Greenwood Middle School

Greenwood Middle School is a junior high of high-enrollment scale in Greenwood, Indiana, part of Greenwood Community Sch Corp, serveing 964 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% above the state mean of about 594.

Across the 6 schools in Greenwood Community Sch Corp (4,023 students total), Greenwood Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Greenwood Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Greenwood Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Greenwood Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $90,454 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Johnson County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,824 students), Greenwood Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Greenwood Community High Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Greenwood Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Greenwood Middle School's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 929 (now 964). White enrollment moved from 79% to 68% across the same window.

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