Batesville Intermediate School

Batesville Intermediate School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Batesville, Indiana, one of the schools within Batesville Community School Corp, works with 490 students in grades 3 through 5.

Batesville Community School Corp runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,220 students. Batesville Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Batesville Intermediate School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ripley County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Batesville Intermediate School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ripley County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Batesville Intermediate School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ripley County put median household income runs about $70,573, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Batesville Intermediate School is one of 13 public schools in Ripley County (combined enrollment of about 4,300 students).

The closest other public school is Batesville Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Batesville Intermediate School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Batesville Intermediate School's enrollment has ticked up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 490). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Batesville Intermediate School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.