Especially Kidz Health & Rehab Cnt

Especially Kidz Health & Rehab Cnt is one of the one-room-style unified-grade schools in Shelbyville, Indiana, one of the schools within Shelbyville Central Schools, with 51 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 90% smaller than typical.

Shelbyville Central Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,912 students. Especially Kidz Health & Rehab Cnt is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Especially Kidz Health & Rehab Cnt reports that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 37% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 1%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 47.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 24.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at Especially Kidz Health & Rehab Cnt qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Shelby County's rate of about 45%.

In the broader community, census data for Shelby County shows median household income runs about $72,190, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shelby County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,418 students), of which Especially Kidz Health & Rehab Cnt is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shelbyville Sr High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Especially Kidz Health & Rehab Cnt.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count edged up 46%: 35 students in 2018 compared to 51 in 2024. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 34.3:1 in 2018 to 51.0:1 in 2024.

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