Caston Jr-Sr High School

Caston Jr-Sr High School, a low-enrollment high school in Rochester, Indiana, operated by Caston School Corporation, instructs 435 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Caston Jr-Sr High School sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Caston School Corporation comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 816 students; Caston Jr-Sr High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Caston Jr-Sr High School reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fulton County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Caston Jr-Sr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household income runs about $61,360, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fulton County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,763 students), Caston Jr-Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Caston Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Caston Jr-Sr High School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 34%: 324 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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