Gibson Southern High School

Federal records list Gibson Southern High School as a high school in Fort Branch, Indiana. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 742 students.

South Gibson School Corporation has 2,118 students spread across 4 schools.

White students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 3% multiracial. Among Gibson County residents, the White share is about 90%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.4:1. The school has 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.4:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for high schools in Indiana. Federal data show 24% of students (176) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 15 points below the 39% average for public schools in Gibson County.

In the wider Gibson County area, median household income comes to about $67,573, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Gibson County counts 13 public schools with about 4,664 students.

Among nearby public schools, Fort Branch Community School is closest at about 3.5 miles. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Gibson Southern High School.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 730 to 742, a small change. The ratio was 21.5:1 in 2020-21 and 18.4:1 in 2024-25.

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