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What's the most underrated thing about John R. Wooden Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
576
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD MARTINSVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 180651002600
John R. Wooden Middle School
109 East Garfield St, Martinsville, IN 46151 · (765) 342-6628 · Morgan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
294 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 292 | 51% |
| Grade 9 | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 R. Wooden Middle School→Martinsville High School
Based on grade levels within MSD Martinsville Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
36.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 R. Wooden Middle School
John R. Wooden Middle School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John R. Wooden Middle School this school | 576 | 51.0% | 36.1% |
| Bell Intermediate Academy Martinsville | 524 | 52.3% | 33.8% |
| Delta Middle School Muncie | 602 | 51.8% | 43.7% |
| Scottsburg Middle School Scottsburg | 556 | 53.6% | 38.7% |
| Boonville Middle School Boonville | 682 | 51.0% | 49.3% |
| Riverview School Huntington | 503 | 48.1% | 39.1% |
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 R. Wooden Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #176 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #158 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #183 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #151 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #29 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #276 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #152 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #20 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
576
-81 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 576 | 48.6 | 11.8:1 | 51% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 48.2 | 12.3:1 | 47% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 57.7 | 10.8:1 | 51% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 45% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 44 | 17.0:1 | 53% (400) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John R. Wooden Middle School.
About John R. Wooden Middle School
John R. Wooden Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in Martinsville, Indiana. The school counted 576 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
In MSD Martinsville Schools, 10 schools enroll a combined 3,998 students.
White students are 93% of those enrolled at John R. Wooden Middle School. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Morgan County, where about 94% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
John R. Wooden Middle School has 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.8:1. Middle schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%.
Among Indiana public middle schools, John R. Wooden Middle School outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
John R. Wooden Middle School scores 36.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Morgan County show that the median household earns about $79,429 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Morgan County, 22 public schools serve about 10,142 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Poston Road Elementary School, is the closest to John R. Wooden Middle School. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of John R. Wooden Middle School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, John R. Wooden Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 576, compared with 657 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.3:1 to 11.8:1.
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Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,659
Census ACS
Median income
$79,429
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
10,142 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Martinsville Schools
- Martinsville High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- Bell Intermediate AcademyMiddle · 524 students
- Charles L Smith Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 375 students
- South Elementary School of CommunicationsElementary · 302 students
- Brooklyn STEM AcademyElementary · 241 students
- Poston Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
Other schools in Martinsville
- Martinsville High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- Bell Intermediate AcademyMiddle · 524 students
- Waverly Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Charles L Smith Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 375 students
- South Elementary School of CommunicationsElementary · 302 students
- Poston Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Poston Road Elementary School0.4 mi · 237
- Martinsville High School0.8 mi · 1,284
- Charles L Smith Fine Arts Academy0.8 mi · 375
- Bell Intermediate Academy0.9 mi · 524
- South Elementary School of Communications1.1 mi · 302
- Centerton Elementary School6.8 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About John R. Wooden Middle SchoolHow many students attend John R. Wooden Middle School?
John R. Wooden Middle School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does John R. Wooden Middle School serve?
John R. Wooden Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at John R. Wooden Middle School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at John R. Wooden Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John R. Wooden Middle School?
At John R. Wooden Middle School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is John R. Wooden Middle School public or private?
John R. Wooden Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MSD Martinsville Schools.
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