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What's the one class at Tri-North Middle School every student should take?
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Enrollment
569
Middle
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180063002232
Tri-North Middle School
1000 W 15th St, Bloomington, IN 47404 · (812) 330-7745 · Monroe County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Indiana public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
254 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 7 | 298 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 48% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
42.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
43.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Tri-North Middle School
Tri-North Middle School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-North Middle School this school | 569 | 44.6% | 42.9% |
| Lora L Batchelor Middle School Bloomington | 478 | 46.4% | 31.8% |
| Honey Creek Middle School Terre Haute | 666 | 43.5% | 47.7% |
| Charlestown Middle School Charlestown | 647 | 44.0% | 41.7% |
| Thompkins Middle School Evansville | 622 | 44.1% | 37.0% |
| Princeton Community Middle Princeton | 437 | 44.2% | 25.2% |
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 Tri-North Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #121 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #113 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #132 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #154 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #136 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #121 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #211 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #82 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
569
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 569 | 39.3 | 14.5:1 | 45% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 41.8 | 13.0:1 | 43% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 40.8 | 14.1:1 | 41% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 39% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 42% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 36% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 37% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 31% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 723 | 37 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tri-North Middle School.
About Tri-North Middle School
Tri-North Middle School is a mid-sized middle school located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school enrolls 569 students in grades 7 through 8.
The district, Monroe County Community Sch Corp, operates 23 schools serving 10,480 students.
Federal enrollment data show Tri-North Middle School is 68% White. Other groups include 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 82% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.5:1. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.6:1. Of all students at Tri-North Middle School, 45% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Tri-North Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Indiana public middle schools.
Tri-North Middle School is 1.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.9% versus 44.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
The school is in Monroe County, where the median household earns about $65,868 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Tri-North Middle School shares Monroe County with 32 other public schools.
Fairview Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Tri-North Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Tri-North Middle School is 2nd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Tri-North Middle School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Tri-North Middle School had 568 students in 2020-21 and 569 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.5:1) than in 2020-21 (16.7:1).
This page is set up for the Tri-North Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
140,965
Census ACS
Median income
$65,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
14,256 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe County Community Sch Corp
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
- University Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Binford Elementary SchoolElementary · 507 students
Other schools in Bloomington
- Bloomington High School SouthHigh · 1,691 students
- Bloomington High School NorthHigh · 1,528 students
- Edgewood Primary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Edgewood Intermediate SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Jackson Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview Elementary School0.6 mi · 414
- Arlington Heights Elementary Sch0.8 mi · 301
- The Acad of Sci & Entrepreneurship1.0 mi · 79
- The Bloomington Project School1.1 mi · 317
- Hoosier Hills Childcare Center1.5 mi · 16
- Bloomington High School North1.5 mi · 1,528
Frequently asked questions
About Tri-North Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tri-North Middle School?
Tri-North Middle School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Tri-North Middle School serve?
Tri-North Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Tri-North Middle School have?
Tri-North Middle School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Tri-North Middle School?
Tri-North Middle School reports a student body of 68% White, 9% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Tri-North Middle School?
Tri-North Middle School is overseen by Monroe County Community Sch Corp in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.