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Which teacher or staff member at Central Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
451
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KOKOMO SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180537000998
Central Middle School
303 E Superior, Kokomo, IN 46901 · (765) 454-7000 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Indiana public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
215 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 163 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 30% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 57% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Central Middle School→Kokomo High School
Based on grade levels within Kokomo School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
28.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Central Middle School
Central Middle School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Middle School this school | 451 | 47.7% | 33.2% |
| Central Elementary School Beech Grove | 389 | 49.6% | 22.8% |
| Lora L Batchelor Middle School Bloomington | 478 | 46.4% | 31.8% |
| Tri-North Middle School Bloomington | 569 | 44.6% | 42.9% |
| Virgil I Grissom Middle School Mishawaka | 662 | 50.6% | 43.8% |
| Helfrich Park STEM Academy Evansville | 509 | 49.7% | 38.4% |
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 Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #201 of 324 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #217 of 325 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #170 of 325 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #201 of 334 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #155 of 314 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #70 of 315 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #185 of 330 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #54 of 187 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
451
-84 (-16%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 451 | 30.3 | 14.9:1 | 48% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 28.5 | 15.2:1 | 53% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 32.5 | 14.1:1 | 57% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 59% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 61% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 59% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 74% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 56% (258) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Middle School.
About Central Middle School
Families in Kokomo, Indiana, are served by Central Middle School, a small middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 451 students. It has 24% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Indiana (about 594).
The 13 schools in Kokomo School Corporation enroll 5,197 students altogether, Central Middle School among them.
About 56% of the student body at Central Middle School is White. Enrollment also includes 18% multiracial, 17% Black, and 7% Hispanic. Among people living in Howard County, the White share is about 85%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Middle School is 14.9:1, based on 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Indiana is 15.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Central Middle School counts 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Howard County average a similar 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, Central Middle School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Indiana public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Central Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 33.2% actual against 41.8% predicted.
Looking at the county, Howard County, the median household earns about $64,027 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Central Middle School, Howard County has 29 public schools.
Central Middle School's nearest public school is Excel Center - Kokomo (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Central Middle School. By average proficiency, Central Middle School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Central Middle School enrolled 535 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 451.
Central Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,752
Census ACS
Median income
$64,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kokomo School Corporation
- Kokomo High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Lafayette Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Maple Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 435 students
- Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Boulevard Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Elwood Haynes Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
Other schools in Kokomo
- Kokomo High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Northwestern Senior High SchoolHigh · 541 students
- Lafayette Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Maple Crest Middle SchoolMiddle · 435 students
Other Central Middle schools
49 other US public schools in 25 states are named Central Middle. Central Middle School is the 33rd largest of the 50.
- Central Middle SchoolColumbus, IN · 790 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 1,860 students
- Central Middle SchoolReading, PA · 1,785 students
- Central MiddleEdgewater, MD · 1,204 students
- Central Middle SchoolWESLACO, TX · 1,060 students
Nearby schools
- Excel Center - Kokomo0.2 mi · 392
- Sycamore Elementary School0.9 mi · 305
- Pettit Park School0.9 mi · 215
- Elwood Haynes Elementary School1.0 mi · 334
- Lafayette Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 527
- Wallace Elementary School2.0 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Central Middle SchoolHow many students attend Central Middle School?
Central Middle School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Central Middle School serve?
Central Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Middle School is approximately 14.9:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Central Middle School?
Central Middle School reports a student body of 56% White, 7% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Middle School?
Central Middle School is overseen by Kokomo School Corporation in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.