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Enrollment
368
Middle
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAYLOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181125001263
Taylor Middle School
3794 E CR 300 S, Kokomo, IN 46902 · (765) 455-5186 · Howard County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- C+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
13.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
246 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 5 | 85 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 26% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Taylor Middle School→Taylor High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Taylor Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
29.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
14.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Taylor Middle School
Taylor Middle School's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Middle School this school | 368 | 66.8% | 23.2% |
| Maple Crest Middle School Kokomo | 435 | 65.1% | 16.1% |
| Test Intermediate School Richmond | 621 | 65.2% | 21.7% |
| R J Baskett Middle School Gas City | 507 | 67.9% | 30.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Middle School Terre Haute | 686 | 65.2% | 29.0% |
| Irvington Community Middle School Indianapolis | 238 | 63.4% | N/A |
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 Taylor Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #263 of 324 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #280 of 325 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #241 of 325 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #244 of 334 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #107 of 314 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #107 of 315 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #44 of 330 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.8% | #12 of 110 | N/A |
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
368
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 368 | 26.8 | 13.7:1 | 67% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 27.5 | 13.5:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 77% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 36 | 11.0:1 | 62% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 24.8 | 11.0:1 | 64% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | N/A | N/A | 59% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 47% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 27 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor Middle School.
About Taylor Middle School
Taylor Middle School is a small middle school in Kokomo, Indiana. The school serves grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 368 students. Middle schools in Indiana have about 594 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Taylor Middle School sits within Taylor Community School Corp, which has 3 schools and 1,205 students.
More than half of the students at Taylor Middle School are White (65%). Other reported shares: 13% multiracial, 12% Black, and 9% Hispanic. That compares with about 85% White among all Howard County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Taylor Middle School reports a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher, from 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.7:1 compares with an average of 15.6:1 for middle schools in Indiana. Lunch program data show 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 49% average for public schools in Howard County is 18 points lower.
Among Indiana public middle schools, Taylor Middle School outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Taylor Middle School is 5.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.
For Howard County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,027 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Taylor Middle School, Howard County has 29 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Taylor Middle School is closest to Taylor High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 27.9% on proficiency, and Taylor Middle School is below that at 23.2%.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
The school's student count decreased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 11.0:1 to 13.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Taylor Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,752
Census ACS
Median income
$64,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Taylor Community School Corp
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 343 students
Other schools in Kokomo
- Kokomo High SchoolHigh · 1,393 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Northwestern Senior High SchoolHigh · 541 students
- Lafayette Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Taylor Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 451 students
Other Taylor Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Taylor Middle. Taylor Middle School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Taylor MiddleMillbrae, CA · 756 students
- Taylor Middle SchoolTAYLOR, TX · 602 students
- Taylor Middle SchoolCleves, OH · 599 students
- TAYLOR MIDDLELOVINGTON, NM · 442 students
- TAYLOR MIDDLELOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Taylor High School0.0 mi · 343
- Taylor Elementary School3.4 mi · 494
- Elwood Haynes Elementary School4.2 mi · 334
- Tri Central Middle-High School4.2 mi · 389
- Tri Central Elementary4.3 mi · 397
- Maple Crest STEM Elementary School4.3 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About Taylor Middle SchoolHow large is Taylor Middle School?
Taylor Middle School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Taylor Middle School serve?
Taylor Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Taylor Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Taylor Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taylor Middle School?
At Taylor Middle School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 9% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Taylor Middle School?
Taylor Middle School is overseen by Taylor Community School Corp in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.