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Honey Creek Middle School

6601 S Carlisle St, Terre Haute, IN 47802 · (812) 462-4372 · Vigo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Indiana public middle schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+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
666
Middle
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
290 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 621132%
Grade 724637%
Grade 820931%
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
53781%
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
335%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
162%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
315%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
477%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
20%
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
31647%
Female
35053%

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
47.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
48.8%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 48 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Honey Creek Middle School

Honey Creek Middle School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Honey Creek Middle School this school66643.5%47.7%
Franklin Community Middle School
Franklin
72644.4%39.6%
Thompkins Middle School
Evansville
62244.1%37.0%
Paul Hadley Middle School
Mooresville
66845.1%40.9%
Castle South Middle School
Newburgh
64139.0%57.5%
Greenfield Central Junior High Sch
Greenfield
69047.7%33.2%
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 Honey Creek Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Indiana
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
47.7%#96 of 324
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.8%#84 of 325
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.6%#91 of 325
Enrollment
ranked largest first
666#113 of 334
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.1:1#80 of 314
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
34.0%#184 of 315
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
43.5%#217 of 330
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.8%#59 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 2024-25
Enrollment
666
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2566650.913.1:144% (290)
2023-2468048.314.1:140% (272)
2022-2366449.613.4:139% (261)
2020-216964615.1:138% (261)
2017-187913820.8:135% (276)
2015-167953820.9:130% (237)
2010-117813621.7:126% (200)
2000-017414516.5:121% (152)
1990-917094017.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Honey Creek Middle School.

About Honey Creek Middle School

Honey Creek Middle School sits in Terre Haute, Indiana, and is classified as a middle school. The latest federal count shows 666 students in grades 6 through 8.

District-wide, Vigo County School Corp has 26 schools and 13,277 students.

At Honey Creek Middle School, White students make up 81% of the student body. It is also 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Honey Creek Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.

Teachers at Honey Creek Middle School total 50.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in Indiana average 15.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 44%. The average for public schools in Vigo County is 62%.

The allk12 Grade for Honey Creek Middle School is B+. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

On BeatsExpectations, Honey Creek Middle School is 2.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.

Vigo County census figures show that median household income is about $52,976, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Honey Creek Middle School is among the 28 public schools in Vigo County.

The closest public school, Dixie Bee Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles from Honey Creek Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Honey Creek Middle School is 2nd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The NCES locale for Honey Creek Middle School is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

The student count in 2024-25 was 666, 4% below the 696 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.1 to 13.1 over 4 years.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Honey Creek Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Vigo County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
106,109
Census ACS
Median income
$52,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
13,416 students

Quick facts

School name
Honey Creek Middle School
District
Vigo County School Corp
Address
6601 S Carlisle St, Terre Haute, IN 47802
Phone
(812) 462-4372
County
Vigo County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
666
Teachers (FTE)
51
Student–teacher ratio
13.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
290 (44%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
181209001907
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Vigo County School Corp
Other schools in Terre Haute
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Honey Creek Middle School
How large is Honey Creek Middle School?
Honey Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 666 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Honey Creek Middle School serve?
Honey Creek Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Honey Creek Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Honey Creek Middle School is approximately 13.1:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Honey Creek Middle School?
Student demographics at Honey Creek Middle School are roughly 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Honey Creek Middle School?
Honey Creek Middle School is overseen by Vigo County School Corp in Vigo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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