Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch

Located at 4741 N Viking Trail, in New Castle, Indiana, Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch is a micro-enrollment secondary school that hosts 289 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by Blue River Valley Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 65% leaner than the state mean of about 816.

Blue River Valley Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 620 students; Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch is among them.

On demographics, Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch reports that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. Compared to Henry County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.8%; actual is 18.9%, a gap of -20.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Henry County shows median household income runs about $63,150, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Henry County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,081 students), Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Blue River Valley Elementary Sch, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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