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Enrollment
432
Middle
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPPECANOE VALLEY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181137000397
Tippecanoe Valley Middle School
11303 W 800 S, Akron, IN 46910 · (574) 598-2200 · Kosciusko County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
250 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 141 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 34% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Tippecanoe Valley Middle School→Tippecanoe Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
34.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Tippecanoe Valley Middle School
Tippecanoe Valley Middle School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tippecanoe Valley Middle School this school | 432 | 57.9% | 35.0% |
| Roosevelt Middle School Monticello | 500 | 57.2% | 35.2% |
| Maconaquah Middle School Bunker Hill | 407 | 58.7% | 28.5% |
| Angola Middle School Angola | 543 | 56.2% | 42.6% |
| Rochester Community Middle School Rochester | 353 | 60.1% | 47.5% |
| Wabash Middle School Wabash | 433 | 60.7% | 32.0% |
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 Tippecanoe Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #189 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #176 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #199 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #214 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #85 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #211 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #100 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #97 of 110 |
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
432
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 432 | 32.5 | 13.3:1 | 58% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 62% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 28.5 | 14.3:1 | 58% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 56% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 52% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 55% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 22 | 24.2:1 | 55% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 30% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tippecanoe Valley Middle School.
About Tippecanoe Valley Middle School
Tippecanoe Valley Middle School is a small middle school that serves part of Akron, Indiana. The latest federal count shows 432 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 594-student average for middle schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 27% lower.
The district for Tippecanoe Valley Middle School is Tippecanoe Valley School Corp, with 4 schools and 1,738 students.
White students are the large majority at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School, with 84% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic. The White share in Kosciusko County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 15.6:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School is 58%.
Compared with Indiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Tippecanoe Valley Middle School's results are within a point of predicted: 35.0% against 34.6%.
Kosciusko County has these Census figures: median household income is about $75,317, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School is among the 20 public schools in Kosciusko County.
Of nearby public schools, Tippecanoe Valley High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Tippecanoe Valley Middle School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 417 in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, a 4% gain.
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Kosciusko County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,442
Census ACS
Median income
$75,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
11,029 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tippecanoe Valley School Corp
- Tippecanoe Valley High SchoolHigh · 568 students
- Mentone Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Akron Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
Other schools in Akron
- Tippecanoe Valley High SchoolHigh · 568 students
- Akron Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Tippecanoe Valley High School0.3 mi · 568
- Mentone Elementary School4.3 mi · 384
- Akron Elementary School4.9 mi · 354
- Claypool Elementary School8.8 mi · 253
- Columbia Elementary School9.6 mi · 325
- George M Riddle Elementary School9.8 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Tippecanoe Valley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tippecanoe Valley Middle School?
Tippecanoe Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Tippecanoe Valley Middle School serve?
Tippecanoe Valley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School is approximately 13.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tippecanoe Valley Middle School?
At Tippecanoe Valley Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Tippecanoe Valley Middle School public or private?
Tippecanoe Valley Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tippecanoe Valley School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.