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Maconaquah Middle School
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Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Maconaquah Middle School
Located at 594 E 800 S, in Bunker Hill, Indiana, Maconaquah Middle School is a low-enrollment intermediate school that enrolls 407 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Maconaquah School Corp. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Maconaquah Middle School sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.
Maconaquah Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Maconaquah School Corp, a district that caters to 1,883 students overall.
On demographics, Maconaquah Middle School reports that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Maconaquah Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Maconaquah Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, Maconaquah Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.0%; this one delivers 28.5%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Miami County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $61,139 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Maconaquah Middle School is one of 10 public schools in Miami County (combined enrollment of about 4,854 students).
Maconaquah Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maconaquah Middle School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maconaquah Middle School has contracted 26%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 407 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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