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Enrollment
709
Middle
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF MISHAWAKA·NCES 180684001179
John J Young Middle School
1801 N Main St, Mishawaka, IN 46545 · (574) 254-3600 · St. Joseph County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- FBeats 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
14.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
207 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 7 | 362 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 347 | 49% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
John J Young Middle School→Mishawaka High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within School City of Mishawaka. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
27.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
20.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 27 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 John J Young Middle School
John J Young Middle School's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John J Young Middle School this school | 709 | 29.2% | 23.7% |
| Sand Creek Intermediate School Fishers | 812 | 28.9% | 57.6% |
| Battle Ground Middle School West Lafeyette | 712 | 32.4% | 55.9% |
| Mt Vernon Middle School Fortville | 1,150 | 34.6% | 41.9% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School Valparaiso | 823 | 24.5% | 62.5% |
| Summit Middle School Fort Wayne | 789 | 24.5% | 58.4% |
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 John J Young Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #261 of 324 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #265 of 325 | #6 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #253 of 325 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #103 of 334 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #124 of 314 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #95 of 315 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #288 of 330 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #96 of 187 | N/A |
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
709
-95 (-12%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 709 | 50 | 14.2:1 | 29% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 53.5 | 13.8:1 | 68% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 53.5 | 13.7:1 | 74% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 804 | 55 | 14.6:1 | 65% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 65% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 66% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 60% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 33% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John J Young Middle School.
About John J Young Middle School
Students in Mishawaka, Indiana, attend John J Young Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 709 students in 2024-25.
School City of Mishawaka oversees John J Young Middle School and 10 other schools, with 5,051 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at John J Young Middle School is White: 62%. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 11% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. St. Joseph County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The school's 50 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. Middle schools in Indiana average 15.6:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 46% average among public schools in St. Joseph County.
Among Indiana public middle schools, John J Young Middle School outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, John J Young Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools: 23.7% actual against 54.9% predicted.
For the population of St. Joseph County, median household income comes to about $66,868, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Joseph County counts 73 public schools with about 35,614 students.
Liberty Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, John J Young Middle School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
John J Young Middle School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment was 709 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 804.
This page is set up for the John J Young Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School City of Mishawaka
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Beiger Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Emmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Fred J Hums Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Mishawaka
- Penn High SchoolHigh · 3,687 students
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Schmucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Walt Disney Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Elementary School0.7 mi · 446
- Battell Elementary School0.8 mi · 291
- Oaklawn Campus Program1.5 mi · 44
- Mishawaka High School1.5 mi · 1,327
- Edison Middle School1.6 mi · 551
- Nuner Fine Arts Academy1.6 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About John J Young Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John J Young Middle School?
John J Young Middle School enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does John J Young Middle School serve?
John J Young Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John J Young Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John J Young Middle School is approximately 14.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John J Young Middle School?
John J Young Middle School reports a student body of 62% White, 11% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees John J Young Middle School?
John J Young Middle School is overseen by School City of Mishawaka in St. Joseph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.