Center Grove Middle School Central

Center Grove Middle School Central, a sizable junior high in Greenwood, Indiana, part of Center Grove Community School Corp, enrolls 1,278 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 115% larger than typical.

Center Grove Community School Corp comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 9,736 students; Center Grove Middle School Central is among them.

Demographically, Center Grove Middle School Central shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Center Grove Middle School Central performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 59.7%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Johnson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,454 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Center Grove Middle School Central is one of 40 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students).

Center Grove High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Center Grove Middle School Central at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Center Grove Middle School Central has grew 52%, going from 841 students in 2018 to 1,278 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 86% to 76%. Class-load math has widened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

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