Corydon Central Jr High School

Located at 377 Country Club Rd, in Corydon, Indiana, Corydon Central Jr High School is a compact 6-8 campus that hosts 358 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by South Harrison Com Schools. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 40% leaner than typical.

Corydon Central Jr High School is one of 8 schools operated by South Harrison Com Schools, a district that hosts 3,123 students overall.

On demographics, Corydon Central Jr High School reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Corydon Central Jr High School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Corydon Central Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of +2.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Harrison County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,475 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Corydon Central Jr High School is one of 15 public schools in Harrison County (combined enrollment of about 5,932 students).

Corydon Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Corydon Central Jr High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Corydon Central Jr High School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 361 students in 2018 compared to 358 in 2025.

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