Lapel Middle School

As an intimate intermediate school in Lapel, Indiana, Lapel Middle School serves 335 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Frankton-Lapel Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

Lapel Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Frankton-Lapel Community Schools, a district that teaches 3,032 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lapel Middle School shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lapel Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.0%; Lapel Middle School posts 33.1%, -17.9 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,037, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Lapel Middle School is one of 32 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 18,227 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lapel Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lapel Middle School. On composite proficiency, Lapel Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

Lapel Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 348 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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