Enrollment
126
Middle
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHOALS COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181017002615
Shoals Middle School
11741 Ironton Rd, Shoals, IN 47581 · (812) 247-2060 · Martin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL126 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
3 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Shoals Middle School→Shoals Community High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Shoals Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
26.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
13.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-54.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 74% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
126
-22 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 8.2:1
% White
98%
was 95%
% Hispanic
0%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Shoals Middle School
As a micro-enrollment junior high in Shoals, Indiana, Shoals Middle School enrolls 126 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Shoals Community School Corp. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 79% below typical.
Shoals Community School Corp comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 603 students; Shoals Middle School is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Shoals Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). Compared to Martin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Shoals Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Martin County's rate of about 31%.
With demographic context factored in, Shoals Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 73.8%; this one comes in at 19.4%, -54.4 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Martin County indicate median household income runs about $68,594, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Martin County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,365 students), of which Shoals Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Shoals Community Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Shoals Middle School. On composite proficiency, Shoals Middle School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Looking at the recent track record. Shoals Middle School's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 148 (now 126). Class-load math has loosened: from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Shoals Middle School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Martin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,830
Census ACS
Median income
$68,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,365 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shoals Community School Corp
- Shoals Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Shoals Community High SchoolHigh · 201 students
Other schools in Shoals
- Shoals Community Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Shoals Community High SchoolHigh · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Shoals Community Elementary School0.0 mi · 276
- Shoals Community High School0.1 mi · 201
- Loogootee Elementary School7.8 mi · 310
- Loogootee Middle School7.8 mi · 223
- Loogootee High School7.8 mi · 229
- Springs Valley Comm High School11.8 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Shoals Middle SchoolHow many students attend Shoals Middle School?
Shoals Middle School enrolls approximately 126 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Shoals Middle School serve?
Shoals Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Shoals Middle School have?
Shoals Middle School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Shoals Middle School?
Student demographics at Shoals Middle School are roughly 98% White, 2% Two or more.
What district is Shoals Middle School in?
Shoals Middle School is part of Shoals Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.