Enrollment
295
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180345000477
McGary Middle School
1535 S Joyce Ave, Evansville, IN 47714 · (812) 476-3035 · Vanderburgh County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Indiana public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
216 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 6 | 115 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 32% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
11.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
5.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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
9.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 McGary Middle School
McGary Middle School's state test result (9.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGary Middle School this school | 295 | 73.2% | 9.1% |
| Martin T Krueger Middle School Michigan City | 324 | 77.2% | 17.8% |
| Washington Middle School Evansville | 331 | 68.0% | 17.6% |
| Barker Middle School Michigan City | 390 | 69.2% | 21.0% |
| John L McCulloch Junior High Sch Marion | 455 | 73.0% | 16.2% |
| Thomas Carr Howe Middle School - an IB World School Indianapolis | 455 | 70.8% | N/A |
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 McGary Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vanderburgh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #317 of 324 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #316 of 325 | #7 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #320 of 325 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #282 of 334 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #4 of 314 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #12 of 315 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #21 of 330 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #89 of 187 | #3 of 7 |
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
295
+38 (+15%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 295 | 30 | 9.8:1 | 73% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 28.8 | 10.5:1 | 76% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 27.1 | 12.9:1 | 81% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 26 | 9.9:1 | 78% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 30.2 | 10.9:1 | 87% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 31 | 11.2:1 | 89% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 25 | 12.3:1 | 86% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 60% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 33 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McGary Middle School.
About McGary Middle School
McGary Middle School is the name of a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Evansville, Indiana. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 295 students. For comparison, middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp is made up of 38 schools with 21,589 students in all.
Enrollment at McGary Middle School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 35%. The rest of enrollment is 34% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the White share of Vanderburgh County's population at about 81%. The chance that two students picked at random at McGary Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
McGary Middle School employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 9.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Indiana is 15.6:1, higher than at this school. McGary Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 73%. That is 25 points above the 48% average for public schools in Vanderburgh County.
McGary Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
McGary Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 9.1% is 14.7 points below the 23.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Vanderburgh County show that median household income is about $61,648, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. McGary Middle School is one of 44 public schools in Vanderburgh County, which together enroll about 22,423 students.
The next-closest public school is Dexter Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of McGary Middle School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, McGary Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students grew from 257 to 295 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Vanderburgh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,117
Census ACS
Median income
$61,648
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in Evansville
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Nearby schools
- Dexter Elementary School0.6 mi · 384
- Caze Elementary School0.9 mi · 510
- Excel Center of Evansville Southeast1.0 mi · 158
- Hebron Elementary School1.0 mi · 726
- Fairlawn Elementary School1.1 mi · 450
- Washington Middle School1.4 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About McGary Middle SchoolHow many students attend McGary Middle School?
McGary Middle School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does McGary Middle School serve?
McGary Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at McGary Middle School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at McGary Middle School.
How diverse is McGary Middle School?
McGary Middle School reports a student body of 35% White, 14% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is McGary Middle School public or private?
McGary Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.