Shelbyville Middle School

Shelbyville Middle School operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Shelbyville, Indiana, operated by Shelbyville Central Schools. Current enrollment sits at 886 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Shelbyville Middle School sits 49% above that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Shelbyville Central Schools (3,912 students total), Shelbyville Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Shelbyville Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the resource side, The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Shelbyville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Shelby County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,190 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shelby County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,418 students), of which Shelbyville Middle School is one.

Shelbyville Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shelbyville Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.8%.

Shelbyville Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 908 students in 2018 compared to 886 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 15% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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