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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Perry Meridian Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
1,278
Middle
DISTRICT 961 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180882001463
Perry Meridian Middle School
202 W Meridian School Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46217 · (317) 789-4100 · Marion County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,278 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Indiana public middle schools
- B+Test 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
16.3:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
835 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 666 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 612 | 48% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
46.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
41.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Indiana's top 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 Perry Meridian Middle School
Perry Meridian Middle School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Meridian Middle School this school | 1,278 | 65.3% | 44.3% |
| Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy Indianapolis | 617 | 67.3% | 37.9% |
| Southport Middle School Indianapolis | 1,304 | 75.2% | 28.8% |
| Southport 6th Grade Academy Indianapolis | 643 | 70.8% | 30.7% |
| Edgewood Intermediate School Indianapolis | 1,300 | 55.8% | 39.1% |
| Clark Pleasant Middle School Greenwood | 1,690 | 56.2% | 45.2% |
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 Perry Meridian Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #110 of 324 | #4 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #120 of 325 | #5 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #96 of 325 | #3 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,278 | #17 of 334 | #6 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #219 of 314 | #26 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #14 of 315 | #4 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #54 of 330 | #14 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #84 of 110 | #12 of 14 |
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
1,278
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,330
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,278 | 78.7 | 16.3:1 | 65% (835) |
| 2023-24 | 1,229 | 75.8 | 16.2:1 | 66% (811) |
| 2022-23 | 1,292 | 80.2 | 16.1:1 | 66% (852) |
| 2020-21 | 1,289 | 69 | 18.7:1 | 65% (842) |
| 2017-18 | 1,230 | 63.7 | 19.3:1 | 65% (802) |
| 2015-16 | 1,161 | 62 | 18.7:1 | 54% (628) |
| 2010-11 | 1,095 | 47 | 23.3:1 | 48% (530) |
| 2000-01 | 1,371 | 73 | 18.8:1 | 34% (472) |
| 1990-91 | 1,330 | 63 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perry Meridian Middle School.
About Perry Meridian Middle School
Students in Indianapolis, Indiana, attend Perry Meridian Middle School, a high-enrollment middle school. The school reports 1,278 students in grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Indiana is about 594 students.
Perry Township Schools serves 16,243 students across 21 schools.
Perry Meridian Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 36%. The rest of enrollment is 35% Asian, 12% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Marion County's population at about 52%. Perry Meridian Middle School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 78.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.3:1. That matches the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana fairly closely. Around 65% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Perry Meridian Middle School is A-. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Perry Meridian Middle School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 15.0 points (44.3% versus 29.3%), a top-10% result in Indiana on BeatsExpectations.
Perry Meridian Middle School is located in Marion County, where the median household income is $66,346, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Perry Meridian Middle School, Marion County has 273 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Perry Meridian Middle School places 2nd out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Perry Meridian Middle School as City: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,289 students in 2020-21 and 1,278 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 18.7 in 2020-21 to 16.3 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perry Township Schools
- Perry Meridian High SchoolHigh · 2,455 students
- Southport High SchoolHigh · 2,431 students
- Southport Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,304 students
- Rosa Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Mary Bryan Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
- Southport 6th Grade AcademyMiddle · 643 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy0.1 mi · 617
- Perry Meridian High School0.3 mi · 2,455
- Douglas MacArthur Kindergarten0.6 mi · 273
- Douglas MacArthur Elementary Sch0.6 mi · 579
- Southport High School1.8 mi · 2,431
- Glenns Valley Elementary School1.9 mi · 533
Frequently asked questions
About Perry Meridian Middle SchoolHow large is Perry Meridian Middle School?
Perry Meridian Middle School enrolls approximately 1,278 students in grades 07-08.
Is Perry Meridian Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perry Meridian Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perry Meridian Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perry Meridian Middle School is approximately 16.3:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Perry Meridian Middle School?
At Perry Meridian Middle School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% Black, 35% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Perry Meridian Middle School in?
Perry Meridian Middle School is part of Perry Township Schools.
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