West Noble Middle School

West Noble Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Ligonier, Indiana, part of West Noble School Corporation, instructs 627 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

West Noble School Corporation runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,192 students. West Noble Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, West Noble Middle School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 40% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, On paper, West Noble Middle School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting West Noble Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Noble County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, West Noble Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.3%; this one delivers 33.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Noble County indicate median household income runs about $71,723, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Noble County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,651 students), of which West Noble Middle School is one.

West Noble Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Noble Middle School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 733 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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