Middle Schools in Tipton Community School Corp

Tipton Community School Corp has a single middle school, Tipton Middle School, serving grades 6-8 in the town of Tipton, Indiana. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, its academic performance on standardized tests lags behind both the district and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Tipton Middle School's proficiency rates on the ILEARN assessments are consistently lower than the state averages for Indiana. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 38.82%, compared to the district's 38.88% and the state's 41.1% to 42.6%. Similarly, the school's Math proficiency rate for all grades was 32.89%, compared to the district's 43.66% and the state's 31.4% to 38.1%. The school's performance on the ILEARN Science assessment was also below the district and state averages.

Tipton Middle School has a predominantly white student population, with 87.16% of students identifying as white. The school's chronic absenteeism rate for the 2022-2023 school year was 19.4%, which is relatively high and may be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance challenges. While the school's spending per student is on par with the state average, the Tipton Community School Corp district as a whole may need to focus on improving the quality of education at Tipton Middle School to better support student learning outcomes.