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Enrollment
927
Middle
DISTRICT 908 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180393000659
Goshen Junior High School
1216 S Indiana Ave, Goshen, IN 46526 · (574) 533-0391 · Elkhart County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL927 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Indiana public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.8:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
663 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 7 | 480 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 446 | 48% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Goshen Junior High School→Goshen High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Goshen Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
40.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Goshen Junior High School
Goshen Junior High School's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Junior High School this school | 927 | 71.5% | 37.3% |
| Goshen Intermediate School Goshen | 889 | 71.3% | 31.4% |
| Logansport Intermediate School Logansport | 654 | 73.1% | 23.3% |
| Logansport Junior High School Logansport | 641 | 69.6% | 17.9% |
| Seymour Intermediate School Seymour | 862 | 63.5% | 23.9% |
| Concord Intermediate School Elkhart | 756 | 62.0% | 31.7% |
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 Goshen Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #168 of 324 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #131 of 325 | #4 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #197 of 325 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 927 | #49 of 334 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #110 of 314 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #115 of 315 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #27 of 330 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.2% | #4 of 187 | #1 of 8 |
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
927
-635 (-41%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,033
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 927 | 67.3 | 13.8:1 | 72% (663) |
| 2023-24 | 936 | 69.3 | 13.5:1 | 72% (672) |
| 2022-23 | 1,001 | 61.8 | 16.2:1 | 70% (702) |
| 2020-21 | 1,562 | 99 | 15.8:1 | 55% (865) |
| 2017-18 | 1,549 | 92.4 | 16.8:1 | 66% (1,029) |
| 2015-16 | 1,434 | 90 | 15.9:1 | 64% (919) |
| 2010-11 | 1,417 | 86 | 16.5:1 | 67% (949) |
| 2000-01 | 1,350 | 73 | 18.5:1 | 36% (488) |
| 1990-91 | 1,033 | 57 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goshen Junior High School.
About Goshen Junior High School
Goshen Junior High School operates as a large middle school in Goshen, Indiana. It had 927 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students, which makes this school 56% larger than average.
Goshen Community Schools counts 6,242 students in its 10 schools, and Goshen Junior High School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Goshen Junior High School is 61% Hispanic. Next come 32% White, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.8:1 is based on 67.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Indiana average 15.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Elkhart County is 51%.
Goshen Junior High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Indiana public middle schools.
Goshen Junior High School scores 37.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 24.9%.
For the population of Elkhart County, median household income comes to about $68,561, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elkhart County's 60 public schools enroll about 33,574 students and include Goshen Junior High School.
Measured in a straight line, Parkside Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Goshen Junior High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Goshen Junior High School is behind the 37.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 1,562 students at Goshen Junior High School; in 2024-25, 927. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.8:1 to 13.8:1.
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Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Goshen Community Schools
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Model Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- West Goshen Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
Other schools in Goshen
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Fairfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 944 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Model Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Parkside Elementary School0.9 mi · 334
- West Goshen Elementary School1.0 mi · 387
- Chandler Innovation Academy1.1 mi · 357
- Goshen Intermediate School1.2 mi · 889
- Model Elementary School1.3 mi · 474
- Goshen High School1.3 mi · 1,717
Frequently asked questions
About Goshen Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Goshen Junior High School?
Goshen Junior High School enrolls approximately 927 students in grades 07-08.
Is Goshen Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Goshen Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Goshen Junior High School have?
Goshen Junior High School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Goshen Junior High School?
At Goshen Junior High School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 61% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Goshen Junior High School public or private?
Goshen Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Goshen Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.