Enrollment
250
Middle
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF WHITING·NCES 181320000398
Whiting Middle School
1800 New York Ave, Whiting, IN 46394 · (219) 473-1344 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
164 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 32% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Whiting Middle School→Whiting High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within School City of Whiting. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
29.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Whiting Middle School
Whiting Middle School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiting Middle School this school | 250 | 65.6% | 35.6% |
| Pierre Moran Middle School Elkhart | 396 | 59.8% | 19.4% |
| West Noble Middle School Ligonier | 627 | 59.6% | 33.7% |
| North White Middle School Monon | 197 | 82.7% | 10.9% |
| Goshen Junior High School Goshen | 927 | 71.5% | 37.3% |
| Frankfort Middle School Frankfort | 654 | 53.1% | 30.4% |
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 Whiting Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #183 of 324 | #11 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #212 of 325 | #12 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #161 of 325 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #302 of 334 | #21 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #257 of 314 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #213 of 315 | #19 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #51 of 330 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #156 of 187 | #11 of 14 |
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
250
-19 (-7%) vs 2020
+34% since 2000-01, when it was 186
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 250 | 14.3 | 17.4:1 | 66% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 15.8 | 16.2:1 | 66% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 13.3 | 20.3:1 | 78% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 68% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 64% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 66% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 11 | 21.0:1 | 71% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 186 | 12 | 15.5:1 | 59% (109) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whiting Middle School.
About Whiting Middle School
Whiting Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in Whiting, Indiana, one of the schools in School City of Whiting. It educates 250 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Indiana is about 594 students.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in School City of Whiting totals 1,091 students.
Hispanic students make up 84% of enrollment at Whiting Middle School. Smaller groups are 12% White and 3% Black. In Lake County overall, about 21% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.4 students per teacher. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. That is 19 points above the 47% average for public schools in Lake County.
The model predicts 29.1% for a school in Indiana with Whiting Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Whiting Middle School posts 35.6%.
In the county around the school, Lake County, the median household income is $71,493, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Lake County is home to 121 public schools and about 74,661 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Whiting High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Whiting Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 31.1%, lower than Whiting Middle School's 35.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when Whiting Middle School had 269 students, to 2024-25, when it had 250. Students per teacher rose from 14.9 in 2020-21 to 17.4 in 2024-25.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School City of Whiting
- Whiting High SchoolHigh · 445 students
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Other schools in Whiting
- Whiting High SchoolHigh · 445 students
- Nathan Hale Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchElementary
Nearby schools
- Whiting High School0.0 mi · 445
- Nathan Hale Elementary School0.1 mi · 396
- Washington G Elem School2.2 mi · 571
- Addams Elem School2.4 mi · 544
- Washington G High School2.4 mi · 1,520
- Sadlowski Elementary School2.4 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Whiting Middle SchoolHow large is Whiting Middle School?
Whiting Middle School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades 06-08.
Is Whiting Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whiting Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Whiting Middle School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Whiting Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Whiting Middle School?
Student demographics at Whiting Middle School are roughly 12% White, 84% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Whiting Middle School?
Whiting Middle School is overseen by School City of Whiting in Lake County.
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