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Enrollment
563
Middle
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180327000438
North Side Middle School
300 Lawrence St, Elkhart, IN 46514 · (574) 262-5570 · Elkhart County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Indiana public middle schools
- DTest 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
13.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
323 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 275 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 51% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
North Side Middle School→Elkhart High School
Based on grade levels within Elkhart Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
19.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
15.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 North Side Middle School
North Side Middle School's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Side Middle School this school | 563 | 57.4% | 17.5% |
| West Side Middle School Elkhart | 569 | 55.0% | 25.1% |
| Lincoln Junior High School Plymouth | 498 | 57.2% | 34.6% |
| Southridge Middle School Huntingburg | 394 | 58.9% | 51.1% |
| River Valley Middle School Jeffersonville | 857 | 64.5% | 31.2% |
| Lafayette Tecumseh Jr High School Lafayette | 999 | 62.1% | 25.6% |
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 North Side Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #287 of 324 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #279 of 325 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #290 of 325 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #158 of 334 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #100 of 314 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #37 of 315 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #103 of 330 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #28 of 187 | #3 of 8 |
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
563
-197 (-26%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 563 | 41.3 | 13.7:1 | 57% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 38.5 | 14.6:1 | 66% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 39.5 | 15.9:1 | 71% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 69 | 11.0:1 | 53% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 43.2 | 16.6:1 | 63% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 60% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 68% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 40% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 38 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Side Middle School.
About North Side Middle School
At 300 Lawrence St in Elkhart, Indiana, North Side Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school. There are 563 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8.
Elkhart Community Schools has a total of 19 schools and 10,640 students, North Side Middle School among them.
At North Side Middle School, White students make up the biggest share, 40%. Other groups make up 36% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 74% of Elkhart County residents are White. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at North Side Middle School are from different groups.
On staff are 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. Middle schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.6:1. About 57% of students at North Side Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, North Side Middle School lands at D, ahead of 5% of Indiana public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, North Side Middle School would score about 34.9%. It scores 17.5%, a bottom-10% result among Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Elkhart County show that the median household earns about $68,561 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Elkhart County has 60 public schools with about 33,574 students, including North Side Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, Beardsley Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from North Side Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 16.3%, lower than North Side Middle School's 17.5%.
The federal government classifies North Side Middle School's location as City: Small.
In 2020-21, North Side Middle School enrolled 760 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 563. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.0:1 to 13.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to North Side Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhart Community Schools
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Roosevelt STEAM AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Pinewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Mary Daly Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Beardsley Elementary School0.6 mi · 356
- Excel Center - Elkhart1.4 mi · 260
- Elkhart Alternative Education1.8 mi · 205
- Mary Daly Elementary School1.8 mi · 476
- Mary Beck Elementary School1.9 mi · 385
- West Side Middle School2.0 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About North Side Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at North Side Middle School?
North Side Middle School enrolls approximately 563 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does North Side Middle School serve?
North Side Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Side Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Side Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Side Middle School?
At North Side Middle School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 36% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees North Side Middle School?
North Side Middle School is overseen by Elkhart Community Schools in Elkhart County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.