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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Zionsville Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,331
Middle
DISTRICT 886 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZIONSVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180283000342
Zionsville Middle School
900 N Ford Rd, Zionsville, IN 46077 · (317) 873-2426 · Boone County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,331 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Indiana public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.9:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
80 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 5 | 331 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 332 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 328 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 340 | 26% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Zionsville Middle School→Zionsville Community High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Zionsville Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
66.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Zionsville Middle School
Zionsville Middle School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zionsville Middle School this school | 1,331 | 6.0% | 68.0% |
| Maple Creek Middle School Fort Wayne | 1,024 | 16.1% | 51.8% |
| Clay Middle School Carmel | 1,415 | 14.3% | 67.5% |
| Fall Creek Intermediate School Fishers | 909 | 16.1% | 63.3% |
| Highland Hills Middle School Georgetown | 1,676 | 19.1% | 59.2% |
| Westfield Intermediate School Westfield | 1,551 | 19.5% | 64.3% |
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 Zionsville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #6 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #15 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #16 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,331 | #11 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #247 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #207 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #329 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.4% | #47 of 110 |
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
1,331
+141 (+12%) vs 2020
+156% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 1,331 | 78.8 | 16.9:1 | 6% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 1,313 | 80.8 | 16.3:1 | 5% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 1,335 | 71.3 | 18.7:1 | 5% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 1,190 | 71 | 16.8:1 | 4% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 1,174 | 68.5 | 17.1:1 | 4% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 1,129 | 57 | 19.8:1 | 3% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 47 | 20.1:1 | 3% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 4% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 26 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zionsville Middle School.
About Zionsville Middle School
Zionsville Middle School is a public middle school run by Zionsville Community Schools in Zionsville, Indiana. Its 1,331 students are spread across grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 124% above the 594 average for middle schools in Indiana.
District-wide, Zionsville Community Schools has 9 schools and 7,971 students.
Zionsville Middle School's enrollment is 84% White. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 5% Hispanic. For comparison, Boone County is about 87% White. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 78.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 16.9:1. That is higher than the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. Eligible students account for 6% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Boone County average 22%.
Zionsville Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Indiana, Zionsville Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 68.0% actual against a predicted 71.3%.
Census estimates describe Boone County this way: the median household income is $111,250, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Boone County has 18 public schools and roughly 13,246 students.
The nearest other public school, Zionsville Community High School, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 73.6%; Zionsville Middle School's is 68.0%, ranking 7th of 8.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Zionsville Middle School's enrollment climbed from 1,190 in 2020-21 to 1,331 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,718
Census ACS
Median income
$111,250
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
13,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Zionsville Community Schools
- Zionsville Community High SchoolHigh · 2,338 students
- Zionsville West Middle SchoolElementary · 1,139 students
- Zionsville Pleasant View Elem SchElementary · 797 students
- Trailside Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Boone MeadowElementary · 545 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 462 students
Other schools in Zionsville
- Zionsville Community High SchoolHigh · 2,338 students
- Zionsville Pleasant View Elem SchElementary · 797 students
- Trailside Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Eagle Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Zionsville Community High School0.6 mi · 2,338
- Zionsville Pleasant View Elem Sch0.7 mi · 797
- Eagle Elementary School1.0 mi · 359
- Trailside Elementary School1.7 mi · 547
- Stonegate Elementary2.5 mi · 462
- Zionsville West Middle School2.7 mi · 1,139
Frequently asked questions
About Zionsville Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Zionsville Middle School?
Zionsville Middle School enrolls approximately 1,331 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Zionsville Middle School serve?
Zionsville Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Zionsville Middle School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Zionsville Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zionsville Middle School?
At Zionsville Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Zionsville Middle School public or private?
Zionsville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Zionsville Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.