Hamilton Heights Middle School

Hamilton Heights Middle School is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Arcadia, Indiana, overseen by Hamilton Heights School Corp. The school enrolls 742 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

Within Hamilton Heights School Corp, which oversees 3 schools and 2,341 students, Hamilton Heights Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hamilton Heights Middle School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hamilton County (around 21%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hamilton Heights Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.8%; this one delivers 48.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) records that median household income runs about $121,530, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hamilton County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students), of which Hamilton Heights Middle School is one.

Hamilton Heights Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hamilton Heights Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

Hamilton Heights Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 28%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 742 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.