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Noblesville West 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 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Noblesville West Middle School
Set in Noblesville, Indiana, Noblesville West Middle School is a sizable middle school, operated by Noblesville Schools. It works with 1,330 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Noblesville West Middle School sits 124% above that benchmark.
Within Noblesville Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 10,524 students, Noblesville West Middle School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Noblesville West Middle School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Hamilton County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Noblesville West Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.1%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $121,530 per year, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Noblesville West Middle School is one of 69 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 63,065 students).
Hinkle Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Noblesville West Middle School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 57.2%.
Noblesville West Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,346 students in 2018 compared to 1,330 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 88% to 81%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.
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- Noblesville East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Noble Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 891 students
- Hinkle Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 885 students
- Promise Road ElementaryElementary · 810 students
- Hazel Dell Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
- Hinkle Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 885
- Options Indiana1.9 mi · 612
- Noblesville East Middle School2.0 mi · 1,057
- North Elementary School2.1 mi · 448
- White River Elementary School2.2 mi · 605
- Noblesville High School2.3 mi · 3,291