Enrollment
321
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPENCER-OWEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181095001790
Owen Valley Middle School
626 W St Hwy 46, Spencer, IN 47460 · (812) 829-2249 · Owen County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
168 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 151 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 170 | 53% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Owen Valley Middle School→Owen Valley Community High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Spencer-Owen Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
26.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Owen Valley Middle School
Owen Valley Middle School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Valley Middle School this school | 321 | 52.3% | 31.9% |
| Brownstown Central Middle School Brownstown | 307 | 51.1% | 38.3% |
| Sullivan Middle School Sullivan | 353 | 51.0% | 37.3% |
| Salem Middle School Salem | 352 | 50.9% | 28.4% |
| Benjamin Rush Middle School Rushville | 300 | 53.7% | 34.4% |
| Union County Middle School Liberty | 287 | 54.4% | 32.6% |
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 Owen Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #209 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #235 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #166 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #269 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #31 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #295 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #140 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #34 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
321
-31 (-9%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 321 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 52% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 26.2 | 12.9:1 | 55% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 23.2 | 14.8:1 | 55% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 47% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 52% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 54% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 46% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 34% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 37 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Owen Valley Middle School.
About Owen Valley Middle School
Owen Valley Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school for students in Spencer, Indiana. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 321 students. That is 46% below the average of about 594 students for middle schools in Indiana.
Across its 6 schools, Spencer-Owen Community Schools enrolls 2,156 students. Owen Valley Middle School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Owen Valley Middle School is 94% White. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. In Owen County overall, the White share is about 95%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Owen Valley Middle School comes to 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9:1. Middle schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.6:1. On the income side, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Owen County average a similar 53%.
Among Indiana public middle schools, Owen Valley Middle School outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Owen Valley Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.9%; the prediction is 38.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Owen County show that the median household earns about $62,464 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Owen County, 6 public schools serve about 2,156 students.
Owen Valley Community High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Owen Valley Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Owen Valley Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 321, down from 352 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 11.9:1, from 10.7:1.
Owen Valley 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.
Owen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,604
Census ACS
Median income
$62,464
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spencer-Owen Community Schools
- Owen Valley Community High SchoolHigh · 628 students
- Spencer Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- McCormick's Creek Elementary SchElementary · 390 students
- Gosport Elementary SchoolElementary · 149 students
- Patricksburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 147 students
Other schools in Spencer
- Owen Valley Community High SchoolHigh · 628 students
- Spencer Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- McCormick's Creek Elementary SchElementary · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Owen Valley Community High School0.1 mi · 628
- Spencer Elementary School1.2 mi · 521
- McCormick's Creek Elementary Sch4.5 mi · 390
- Gosport Elementary School7.4 mi · 149
- Edgewood Early Childhood Center7.7 mi · 101
- Edgewood Primary School8.4 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Owen Valley Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Owen Valley Middle School?
Owen Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades 07-08.
Is Owen Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Owen Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Owen Valley Middle School have?
Owen Valley Middle School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Owen Valley Middle School?
Student demographics at Owen Valley Middle School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Owen Valley Middle School in?
Owen Valley Middle School is part of Spencer-Owen Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.