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What's the biggest difference between Lowell Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
498
Middle
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-CREEK SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 181146001851
Lowell Middle School
19250 Cline Ave, Lowell, IN 46356 · (219) 696-7701 · Lake County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
151 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 242 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 256 | 51% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Lowell Middle School→Lowell Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tri-Creek School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
38.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lowell Middle School
Lowell Middle School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Middle School this school | 498 | 30.3% | 38.9% |
| Lowell Intermediate School Lowell | 486 | 29.4% | N/A |
| Westchester Middle School Chesterton | 448 | 33.5% | N/A |
| Westchester Intermediate School Chesterton | 404 | 30.4% | 64.9% |
| Batesville Middle School Batesville | 507 | 31.0% | 49.8% |
| Indian Creek Middle School Trafalgar | 503 | 30.6% | 46.5% |
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 Lowell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #154 of 324 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #139 of 325 | #9 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #157 of 325 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #180 of 334 | #14 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #313 of 314 | #20 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #214 of 315 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #283 of 330 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #7 of 187 | #1 of 14 |
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
498
-213 (-30%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 498 | 22.3 | 22.4:1 | 30% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 32.5 | 22.3:1 | 30% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 35 | 21.2:1 | 33% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 29% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 31.6 | 23.8:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 31 | 24.6:1 | 26% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 869 | 37 | 23.5:1 | 23% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 761 | 35 | 21.7:1 | 14% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 36 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell Middle School.
About Lowell Middle School
Lowell Middle School operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Lowell, Indiana. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 498 students on the rolls.
Tri-Creek School Corporation has 6 schools and 3,280 students, and Lowell Middle School is one of those schools.
At Lowell Middle School, 84% of students are White. Other students are 12% Hispanic. That is higher than the 55% White share among all Lake County residents. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Lowell Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. The gap from the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is 6.8 students per teacher. In all, 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 47% average for public schools in Lake County is 17 points higher.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Lowell Middle School is 54.1%. It actually posts 38.9%, which is 15.2 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
In the wider Lake County area, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Lowell Middle School shares Lake County with 120 other public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Lowell Intermediate School, is the closest to Lowell Middle School. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Lowell Middle School. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Lowell Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 30%. The school's ratio increased from 19.2:1 to 22.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tri-Creek School Corporation
- Lowell Senior High SchoolHigh · 981 students
- Oak Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Lowell Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 486 students
- Three Creeks Elem SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Lake Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
Other schools in Lowell
- Lowell Senior High SchoolHigh · 981 students
- Oak Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Lowell Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 486 students
- Three Creeks Elem SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Lake Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 356 students
Other Lowell Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lowell Middle. Lowell Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lowell Middle SchoolLOWELL, MI · 790 students
- Lowell Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Lowell Intermediate School0.0 mi · 486
- Oak Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 487
- Three Creeks Elem School1.8 mi · 472
- Lake Prairie Elementary School2.5 mi · 356
- Lowell Senior High School2.5 mi · 981
- Red Cedars Elementary6.1 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell Middle SchoolHow large is Lowell Middle School?
Lowell Middle School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Lowell Middle School serve?
Lowell Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lowell Middle School?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Lowell Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lowell Middle School?
At Lowell Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lowell Middle School public or private?
Lowell Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tri-Creek School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.