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Enrollment
455
Middle
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180639001112
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch
3528 S Washington St, Marion, IN 46953 · (765) 674-6917 · Grant County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Indiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
332 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 208 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 54% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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 L McCulloch Junior High Sch→Marion High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Marion Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
18.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
13.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 John L McCulloch Junior High Sch
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John L McCulloch Junior High Sch this school | 455 | 73.0% | 16.2% |
| Anderson Intermediate School Anderson | 490 | 67.1% | 16.1% |
| Barker Middle School Michigan City | 390 | 69.2% | 21.0% |
| Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd Marion | 500 | 80.2% | 18.9% |
| Washington Middle School Evansville | 331 | 68.0% | 17.6% |
| Northwood Middle School Fort Wayne | 585 | 70.6% | 20.0% |
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 L McCulloch Junior High Sch ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #291 of 324 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #285 of 325 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #296 of 325 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #196 of 334 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #20 of 314 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #18 of 315 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #24 of 330 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #151 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
455
-98 (-18%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 455 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 73% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 39.5 | 12.6:1 | 73% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 36.2 | 14.5:1 | 74% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 74% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 70% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 67% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 69% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 55% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 47 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John L McCulloch Junior High Sch.
About John L McCulloch Junior High Sch
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch, located in Marion, Indiana, is a low-enrollment middle school. Enrolled students number 455 students, in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 23% lower than the average for middle schools in Indiana, which is about 594.
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch is one of 7 schools in Marion Community Schools, which enrolls 3,668 students in total.
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. Smaller groups are 23% Black, 17% multiracial, and 16% Hispanic. County-wide, 85% of Grant County residents are White. John L McCulloch Junior High Sch's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 40 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.4:1. On average, middle schools in Indiana have 15.6:1, compared with 11.4:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Grant County is 57%.
Measured against Indiana public middle schools, John L McCulloch Junior High Sch receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For John L McCulloch Junior High Sch, the prediction is 23.9% and the result is 16.2%.
Across Grant County, the median household income is $53,522, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grant County is home to 30 public schools and about 10,743 public school students.
Frances Slocum Elem School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 24.4%, higher than John L McCulloch Junior High Sch's 16.2%.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch's enrollment dropped from 553 in 2020-21 to 455 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.4:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,295
Census ACS
Median income
$53,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marion Community Schools
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Justice Thurgood Marshall IntrmdMiddle · 500 students
- Frances Slocum Elem SchoolElementary · 473 students
- John W Kendall Elem SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
- Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Other schools in Marion
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Eastbrook High SchoolHigh · 524 students
- Justice Thurgood Marshall IntrmdMiddle · 500 students
- Frances Slocum Elem SchoolElementary · 473 students
- John W Kendall Elem SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
Nearby schools
- Frances Slocum Elem School0.5 mi · 473
- Marion High School0.8 mi · 1,058
- Excel Center - Grant County1.5 mi · 39
- Riverview Elementary School3.0 mi · 393
- Allen Elementary School3.1 mi · 380
- Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd3.3 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About John L McCulloch Junior High SchHow large is John L McCulloch Junior High Sch?
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch enrolls approximately 455 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does John L McCulloch Junior High Sch serve?
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John L McCulloch Junior High Sch?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John L McCulloch Junior High Sch is approximately 11.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John L McCulloch Junior High Sch?
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch reports a student body of 43% White, 16% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees John L McCulloch Junior High Sch?
John L McCulloch Junior High Sch is overseen by Marion Community Schools in Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.