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Enrollment
920
Middle
DISTRICT 743 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTAGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180915002212
Willowcreek Middle School
5962 Central Ave, Portage, IN 46368 · (219) 763-8090 · Porter County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL920 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Indiana public middle schools
- CTest 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
16.6:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
384 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 318 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 301 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 33% |
Student demographics
64%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
Willowcreek 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
29.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
28.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 Willowcreek Middle School
Willowcreek Middle School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowcreek Middle School this school | 920 | 41.7% | 29.6% |
| Highland Middle School Highland | 774 | 46.1% | 48.3% |
| Northside Middle School Columbus | 908 | 45.0% | 36.2% |
| Wea Ridge Middle School Lafayette | 675 | 50.1% | 32.5% |
| William Fegely Middle School Portage | 566 | 48.2% | 26.0% |
| Jasper Middle School Jasper | 709 | 39.1% | 53.3% |
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 Willowcreek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #235 of 324 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #220 of 325 | #9 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #243 of 325 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 920 | #51 of 334 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #234 of 314 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #62 of 315 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #226 of 330 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #53 of 187 | #5 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
920
-140 (-13%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,236
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
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 | 920 | 55.3 | 16.6:1 | 42% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 931 | 61.3 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 949 | 61.5 | 15.4:1 | 59% (560) |
| 2020-21 | 1,060 | 70 | 15.1:1 | 55% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 1,100 | 68.4 | 16.1:1 | 58% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 1,130 | 62 | 18.2:1 | 53% (601) |
| 2010-11 | 1,209 | 59 | 20.5:1 | 52% (626) |
| 2000-01 | 1,204 | 53 | 22.7:1 | 22% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 1,236 | 51 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willowcreek Middle School.
About Willowcreek Middle School
Willowcreek Middle School is a large middle-grades school in Portage, Indiana. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 920 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 594-student average for middle schools in Indiana, enrollment here is 55% higher.
Willowcreek Middle School is part of Portage Township Schools, where 11 schools serve 6,519 students.
Willowcreek Middle School is 52% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Porter County, the White share is about 84%. Willowcreek Middle School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.6 students per teacher. That is 1.0 students per teacher above the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 42% of students.
allk12 grades Willowcreek Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Willowcreek Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Indiana are predicted to post 46.0%, so the school is 16.4 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In Porter County (population about 174,818), the median household income is $87,972, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Willowcreek Middle School is one of 55 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Wallace Aylesworth Elementary, is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Willowcreek Middle School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 13% from 2020-21, when Willowcreek Middle School had 1,060 students, to 2024-25, when it had 920. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.1:1 to 16.6:1 over the same years.
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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
- William Fegely Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 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
- William Fegely Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 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 Willowcreek Middle schools
One other US public school is named Willowcreek Middle. Willowcreek Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Willowcreek MiddleLehi, UT · 1,591 students
Nearby schools
- Wallace Aylesworth Elementary0.1 mi · 401
- Central Elementary School0.5 mi · 409
- Rowena Kyle Elementary School0.9 mi · 437
- Crisman Elementary School1.2 mi · 343
- William Fegely Middle School1.4 mi · 566
- George L Myers Elementary School1.4 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Willowcreek Middle SchoolHow large is Willowcreek Middle School?
Willowcreek Middle School enrolls approximately 920 students in grades 06-08.
Is Willowcreek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willowcreek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Willowcreek Middle School have?
Willowcreek Middle School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Willowcreek Middle School?
Student demographics at Willowcreek Middle School are roughly 52% White, 27% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Willowcreek Middle School in?
Willowcreek Middle School is part of Portage Township Schools.
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