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Enrollment
798
Middle
DISTRICT 1,138 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ALBANY-FLOYD CO CON SCH·NCES 180741001271
Hazelwood Middle School
1021 Hazelwood Ave, New Albany, IN 47150 · (812) 949-4280 · Floyd County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
519 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 5 | 200 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 189 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 205 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 204 | 26% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
31.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
19.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Hazelwood Middle School
Hazelwood Middle School's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelwood Middle School this school | 798 | 65.0% | 24.4% |
| Parkview Middle School Jeffersonville | 656 | 65.2% | 31.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School Terre Haute | 686 | 65.2% | 29.0% |
| Northside Middle School Muncie | 630 | 69.8% | 28.3% |
| Test Intermediate School Richmond | 621 | 65.2% | 21.7% |
| Dennis Middle School Richmond | 649 | 61.5% | 17.7% |
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 Hazelwood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #258 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #267 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #223 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #78 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #97 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #88 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #59 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #33 of 187 |
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
798
-130 (-14%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 798 | 58.9 | 13.6:1 | 65% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 65.1 | 12.4:1 | 58% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 857 | 64.7 | 13.3:1 | 66% (568) |
| 2020-21 | 928 | 63 | 14.7:1 | 64% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 997 | 66 | 15.1:1 | 73% (728) |
| 2015-16 | 973 | 60 | 16.2:1 | 74% (720) |
| 2010-11 | 1,030 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 69% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 44 | 18.3:1 | 47% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 37 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hazelwood Middle School.
About Hazelwood Middle School
Hazelwood Middle School runs as a mid-sized middle-grades school in New Albany, Indiana. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 798 students. The school is 34% larger than the average for middle schools in Indiana.
New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch is the local district for Hazelwood Middle School. It runs 15 schools with 11,362 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hazelwood Middle School is 60% White. The remaining shares are 19% Black, 15% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Floyd County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.6:1. The average for middle schools in Indiana is 15.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. By family income, 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 38% for public schools in Floyd County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hazelwood Middle School lands at C, ahead of 25% of Indiana public middle schools.
Hazelwood Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.4%) and its predicted rate (29.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Floyd County show that median household income comes to about $79,704, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Floyd County has 17 public schools with about 11,849 students, including Hazelwood Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, New Albany Senior High School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Hazelwood Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Hazelwood Middle School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 928 to 798, a 14% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.7:1 to 13.6:1.
This page is set up for the Hazelwood Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,918
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
11,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch
- New Albany Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,821 students
- Floyd Central High SchoolHigh · 1,785 students
- Highland Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,676 students
- Nathaniel Scribner Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 659 students
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
Other schools in New Albany
- New Albany Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,821 students
- Nathaniel Scribner Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Grant Line Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Community MontessoriCombined · 487 students
- Slate Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
Nearby schools
- New Albany Senior High School0.2 mi · 1,821
- S Ellen Jones Elementary School0.7 mi · 243
- Fairmont Elementary School0.7 mi · 334
- CA Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 1
- Slate Run Elementary School1.1 mi · 405
- Green Valley Elementary School1.4 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Hazelwood Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hazelwood Middle School?
Hazelwood Middle School enrolls approximately 798 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Hazelwood Middle School serve?
Hazelwood Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hazelwood Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hazelwood Middle School is approximately 13.6:1 (59 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hazelwood Middle School?
Hazelwood Middle School reports a student body of 60% White, 6% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Hazelwood Middle School in?
Hazelwood Middle School is part of New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.