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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Norwell Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
561
Middle
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWELL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180822002159
Norwell Middle School
1100 E US 224, Ossian, IN 46777 · (260) 543-2218 · Wells County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Indiana public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
204 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 6 | 194 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 33% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Norwell Middle School→Norwell High School
Based on grade levels within Norwell Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
53.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Norwell Middle School
Norwell Middle School's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwell Middle School this school | 561 | 36.4% | 54.7% |
| Triton Central Middle School Fairland | 426 | 37.6% | 43.6% |
| Perry Heights Middle School Evansville | 471 | 36.5% | 51.8% |
| Edgewood Junior High School Ellettsville | 627 | 40.5% | 41.0% |
| North Wood Middle School Wakarusa | 653 | 37.2% | 62.3% |
| Pendleton Heights Middle School Pendleton | 730 | 37.4% | 47.1% |
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 Norwell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #49 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #57 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #45 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #159 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #111 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #267 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.4% | #259 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #142 of 187 |
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
561
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 561 | 40.8 | 13.8:1 | 36% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 40.5 | 14.4:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 31% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 29% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 29% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 28% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 28 | 20.9:1 | 34% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 16% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 29 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwell Middle School.
About Norwell Middle School
Federal records list Norwell Middle School as a middle-grades school in Ossian, Indiana. The school enrolls 561 students in grades 6 through 8.
The district, Norwell Community Schools, has 2,413 students enrolled across 4 schools.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at Norwell Middle School. Next come 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Wells County, where about 93% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Norwell Middle School reported 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.8:1. Middle schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.6:1. Roughly 36% of students at Norwell Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Norwell Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of Indiana public middle schools.
Test results at Norwell Middle School are 4.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (54.7% actual, 49.8% predicted).
For Wells County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,957 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Norwell Middle School, Wells County has 9 public schools.
Norwell High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Norwell Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Norwell Middle School comes in 2nd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count increased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 15.2:1 to 13.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Norwell Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wells County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,420
Census ACS
Median income
$71,957
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
5,106 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norwell Community Schools
- Norwell High SchoolHigh · 753 students
- Ossian ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Lancaster Central SchoolElementary · 533 students
Other schools in Ossian
- Norwell High SchoolHigh · 753 students
- Ossian ElementaryElementary · 566 students
Other Norwell Middle schools
One other US public school is named Norwell Middle. Norwell Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Norwell Middle SchoolNorwell, MA · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Norwell High School0.0 mi · 753
- Lancaster Central School3.6 mi · 533
- Ossian Elementary3.9 mi · 566
- Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch7.4 mi · 750
- Bluffton High School7.5 mi · 507
- Bluffton-Harrison Middle School7.7 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Norwell Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norwell Middle School?
Norwell Middle School enrolls approximately 561 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Norwell Middle School serve?
Norwell Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Norwell Middle School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Norwell Middle School.
How diverse is Norwell Middle School?
Norwell Middle School reports a student body of 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Norwell Middle School?
Norwell Middle School is overseen by Norwell Community Schools in Wells County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.