Dugger Union Community School Corp

Dugger Union Community School Corp is a combined-grade school of mid-tier scale in Dugger, Indiana, run under Dugger Union Community School Corp, teacheing 559 students in grades K through 12.

Dugger Union Community School Corp is the operating authority for Dugger Union Community School Corp, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Dugger Union Community School Corp logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 24.5:1, putting Dugger Union Community School Corp tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dugger Union Community School Corp sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 19.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sullivan County put the typical household earns roughly $56,204 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Sullivan County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,108 students), Dugger Union Community School Corp is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Linton-Stockton High School, roughly 6.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dugger Union Community School Corp ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. Dugger Union Community School Corp operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 58%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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