Clay City Jr-Sr High School

Clay City Jr-Sr High School is a secondary school of small scale in Clay City, Indiana, overseen by Clay Community Schools, instructing 366 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% leaner than the state mean of about 816.

Clay Community Schools comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,995 students; Clay City Jr-Sr High School is among them.

Demographically, Clay City Jr-Sr High School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Clay City Jr-Sr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 48.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clay County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,010, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Clay County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,995 students), Clay City Jr-Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clay City Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clay City Jr-Sr High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Clay City Jr-Sr High School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 366).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.