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Alumni: what's one memory from H. L. Harshman Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 180477000844
H. L. Harshman Middle School
1501 E 10th St, Indianapolis, IN 46201 · (317) 226-4101 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
237 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 6 | 196 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 30% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
48.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 H. L. Harshman Middle School
H. L. Harshman Middle School's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H. L. Harshman Middle School this school | 509 | 46.6% | 53.7% |
| Highland Middle School Highland | 774 | 46.1% | 48.3% |
| West Side Middle School Elkhart | 569 | 55.0% | 25.1% |
| William Fegely Middle School Portage | 566 | 48.2% | 26.0% |
| North Side Middle School Elkhart | 563 | 57.4% | 17.5% |
| Frankfort Middle School Frankfort | 654 | 53.1% | 30.4% |
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 H. L. Harshman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #54 of 324 | #1 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #85 of 325 | #3 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #35 of 325 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #172 of 334 | #25 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #117 of 314 | #11 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #51 of 315 | #16 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #199 of 330 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #173 of 187 | #13 of 13 |
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
509
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 509 | 36.5 | 13.9:1 | 47% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 35.5 | 7.7:1 | 78% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 84% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 77% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 48.7 | 10.6:1 | 81% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 76% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 89% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 82% (608) |
| 1990-91 | 712 | 50 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H. L. Harshman Middle School.
About H. L. Harshman Middle School
Students in Indianapolis, Indiana, attend H. L. Harshman Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 509 students in 2024-25.
Indianapolis Public Schools oversees H. L. Harshman Middle School and 48 other schools, with 21,055 students in total.
The largest group at H. L. Harshman Middle School is Hispanic students, at 45%. The school is also 32% White, 16% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 14% Hispanic share among all Marion County residents. The diversity index for H. L. Harshman Middle School is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
H. L. Harshman Middle School lists 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 47% of the student body. The 60% average for public schools in Marion County is 13 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, H. L. Harshman Middle School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Indiana public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For H. L. Harshman Middle School, the prediction is 42.6% and the result is 53.7%.
In the wider Marion County area, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Marion County, 274 public schools serve about 161,456 students.
H. L. Harshman Middle School's nearest public school is Theodore Potter School 74 - a Dual Language School (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, H. L. Harshman Middle School ranks 1st of 7 on average proficiency.
H. L. Harshman Middle School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 509, down from 564 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 11.8:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The H. L. Harshman Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About H. L. Harshman Middle SchoolHow many students attend H. L. Harshman Middle School?
H. L. Harshman Middle School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does H. L. Harshman Middle School serve?
H. L. Harshman Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at H. L. Harshman Middle School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at H. L. Harshman Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at H. L. Harshman Middle School?
At H. L. Harshman Middle School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 45% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is H. L. Harshman Middle School in?
H. L. Harshman Middle School is part of Indianapolis Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.