Eastern Hancock Middle School

Eastern Hancock Middle School operates as an intimate middle-grades school in Charlottesville, Indiana, part of Eastern Hancock Co Com Sch Corp. Current enrollment sits at 299 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so Eastern Hancock Middle School sits 50% below that benchmark.

Eastern Hancock Co Com Sch Corp runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,219 students. Eastern Hancock Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eastern Hancock Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages about 15.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 36% of students at Eastern Hancock Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eastern Hancock Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hancock County put median household income runs about $93,186, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 2%. Across Hancock County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students), Eastern Hancock Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Eastern Hancock High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastern Hancock Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.3%.

Eastern Hancock Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastern Hancock Middle School has ticked up 4%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.