Crawford County High School

Crawford County High School, an intimate high school in Marengo, Indiana, one of the schools within Crawford County Community Sch Corp, serves 369 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 55% leaner than typical.

Crawford County Community Sch Corp comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,235 students; Crawford County High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Crawford County High School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest breaks down as 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Crawford County shows median household earnings sit near $49,640, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Crawford County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,235 students), Crawford County High School is one campus in the mix.

Crawford County Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.