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Enrollment
500
Middle
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180639001115
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd
720 N Miller Ave, Marion, IN 46952 · (765) 664-0507 · Grant County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
401 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 5 | 238 | 48% |
| Grade 6 | 262 | 52% |
Student demographics
70%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
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
19.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
20.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd this school | 500 | 80.2% | 18.9% |
| John L McCulloch Junior High Sch Marion | 455 | 73.0% | 16.2% |
| Lakeside Middle School Fort Wayne | 452 | 77.7% | 18.6% |
| Southside Middle School Muncie | 469 | 85.7% | 9.9% |
| Martin T Krueger Middle School Michigan City | 324 | 77.2% | 17.8% |
| Portage Middle School Fort Wayne | 380 | 80.5% | 22.4% |
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 Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #279 of 324 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #264 of 325 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #288 of 325 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #177 of 334 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #67 of 314 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #23 of 315 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #9 of 330 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #91 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
500
-53 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 500 | 38.8 | 12.9:1 | 80% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 37.8 | 13.5:1 | 75% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 31.5 | 15.5:1 | 79% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 76% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 72% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 81% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 29 | 21.3:1 | 72% (442) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 38% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 50 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd.
About Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is a low-enrollment middle school in Indiana, with an address in Marion. The school serves grades 5 through 6. Enrollment is 500 students.
Within Marion Community Schools, Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 3,668 students.
At Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd, White students make up the biggest share, 44%. Enrollment also includes 22% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 15% multiracial. Among people living in Grant County, the White share is about 85%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.9 students per teacher. Middle schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.6:1. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Grant County.
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Indiana public middle schools.
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (18.9% versus 18.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
Grant County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $53,522 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd shares Grant County with 29 other public schools.
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is about 0.2 miles from John W Kendall Elem School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Enrollment fell by 10% across 4 years, from 553 in 2020-21 to 500 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.4:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Frances Slocum Elem SchoolElementary · 473 students
- John L McCulloch Junior High SchMiddle · 455 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
- Frances Slocum Elem SchoolElementary · 473 students
- John L McCulloch Junior High SchMiddle · 455 students
- John W Kendall Elem SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 393 students
Nearby schools
- John W Kendall Elem School0.2 mi · 409
- Riverview Elementary School1.5 mi · 393
- Excel Center - Grant County1.8 mi · 39
- Marion High School2.5 mi · 1,058
- Allen Elementary School2.6 mi · 380
- Frances Slocum Elem School2.8 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Justice Thurgood Marshall IntrmdWhat is the total enrollment at Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd?
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd enrolls approximately 500 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd serve?
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is approximately 12.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd?
Student demographics at Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd are roughly 44% White, 17% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd public or private?
Justice Thurgood Marshall Intrmd is a public K-12 school, overseen by Marion Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.