Wabash Middle School

As a close-knit 6-8 campus in Wabash, Indiana, Wabash Middle School educates 433 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by Wabash City Schools. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Wabash City Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,463 students. Wabash Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Wabash Middle School logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wabash Middle School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Wabash Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Wabash County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wabash Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 32.0%.

In the surrounding community, Wabash County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,806, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wabash County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,096 students), of which Wabash Middle School is one.

Wabash High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Wabash Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wabash Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.8%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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