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Enrollment
478
Middle
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180063000130
Lora L Batchelor Middle School
900 Gordon Pike, Bloomington, IN 47403 · (812) 330-7763 · Monroe County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
222 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 255 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 223 | 47% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Lora L Batchelor Middle School
Lora L Batchelor Middle School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lora L Batchelor Middle School this school | 478 | 46.4% | 31.8% |
| Princeton Community Middle Princeton | 437 | 44.2% | 25.2% |
| Helfrich Park STEM Academy Evansville | 509 | 49.7% | 38.4% |
| Tri-North Middle School Bloomington | 569 | 44.6% | 42.9% |
| Thompkins Middle School Evansville | 622 | 44.1% | 37.0% |
| Maxwell Intermediate School Maxwell | 454 | 41.4% | 51.1% |
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 Lora L Batchelor Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #211 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #197 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #215 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #189 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #92 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #151 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #201 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #94 of 110 |
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
478
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 941
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 478 | 35.6 | 13.4:1 | 46% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 48% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 35.5 | 13.4:1 | 47% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 43% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 33.6 | 13.9:1 | 43% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 45% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 42% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 29% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 941 | 45 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lora L Batchelor Middle School.
About Lora L Batchelor Middle School
Lora L Batchelor Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Bloomington, Indiana. The school counts 478 students across grades 7 through 8.
Lora L Batchelor Middle School is one school in a 23-school district, Monroe County Community Sch Corp, which enrolls 10,480 students.
Lora L Batchelor Middle School is 73% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black, and 2% Asian. In Monroe County overall, about 82% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.4:1 comes from the school's 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. The lunch program counts 46% of students at Lora L Batchelor Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 42.7%.
Among Monroe County residents, the median household income is $65,868, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides Lora L Batchelor Middle School, Monroe County has 32 other public schools.
The closest public school, Clear Creek Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles from Lora L Batchelor Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Lora L Batchelor Middle School ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Lora L Batchelor Middle School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (488) and 2024-25 (478). Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.8:1 to 13.4:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,965
Census ACS
Median income
$65,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe County Community Sch Corp
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- Tri-North Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- University Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
Other schools in Bloomington
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Edgewood Primary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Edgewood Intermediate SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Clear Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 294
- Bloomington Graduation School1.2 mi · 99
- Summit Elementary School1.4 mi · 617
- Bloomington High School South1.5 mi · 1,691
- Jackson Creek Middle School1.8 mi · 572
- Early Learning Center1.8 mi · 27
Frequently asked questions
About Lora L Batchelor Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lora L Batchelor Middle School?
Lora L Batchelor Middle School enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Lora L Batchelor Middle School serve?
Lora L Batchelor Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Lora L Batchelor Middle School have?
Lora L Batchelor Middle School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Lora L Batchelor Middle School?
Student demographics at Lora L Batchelor Middle School are roughly 73% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Lora L Batchelor Middle School public or private?
Lora L Batchelor Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Monroe County Community Sch Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.