William Fegely Middle School

Located at 5384 Stone Ave, in Portage, Indiana, William Fegely Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school that serves 566 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Portage Township Schools.

Across the 11 schools in Portage Township Schools (6,519 students total), William Fegely Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, William Fegely Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, William Fegely Middle School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting William Fegely Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at William Fegely Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Porter County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, William Fegely Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.4%; this one comes in at 26.0%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Porter County reports that median household income runs about $87,972, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. William Fegely Middle School is one of 55 public schools in Porter County (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students).

Nearest neighbor: George L Myers Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, William Fegely Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Fegely Middle School has shrank 17%, going from 682 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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