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Enrollment
589
Middle
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180447002225
Western Middle School
2600 S 600 W, Russiaville, IN 46979 · (765) 883-5566 · Howard County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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
15.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
201 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 6 | 212 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 194 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 183 | 31% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Western Middle School→Western High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Western School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
44.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Western Middle School
Western Middle School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Middle School this school | 589 | 34.1% | 47.7% |
| Yorktown Middle School Yorktown | 687 | 34.9% | 49.3% |
| Batesville Middle School Batesville | 507 | 31.0% | 49.8% |
| North Wood Middle School Wakarusa | 653 | 37.2% | 62.3% |
| Pendleton Heights Middle School Pendleton | 730 | 37.4% | 47.1% |
| Castle South Middle School Newburgh | 641 | 39.0% | 57.5% |
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 Western Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #95 of 324 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #110 of 325 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #66 of 325 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #149 of 334 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #176 of 314 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #195 of 315 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #269 of 330 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #122 of 187 | N/A |
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
589
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 589 | 38.4 | 15.3:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 38.6 | 15.1:1 | 41% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 41.9 | 13.6:1 | 36% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 31% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 33% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 32% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 26% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 13% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 17 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Middle School.
About Western Middle School
The public middle-grades school Western Middle School is located in Russiaville, Indiana. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 589 students enrolled.
The district, Western School Corporation, has 2,542 students enrolled across 4 schools.
Western Middle School enrolls a student body that is 83% White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. The White share in Howard County as a whole is similar, at about 85%. The chance that two students picked at random at Western Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
Federal data list 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Western Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.3:1. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is about 15.6:1. The lunch program counts 34% of students at Western Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Howard County report 49%.
allk12 grades Western Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Western Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.7%; the prediction is 51.4%.
Across Howard County, median household income is about $64,027, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Howard County number 29 and enroll about 12,786.
The shortest distance from Western Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Western High School. The five-mile area around Western Middle School holds 6 other public schools. Western Middle School comes in 1st of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Western Middle School went from 620 students to 589.
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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,752
Census ACS
Median income
$64,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Western School Corporation
- Western High SchoolHigh · 804 students
- Western Intermediate SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Western Primary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other schools in Russiaville
- Western High SchoolHigh · 804 students
- Western Intermediate SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Western Primary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other Western Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Western Middle. Western Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Western Middle SchoolAUBURN, MI · 681 students
- Western Middle SchoolPARMA, MI · 594 students
- Western Middle SchoolGreenwich, CT · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Western High School0.1 mi · 804
- Western Intermediate School0.2 mi · 622
- Western Primary School0.2 mi · 527
- Kokomo Virtual Academy4.5 mi · 199
- Kokomo High School4.5 mi · 1,393
- Boulevard Elementary School4.6 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Western Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Western Middle School?
Western Middle School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Western Middle School serve?
Western Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Western Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Western Middle School is approximately 15.3:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Western Middle School?
At Western Middle School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Western Middle School public or private?
Western Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Western School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.