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Dennis Middle School

222 NW 7th St, Richmond, IN 47374 · (765) 973-3495 · Wayne County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Indiana public middle schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats 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
649
Middle
DISTRICT 635 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
399 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 731248%
Grade 833752%
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
39260%
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
9214%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
6610%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
71%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
8914%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
35054%
Female
29946%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Dennis Middle School→Richmond High School
Feeds from
Test Intermediate School05–06
Based on grade levels within Richmond Community 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
22.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
13.2%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Dennis Middle School

Dennis Middle School's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Dennis Middle School this school64961.5%17.7%
Test Intermediate School
Richmond
62165.2%21.7%
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Terre Haute
68665.2%29.0%
Parkview Middle School
Jeffersonville
65665.2%31.6%
Jefferson Middle School
Fort Wayne
65856.2%25.6%
Hazelwood Middle School
New Albany
79865.0%24.4%
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 Dennis Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Indiana
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
17.7%#284 of 324
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
13.2%#289 of 325
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
22.3%#279 of 325
Enrollment
ranked largest first
649#122 of 334
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.7:1#106 of 314
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
58.6%#87 of 315
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
61.5%#73 of 330
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+0.2%#109 of 110
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
649
+45 (+7%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2564947.313.7:161% (399)
2023-2464251.912.4:165% (417)
2022-235974313.9:182% (489)
2020-216045311.4:179% (479)
2017-1864857.111.4:178% (507)
2015-166475911.0:181% (527)
2010-113842813.7:181% (311)
2000-015153116.6:149% (251)
1990-916513916.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dennis Middle School.

About Dennis Middle School

In Richmond, Indiana, Dennis Middle School is a medium-sized middle school. It enrolled 649 students in grades 7 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.

Dennis Middle School is one school in a 10-school district, Richmond Community Schools, which enrolls 4,454 students.

By race and ethnicity, Dennis Middle School is 60% White. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 10% Black. Census figures show Wayne County is about 87% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Dennis Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.

Federal data list 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Dennis Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Indiana is 15.6:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%.

allk12 grades Dennis Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.0% at Dennis Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.7%.

Across Wayne County, median household income is about $55,692, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Dennis Middle School is among the 23 public schools in Wayne County.

The closest public school to Dennis Middle School is Community Youth Services, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Dennis Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Dennis Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 7%, from 604 to 649. By 2024-25, the school had 13.7 students per teacher, compared with 11.4 in 2020-21.

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Wayne County at a glance

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Population
66,397
Census ACS
Median income
$55,692
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,696 students

Quick facts

School name
Dennis Middle School
District
Richmond Community Schools
Address
222 NW 7th St, Richmond, IN 47374
Phone
(765) 973-3495
County
Wayne County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
649
Teachers (FTE)
47
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
399 (61%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
180951001555
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Dennis Middle School
How many students attend Dennis Middle School?
Dennis Middle School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Dennis Middle School serve?
Dennis Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dennis Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dennis Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dennis Middle School?
Dennis Middle School reports a student body of 60% White, 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Dennis Middle School public or private?
Dennis Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richmond Community Schools.
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