Western Middle School

Set in Russiaville, Indiana, Western Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school, run under Western School Corporation. It enrolls 589 students across grades 6 through 8.

Western School Corporation runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,542 students. Western Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Western Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Howard County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 34% of students at Western Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Western Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Howard County) reports that median household earnings sit near $64,027, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Howard County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,786 students), of which Western Middle School is one.

Western High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Western Middle School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

Western Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Western Middle School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 633 (now 589).

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.