Enrollment
308
Middle
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIPTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181140001842
Tipton Middle School
817 S Main St, Tipton, IN 46072 · (765) 675-7521 · Tipton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- 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
12.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
122 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 100 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 30% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Tipton Middle School→Tipton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tipton Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
29.1%
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 29 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Tipton Middle School
Tipton Middle School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton Middle School this school | 308 | 39.6% | 35.6% |
| Fremont Middle School Fremont | 286 | 40.6% | 42.7% |
| Linton-Stockton Middle School Linton | 291 | 41.6% | 40.9% |
| North Montgomery Middle School Crawfordsville | 400 | 39.3% | 40.1% |
| Wainwright Middle School Lafayette | 320 | 39.1% | 40.0% |
| Eastern Middle School Greentown | 379 | 42.0% | 42.4% |
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 Tipton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #181 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #213 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #198 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #272 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #60 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #235 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #239 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #50 of 187 |
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
308
-57 (-16%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 308 | 24.2 | 12.7:1 | 40% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 26.2 | 11.8:1 | 40% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 26.7 | 12.6:1 | 44% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 42% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 43% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 39% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 40% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 15% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 29 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tipton Middle School.
About Tipton Middle School
Tipton Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school located in Tipton, Indiana. Federal data show 308 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students, which makes this school 48% below average.
Tipton Community School Corp has 3 schools and 1,366 students, and Tipton Middle School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Tipton Middle School, about 88 are White. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Tipton Middle School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 24.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.7:1. The gap from the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana is 2.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%. The figure for public schools in Tipton County is close, at 43%.
Tipton Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Indiana public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.5% for Tipton Middle School. The school posts 35.6%, 11.9 points below the prediction.
For Tipton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $76,156, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 5 public schools and about 2,152 students.
Tipton Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Tipton Middle School. Tipton Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 41.5%, higher than Tipton Middle School's 35.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count fell 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Tipton Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tipton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,346
Census ACS
Median income
$76,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,152 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tipton Community School Corp
- Tipton Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Tipton High SchoolHigh · 437 students
Other schools in Tipton
- Tipton Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Tipton High SchoolHigh · 437 students
Other Tipton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Tipton Middle. Tipton Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Tipton Middle SchoolTipton, IA · 256 students
- TIPTON MIDDLE SCHOOLTIPTON, MO · 122 students
Nearby schools
- Tipton Elementary School0.1 mi · 621
- Tipton High School0.2 mi · 437
- Tri Central Elementary7.1 mi · 397
- Tri Central Middle-High School7.2 mi · 389
- Hamilton Heights High School7.5 mi · 710
- Hamilton Heights Elementary School8.0 mi · 889
Frequently asked questions
About Tipton Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tipton Middle School?
Tipton Middle School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Tipton Middle School serve?
Tipton Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tipton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tipton Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tipton Middle School?
At Tipton Middle School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Tipton Middle School public or private?
Tipton Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tipton Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.