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Discovery Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
10050 Brummitt Rd
Granger, IN 46530
Phone
(574) 674-6010
District
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
County
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
848
Classroom Teachers
44

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.0% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Discovery Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
69%
38%
67%
39%
70%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
71%
35%
75%
38%
67%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
37%
80%
43%
75%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
19
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 291 34.3%
Grade 7 263 31.0%
Grade 8 294 34.7%
Total 848 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.5% 76.8% 67.7%
Black 4.7% 7.9% 14.1%
Hispanic 5.7% 8.7% 14.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.9% 6.2% 3.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 17.2% 30.4% 50.9%
Free lunch eligible 15.8% 27.6% 46.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.4% 2.8% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 63,892 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 502.9 190
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.1% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.9% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 17.6% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 25,406 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.6% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.5% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.4% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.8% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.3% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.5% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.5% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 5.8% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,176 $58,794,000 47.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $469 $5,326,000 4.3%
Staff $439 $4,984,000 4.0%
General Administration $115 $1,302,000 1.0%
School Administration $547 $6,209,000 5.0%
Operation $1,067 $12,123,000 9.7%
Transportation $546 $6,199,000 5.0%
Other $320 $3,635,000 2.9%
Total Support $3,502 $39,778,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,296 $26,082,000 20.9%
Total Expenditures $10,973 $124,654,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,644 $5,847,671,000 44.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $574 $594,242,000 4.5%
Staff $515 $533,647,000 4.0%
General Administration $209 $216,618,000 1.6%
School Administration $667 $690,724,000 5.2%
Operation $1,217 $1,261,217,000 9.5%
Transportation $551 $570,491,000 4.3%
Other $366 $379,113,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,098 $4,246,052,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,018 $3,126,987,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $12,760 $13,220,710,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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