1
How has Southport Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,304
Middle
DISTRICT 961 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180882001462
Southport Middle School
5715 S Keystone, Indianapolis, IN 46227 · (317) 789-4600 · Marion County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,304 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Indiana public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.7:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
980 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 | 658 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 646 | 50% |
Student demographics
76%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
31.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
26.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 31 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Southport Middle School
Southport Middle School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southport Middle School this school | 1,304 | 75.2% | 28.8% |
| Southport 6th Grade Academy Indianapolis | 643 | 70.8% | 30.7% |
| Perry Meridian Middle School Indianapolis | 1,278 | 65.3% | 44.3% |
| Perry Meridian 6th Grade Academy Indianapolis | 617 | 67.3% | 37.9% |
| Miami Middle School Fort Wayne | 496 | 73.0% | 12.5% |
| Edgewood Intermediate School Indianapolis | 1,300 | 55.8% | 39.1% |
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 Southport Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #238 of 324 | #13 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #234 of 325 | #14 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #222 of 325 | #12 of 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,304 | #13 of 334 | #4 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #268 of 314 | #30 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #3 of 315 | #2 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #17 of 330 | #5 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #39 of 110 | #9 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
1,304
+114 (+10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,332
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 1,304 | 73.5 | 17.7:1 | 75% (980) |
| 2023-24 | 1,210 | 71.3 | 17.0:1 | 77% (937) |
| 2022-23 | 1,194 | 73.9 | 16.2:1 | 72% (864) |
| 2020-21 | 1,190 | 66 | 18.0:1 | 72% (861) |
| 2017-18 | 1,131 | 66.1 | 17.1:1 | 75% (851) |
| 2015-16 | 1,089 | 62 | 17.6:1 | 65% (704) |
| 2010-11 | 1,103 | 51 | 21.6:1 | 65% (712) |
| 2000-01 | 1,427 | 73 | 19.6:1 | 37% (523) |
| 1990-91 | 1,332 | 64 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southport Middle School.
About Southport Middle School
At 5715 S Keystone in Indianapolis, Indiana, Southport Middle School operates as a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 1,304 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 120% larger than the 594-student average for middle schools in Indiana.
Across its 21 schools, Perry Township Schools enrolls 16,243 students. Southport Middle School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Southport Middle School, about 29 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 26% Asian, 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Marion County is about 52% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.7:1. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 75%. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Marion County is 15 points.
Among Indiana public middle schools, Southport Middle School outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Southport Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 22.4%. Southport Middle School scores 28.8%, 6.4 points above that line.
Marion County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,346 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Marion County number 274, with about 161,456 students.
Southport 6th Grade Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Southport Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Southport Middle School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,304 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,190.
This community page is for conversations about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Perry Meridian Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 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
Other Southport Middle schools
One other US public school is named Southport Middle. Southport Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOLPORT ST LUCIE, FL · 872 students
Nearby schools
- Southport 6th Grade Academy0.1 mi · 643
- Clinton Young Elementary School0.2 mi · 595
- RISE Learning Center1.1 mi · 200
- Homecroft Kindergarten1.3 mi · 359
- Homecroft Elementary School1.3 mi · 493
- Jeremiah Gray Kindergarten1.4 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Southport Middle SchoolHow many students attend Southport Middle School?
Southport Middle School enrolls approximately 1,304 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Southport Middle School serve?
Southport Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southport Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southport Middle School is approximately 17.7:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southport Middle School?
At Southport Middle School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 25% Hispanic, 14% Black, 26% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Southport Middle School in?
Southport Middle School is part of Perry Township Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.