Clay Middle School

Clay Middle School is a big junior high in Carmel, Indiana, one of the schools within Carmel Clay Schools. The school caters to 1,415 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 138% larger than the state mean of about 594.

Across the 15 schools in Carmel Clay Schools (16,145 students total), Clay Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Clay Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest comes out to 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clay Middle School has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Clay Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) records that median household earnings sit near $121,530, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Hamilton County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students), Clay Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mohawk Trails Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clay Middle School. On composite proficiency, Clay Middle School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 66.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Clay Middle School's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,336 (now 1,415). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 3% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.