Churubusco Jr-Sr High School

Churubusco Jr-Sr High School operates as a cozy secondary school in Churubusco, Indiana, one of the schools within Smith-Green Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 603 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 816.

Across the 2 schools in Smith-Green Community Schools (1,103 students total), Churubusco Jr-Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Churubusco Jr-Sr High School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Whitley County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Churubusco Jr-Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Churubusco Jr-Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.3%; this one comes in at 32.5%, -23.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Whitley County) shows that median household earnings sit near $78,083, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Churubusco Jr-Sr High School is one of 12 public schools in Whitley County (combined enrollment of about 5,594 students).

Nearest neighbor: Churubusco Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Churubusco Jr-Sr High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Churubusco Jr-Sr High School has contracted 6%, going from 639 students in 2018 to 603 in 2025.

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