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The highest-poverty public schools in Wells County, Indiana

Across Wells County, Indiana, 9 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch leads the list at 58.0%, against a median of 40.7% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Wells County, Indiana

Top % FRL

58.0%

Median % FRL

40.7%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WELLS COUNTY, INDIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch	Bluffton, IN	MSD Bluffton-Harrison	Elementary	750	58.0%
2	Bluffton-Harrison Middle School	Bluffton, IN	MSD Bluffton-Harrison	Middle	556	52.2%
3	Southern Wells Elementary School	Poneto, IN	Southern Wells Com Schools	Elementary	496	44.6%
4	Bluffton High School	Bluffton, IN	MSD Bluffton-Harrison	High	507	41.4%
5	Lancaster Central School	Bluffton, IN	Norwell Community Schools	Elementary	533	40.7%
6	Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School	Poneto, IN	Southern Wells Com Schools	High	384	40.6%
7	Norwell Middle School	Ossian, IN	Norwell Community Schools	Middle	561	36.4%
8	Ossian Elementary	Ossian, IN	Norwell Community Schools	Elementary	566	33.9%
9	Norwell High School	Ossian, IN	Norwell Community Schools	High	753	28.3%

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