The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in Science. The lowest is 13% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Logansport Junior High School
Logansport Junior High School serves seventh and eighth graders in the Logansport Community School Corporation, a small industrial city in north-central Indiana where the Wabash and Eel rivers meet. The city has a historic downtown core, a significant Hispanic population, and a pork-processing plant that anchors the local economy. Housing values and rents in the area are well below national benchmarks, and the population has been gradually declining. The city received some contested news coverage in recent years about strained local resources, including impacts on the school system. The district itself operates eight buildings spread across town; the junior high sits on a separate campus from the elementary schools and the high school.
The student body is large for a school serving only two grade levels. Hispanic students make up roughly half of the enrollment, and white students account for most of the remaining share, with smaller groups of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of the community's economic context. Data on the share of students with disabilities and English learners was not available. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet.
On the state's ILEARN assessments, proficiency rates were low. In math, about one in every seven or eight students scored proficient or above. In English language arts, about one in five did. This is a soft spot. A parent may want to ask the school about the specific instructional strategies and supports it uses to move these numbers, particularly for students who are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks. The comparison fact-set, which positions this school relative to the three school districts in Cass County, shows that the overall proficiency index lands in the top quartile among those districts. That may seem at odds with the raw rates, but it reflects that Cass County's other districts have even lower overall performance. A closer look at those neighbors would be worthwhile for a parent who is weighing multiple attendance zones.
Science and social studies results are older and come from a prior state test, the ISTEP, from years when the school was still operating under that assessment. Those scores, from several years ago, showed proficiency rates near half of students tested, but the assessment has since changed, so direct comparison is not meaningful. No current science or social studies data is available.
The school's grade band means it has no graduation rate to report. The building feeds into Logansport High School, which is located on a separate campus. The school's public website and the district's recent record do not show major referendums, curriculum overhauls, or boundary shifts that a family would need to track. That could change, but for now the district landscape appears stable.
For a parent making a choice, Logansport Junior High sits in a low-cost housing market with a declining population and a significant industrial employer base. The academic picture is one where proficiency rates are low in the core subjects of math and English language arts, and a family would reasonably want to understand how the school identifies and accelerates students who are behind. The school's relative position within the county is stronger than the raw numbers alone suggest, but that is a narrow comparison set. The broader state context is not available in a direct comparison from the data provided.
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