Blackford Intermediate School

Blackford Intermediate School, a medium-sized K-5 school in Hartford City, Indiana, part of Blackford County Schools, teaches 447 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Blackford County Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,412 students. Blackford Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Blackford Intermediate School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Blackford Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.8%, the actual is 36.3%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Blackford County put the typical household earns roughly $51,326 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Blackford County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,412 students), Blackford Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Blackford Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Blackford Intermediate School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blackford Intermediate School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.0%.

Blackford Intermediate School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blackford Intermediate School has edged up 56%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 447 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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