools in Indiana (about 594).

Carmel Middle School is one school in a 15-school district, Carmel Clay Schools, which enrolls 16,145 students.

More than half of the students at Carmel Middle School are White (68%). The remaining shares are 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Hamilton County's population at about 80%. The diversity index for Carmel Middle School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are 76.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.7:1. The gap from the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is 2.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Hamilton County is close, at 21%.

Carmel Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Indiana public middle schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.4% for Carmel Middle School. The school posts 62.1%, within a point of the prediction.

For Hamilton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $121,530, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The county has 69 public schools and about 63,065 students.

Carmel Elementary School is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Carmel Middle School ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.

The school's student count fell 21% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.4:1 to 13.7:1.

Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.

Hamilton County at a glance

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Population
365,056
Census ACS
Median income
$121,530
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
63,065 students

Quick facts

School name
Carmel Middle School
District
Carmel Clay Schools
Address
300 S Guilford Rd, Carmel, IN 46032
Phone
(317) 846-7331
County
Hamilton County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
1,047
Teachers (FTE)
77
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
194 (19%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
180120000194
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Carmel Clay Schools
Other schools in Carmel
Other Carmel Middle schools

2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Carmel Middle. Carmel Middle School is the largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Carmel Middle School
How many students attend Carmel Middle School?
Carmel Middle School enrolls approximately 1,047 students in grades 06-08.
Is Carmel Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carmel Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Carmel Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Carmel Middle School.
How diverse is Carmel Middle School?
Carmel Middle School reports a student body of 68% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Carmel Middle School in?
Carmel Middle School is part of Carmel Clay Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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