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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
1,061
Middle
DISTRICT 1,064 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180249002417
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School
401 W Joliet St, Crown Point, IN 46307 · (219) 663-2173 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,061 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Indiana public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
18.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
287 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 332 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 372 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 357 | 34% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School→Crown Point High School
Based on grade levels within Crown Point Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
49.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
56.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Colonel John Wheeler Middle School
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel John Wheeler Middle School this school | 1,061 | 27.0% | 52.9% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School Valparaiso | 823 | 24.5% | 62.5% |
| Robert Taft Middle School Crown Point | 1,067 | 22.4% | 54.4% |
| Noblesville West Middle School Noblesville | 1,330 | 23.8% | 60.1% |
| Hal E Clark Middle School Saint John | 1,032 | 22.1% | 50.0% |
| Noblesville East Middle School Noblesville | 1,057 | 34.2% | 55.9% |
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 Colonel John Wheeler Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #61 of 324 | #4 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #41 of 325 | #3 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #76 of 325 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,061 | #28 of 334 | #2 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #289 of 314 | #16 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #157 of 315 | #16 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #296 of 330 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #41 of 110 | 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
1,061
+119 (+13%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 868
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 1,061 | 57.3 | 18.5:1 | 27% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 1,068 | 57.3 | 18.6:1 | 25% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 1,046 | 52 | 20.1:1 | 24% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 942 | 49 | 19.2:1 | 23% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 47 | 19.7:1 | 23% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 49 | 18.5:1 | 22% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 868 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 24% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colonel John Wheeler Middle School.
About Colonel John Wheeler Middle School
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School, located in Crown Point, Indiana, is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 1,061 students. Statewide, middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students each.
Crown Point Community School Corp enrolls 9,147 students in 10 schools, including Colonel John Wheeler Middle School.
A majority of students at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School, 74%, are White. Next come 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 55% White. Colonel John Wheeler Middle School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 57.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School was 18.5:1. The 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 27%. It compares with 47% for public schools in Lake County.
allk12 grades Colonel John Wheeler Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.9%, compared with a predicted 56.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Lake County residents, median household income is about $71,493, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 121 public schools in Lake County, with a combined enrollment of about 74,661.
The nearest other public school, Lake Street Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Colonel John Wheeler Middle School. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Colonel John Wheeler Middle School is 7th on average proficiency.
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The number of students climbed from 942 to 1,061 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crown Point Community School Corp
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Timothy Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Lake Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Other schools in Crown Point
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Timothy Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Lake Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Street Elementary School0.6 mi · 559
- Timothy Ball Elementary School0.9 mi · 638
- Solon Robinson Elementary School0.9 mi · 516
- Robert Taft Middle School1.2 mi · 1,067
- Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School1.7 mi · 494
- Eagle Park Community School1.8 mi · 87
Frequently asked questions
About Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School?
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School enrolls approximately 1,061 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Colonel John Wheeler Middle School serve?
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Colonel John Wheeler Middle School have?
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School?
Student demographics at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School are roughly 74% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Colonel John Wheeler Middle School in?
Colonel John Wheeler Middle School is part of Crown Point Community School Corp.
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