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Greenfield Central Junior High Sch

1440 N Franklin, Greenfield, IN 46140 · (317) 477-4616 · Hancock County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
C
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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

Enrollment
690
Middle
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
329 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 734250%
Grade 834850%
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
56582%
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
487%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
375%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
112%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
284%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
33348%
Female
35752%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Greenfield Central Junior High Sch→Greenfield-Central High School
Feeds from
Greenfield Intermediate School04–06Maxwell Intermediate School04–06
Based on grade levels within Greenfield-Central Com 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
35.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
30.8%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
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 Greenfield Central Junior High Sch

Greenfield Central Junior High Sch's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Greenfield Central Junior High Sch this school69047.7%33.2%
George Rogers Clark School
Vincennes
62648.1%31.2%
Paul Hadley Middle School
Mooresville
66845.1%40.9%
Franklin Community Middle School
Franklin
72644.4%39.6%
Custer Baker Intermediate School
Franklin
73450.3%44.7%
Wawasee Middle School
Syracuse
60849.2%29.8%
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 Greenfield Central Junior High Sch ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn Hancock County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.2%#200 of 324#7 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.8%#201 of 325#7 of 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.7%#182 of 325#6 of 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
690#105 of 334#2 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.3:1#221 of 314#5 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.0%#191 of 315#2 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
47.7%#184 of 330#2 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.4%#118 of 187N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
690
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2569042.316.3:148% (329)
2023-2466246.514.2:146% (306)
2022-236754614.7:145% (306)
2020-217034117.1:136% (255)
2017-187454118.2:137% (275)
2015-167023818.5:135% (244)
2010-117333520.9:133% (243)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenfield Central Junior High Sch.

About Greenfield Central Junior High Sch

Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is a medium-sized middle school in Greenfield, Indiana. Grades offered run from 7 through 8, with 690 students enrolled.

Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is part of Greenfield-Central Com Schools, where 8 schools serve 4,370 students.

Greenfield Central Junior High Sch's enrollment is 82% White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at Greenfield Central Junior High Sch total 42.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.3:1. That matches the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 48%. The 34% average for public schools in Hancock County is 14 points lower.

The allk12 Grade for Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is C. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Greenfield Central Junior High Sch sits between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.2% and a predicted 41.8%.

In Hancock County (population about 84,037), the median household income is $93,186, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of people live in poverty. Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is one of 24 public schools in the county.

The school nearest to Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is Greenfield-Central High School, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.3%; Greenfield Central Junior High Sch's is 33.2%, ranking 8th of 8.

Federal data place Greenfield Central Junior High Sch in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.

Enrollment at Greenfield Central Junior High Sch was 703 in 2020-21 and 690 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.

If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Greenfield Central Junior High Sch, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Hancock County at a glance

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Population
84,037
Census ACS
Median income
$93,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
14,779 students

Quick facts

School name
Greenfield Central Junior High Sch
District
Greenfield-Central Com Schools
Address
1440 N Franklin, Greenfield, IN 46140
Phone
(317) 477-4616
County
Hancock County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
690
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
16.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
329 (48%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
180405002476
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Greenfield Central Junior High Sch
How large is Greenfield Central Junior High Sch?
Greenfield Central Junior High Sch enrolls approximately 690 students in grades 07-08.
Is Greenfield Central Junior High Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenfield Central Junior High Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is approximately 16.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greenfield Central Junior High Sch?
At Greenfield Central Junior High Sch, the student body is approximately 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Greenfield Central Junior High Sch in?
Greenfield Central Junior High Sch is part of Greenfield-Central Com Schools.
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