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Enrollment
566
Middle
DISTRICT 743 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTAGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180915001519
William Fegely Middle School
5384 Stone Ave, Portage, IN 46368 · (219) 763-8150 · Porter County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Indiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
273 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 167 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 195 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
William Fegely Middle School→Portage High School
Based on grade levels within Portage Township Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
29.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
22.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 William Fegely Middle School
William Fegely Middle School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Fegely Middle School this school | 566 | 48.2% | 26.0% |
| Wea Ridge Middle School Lafayette | 675 | 50.1% | 32.5% |
| Clarksville Middle School Clarksville | 430 | 51.6% | 30.9% |
| LaSalle Academy South Bend | 461 | 41.6% | 67.4% |
| Highland Middle School Highland | 774 | 46.1% | 48.3% |
| West Side Middle School Elkhart | 569 | 55.0% | 25.1% |
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 William Fegely Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #253 of 324 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #254 of 325 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #238 of 325 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #157 of 334 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #51 of 314 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #46 of 315 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #178 of 330 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #49 of 187 | #4 of 7 |
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
566
-115 (-17%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 566 | 45.3 | 12.5:1 | 48% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 43.3 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 40.5 | 15.6:1 | 66% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 60% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 61% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 41 | 17.3:1 | 58% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 40 | 19.6:1 | 56% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 29% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 34 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Fegely Middle School.
About William Fegely Middle School
William Fegely Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Portage, Indiana, administered by Portage Township Schools. Federal data show 566 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Portage Township Schools has 11 schools and 6,519 students, and William Fegely Middle School is one of those schools.
At William Fegely Middle School, White students make up the biggest share, 45%. Other students are 28% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Porter County residents are about 84% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
William Fegely Middle School has 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. The school's 12.5:1 compares with an average of 15.6:1 for middle schools in Indiana. The school has 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 34% average among public schools in Porter County.
Among Indiana public middle schools, William Fegely Middle School outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for William Fegely Middle School is -15.4 points, in the bottom 10% of Indiana. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.0%, and the predicted rate is 41.4%.
In the surrounding county, Porter County, the median household earns about $87,972 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Porter County has 55 public schools with about 25,813 students, including William Fegely Middle School.
Measured in a straight line, George L Myers Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from William Fegely Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, William Fegely Middle School is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around William Fegely Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 566, compared with 681 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.5:1.
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Porter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,818
Census ACS
Median income
$87,972
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
25,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portage Township Schools
- Portage High SchoolHigh · 2,163 students
- Willowcreek Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- Rowena Kyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Wallace Aylesworth ElementaryElementary · 401 students
- Ethel R Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other schools in Portage
- Portage High SchoolHigh · 2,163 students
- Willowcreek Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- Rowena Kyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Wallace Aylesworth ElementaryElementary · 401 students
- Ethel R Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Nearby schools
- George L Myers Elementary School0.3 mi · 332
- Central Elementary School1.0 mi · 409
- Wallace Aylesworth Elementary1.3 mi · 401
- Neighbors' New Vistas High School1.3 mi · 139
- Willowcreek Middle School1.4 mi · 920
- Virgil I Bailey Elementary School1.6 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About William Fegely Middle SchoolHow many students attend William Fegely Middle School?
William Fegely Middle School enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does William Fegely Middle School serve?
William Fegely Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at William Fegely Middle School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at William Fegely Middle School.
How diverse is William Fegely Middle School?
William Fegely Middle School reports a student body of 45% White, 28% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees William Fegely Middle School?
William Fegely Middle School is overseen by Portage Township Schools in Porter County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.