Tipton Middle School

Located at 817 S Main St, in Tipton, Indiana, Tipton Middle School is a small middle-grades school that caters to 308 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Tipton Community School Corp. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Tipton Middle School sits 48% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Tipton Community School Corp (1,366 students total), Tipton Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Tipton Middle School shows that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tipton Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Tipton County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,156 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tipton County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,152 students), Tipton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tipton Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tipton Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tipton Middle School has fell 17%, going from 371 students in 2018 to 308 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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