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If you could change one rule at Nathaniel Scribner Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
941
Middle
DISTRICT 1,138 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ALBANY-FLOYD CO CON SCH·NCES 180741001276
Nathaniel Scribner Middle School
910 Old Vincennes Rd, New Albany, IN 47150 · (812) 949-4283 · Floyd County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL941 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Indiana public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
15.7:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
508 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 5 | 239 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 238 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 25% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
39.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.3%
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 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Nathaniel Scribner Middle School
Nathaniel Scribner Middle School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Scribner Middle School this school | 941 | 54.0% | 35.3% |
| Hobart Middle School Hobart | 905 | 52.6% | 39.2% |
| Jefferson Middle School Fort Wayne | 658 | 56.2% | 25.6% |
| Virgil I Grissom Middle School Mishawaka | 662 | 50.6% | 43.8% |
| Shelbyville Middle School Shelbyville | 886 | 51.7% | 37.3% |
| Lebanon Middle School Lebanon | 849 | 47.6% | 35.1% |
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 Nathaniel Scribner Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #184 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #198 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #153 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 941 | #46 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #191 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #68 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.0% | #128 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #100 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
941
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 941 | 59.8 | 15.7:1 | 54% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 898 | 59.9 | 15.0:1 | 52% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 902 | 61.5 | 14.7:1 | 57% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 51% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 930 | 60 | 15.5:1 | 54% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 58 | 14.8:1 | 55% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 1,044 | 54 | 19.3:1 | 54% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 40% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 809 | 39 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nathaniel Scribner Middle School.
About Nathaniel Scribner Middle School
Among the schools in New Albany, Indiana, is Nathaniel Scribner Middle School, a large middle-grades school. The latest federal count shows 941 students in grades 5 through 8. The average for middle schools in Indiana is about 594 students, so this school is 58% bigger than average.
New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch enrolls 11,362 students in 15 schools, including Nathaniel Scribner Middle School.
White students are the majority at Nathaniel Scribner Middle School, with 57% of enrollment. It is also 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Floyd County's residents are about 86% White, 29 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Nathaniel Scribner Middle School is 59.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Indiana average 15.6:1. About 54% of students, or 508, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Floyd County average 38%.
allk12 grades Nathaniel Scribner Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Nathaniel Scribner Middle School would be expected to post about 37.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.3%.
Across Floyd County, the median household income is $79,704, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Floyd County is home to 17 public schools and about 11,849 public school students.
CA Early Learning Center is located about 0.8 miles from Nathaniel Scribner Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Nathaniel Scribner Middle School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Nathaniel Scribner Middle School's enrollment climbed 3%, to 941.
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Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,918
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
11,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch
- New Albany Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,821 students
- Floyd Central High SchoolHigh · 1,785 students
- Highland Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,676 students
- Hazelwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 659 students
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
Other schools in New Albany
- New Albany Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,821 students
- Hazelwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Mount Tabor Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Grant Line Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Community MontessoriCombined · 487 students
- Slate Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
Nearby schools
- CA Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 1
- Green Valley Elementary School1.3 mi · 404
- S Ellen Jones Elementary School1.4 mi · 243
- New Albany Senior High School1.7 mi · 1,821
- Hazelwood Middle School1.9 mi · 798
- Fairmont Elementary School2.2 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Nathaniel Scribner Middle SchoolHow large is Nathaniel Scribner Middle School?
Nathaniel Scribner Middle School enrolls approximately 941 students in grades 05-08.
Is Nathaniel Scribner Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nathaniel Scribner Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nathaniel Scribner Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nathaniel Scribner Middle School is approximately 15.7:1 (60 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Nathaniel Scribner Middle School?
Nathaniel Scribner Middle School reports a student body of 57% White, 14% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Nathaniel Scribner Middle School?
Nathaniel Scribner Middle School is overseen by New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch in Floyd County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.