📍 13881 Kern Rd, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, 46544
Virgil I Grissom Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County. The school has 678 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Virgil I Grissom Middle School enrolls 678 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 500 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 66 | 9.7% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 48 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
315 of the school's 678 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 293 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Virgil I Grissom Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IN-20, state senate district 9, state house district 7.
Virgil I Grissom Middle School is one of 15 schools in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp, based in Mishawaka, Indiana. The district serves 11,329 students district-wide and employs 586 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 678 students, Virgil I Grissom Middle School is close to the district average of about 755 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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