Culver Community Middle/High Sch

Culver Community Middle/High Sch is one of the intimate secondary schools in Culver, Indiana, run under Culver Community Schools Corp, with 391 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Culver Community Schools Corp (777 students total), Culver Community Middle/High Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Culver Community Middle/High Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Culver Community Middle/High Sch logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Marshall County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, Culver Community Middle/High Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Marshall County indicate median household income runs about $71,808, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Marshall County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,661 students), Culver Community Middle/High Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Culver Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Culver Community Middle/High Sch at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Culver Community Middle/High Sch has fell 12%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 391 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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