Barr Reeve Middle/High School

Barr Reeve Middle/High School is a close-knit secondary school in Montgomery, Indiana, part of Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc. The school hosts 522 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 36% below typical.

Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,029 students; Barr Reeve Middle/High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Barr Reeve Middle/High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Barr Reeve Middle/High School records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Barr Reeve Middle/High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Daviess County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, Barr Reeve Middle/High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 45.6%.

Around the school, Daviess County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,503 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Daviess County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,753 students), of which Barr Reeve Middle/High School is one.

The closest other public school is Barr Reeve Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Barr Reeve Middle/High School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.6%.

Barr Reeve Middle/High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Barr Reeve Middle/High School's enrollment has edged up 30% since 2018, when it stood at 403 (now 522). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.