Benjamin Bosse High School

Set in Evansville, Indiana, Benjamin Bosse High School is a large K-12 campus, run under Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. It teaches 868 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 63% bigger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 531 students.

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 21,589 students; Benjamin Bosse High School is among them.

Demographically, Benjamin Bosse High School shows that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% White, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 7% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Vanderburgh County as a whole is about 9% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Benjamin Bosse High School has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 24.5:1, putting Benjamin Bosse High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Vanderburgh County's rate of about 48%.

In the area at large, Vanderburgh County reports that median household income runs about $61,648, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Vanderburgh County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,423 students), of which Benjamin Bosse High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 868 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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