Carroll Junior High School

Carroll Junior High School is an intermediate school of tiny scale in Flora, Indiana, overseen by Carroll Consolidated School Corp, enrolling 143 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 76% below typical.

Carroll Junior High School is one of 3 schools operated by Carroll Consolidated School Corp, a district that caters to 1,023 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Carroll Junior High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Carroll County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Carroll Junior High School logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Carroll Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 35.9%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Carroll County put median household earnings sit near $65,645, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Carroll County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,334 students), of which Carroll Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Carroll Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carroll Junior High School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Carroll Junior High School's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 190 (now 143). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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