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Enrollment
622
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180345000486
Thompkins Middle School
1300 W Mill Rd, Evansville, IN 47710 · (812) 435-8323 · Vanderburgh County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL622 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
274 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 6 | 203 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 218 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 32% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
39.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
32.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Thompkins Middle School
Thompkins Middle School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompkins Middle School this school | 622 | 44.1% | 37.0% |
| Paul Hadley Middle School Mooresville | 668 | 45.1% | 40.9% |
| Charlestown Middle School Charlestown | 647 | 44.0% | 41.7% |
| Franklin Community Middle School Franklin | 726 | 44.4% | 39.6% |
| Crestview Middle School Huntington | 596 | 45.1% | 36.1% |
| Greenfield Central Junior High Sch Greenfield | 690 | 47.7% | 33.2% |
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 Thompkins Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vanderburgh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #172 of 324 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #189 of 325 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #150 of 325 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 622 | #139 of 334 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #199 of 314 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.1% | #180 of 315 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #214 of 330 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #81 of 187 | #2 of 7 |
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
622
+65 (+12%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 622 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 44% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 38.4 | 16.3:1 | 45% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 39.1 | 15.8:1 | 53% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 557 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 46% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 43.5 | 16.3:1 | 49% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 45% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 41 | 19.3:1 | 42% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 21% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 31 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thompkins Middle School.
About Thompkins Middle School
Evansville, Indiana, is home to Thompkins Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. The student body numbers 622 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp includes 38 schools. Together they enroll 21,589 students.
By race and ethnicity, Thompkins Middle School is 80% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Black. The White share in Vanderburgh County as a whole is similar, at about 81%. By the diversity index, Thompkins Middle School comes in at 35%.
Thompkins Middle School counts 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.9 students for each one. Middle schools in Indiana average about 15.6:1, a similar figure. About 44% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Thompkins Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Thompkins Middle School scores 37.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.4%.
Vanderburgh County census figures show that median household income is about $61,648, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 44 public schools operate in Vanderburgh County, serving about 22,423 students.
The next-closest public school is Central High School, about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Thompkins Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Thompkins Middle School is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Thompkins Middle School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 557 to 622. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.9:1 to 15.9:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Vanderburgh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,117
Census ACS
Median income
$61,648
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in Evansville
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Nearby schools
- Central High School0.6 mi · 1,087
- Stringtown Elementary School1.0 mi · 313
- Highland Elementary School1.4 mi · 814
- Cedar Hall Community School1.6 mi · 496
- Evans School2.1 mi · 473
- Academy for Innovative Studies2.2 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Thompkins Middle SchoolHow large is Thompkins Middle School?
Thompkins Middle School enrolls approximately 622 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thompkins Middle School serve?
Thompkins Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thompkins Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thompkins Middle School is approximately 15.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thompkins Middle School?
At Thompkins Middle School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Thompkins Middle School?
Thompkins Middle School is overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp in Vanderburgh County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.