North Wood Middle School

As a mid-tier junior high in Wakarusa, Indiana, North Wood Middle School educates 653 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Wa-Nee Community Schools.

Wa-Nee Community Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,848 students; North Wood Middle School is among them.

Demographically, North Wood Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest reads as 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Elkhart County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Elkhart County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Wood Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.2%; this one delivers 62.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Elkhart County) reports that median household income runs about $68,561, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. North Wood Middle School is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

Wakarusa Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Wood Middle School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Wood Middle School has declined 12%, going from 746 students in 2018 to 653 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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