Hauser Jr-Sr High School

Hauser Jr-Sr High School is a senior high of compact scale in Hope, Indiana, one of the schools within Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp, hosting 435 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% leaner than the state mean of about 816.

Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 982 students. Hauser Jr-Sr High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hauser Jr-Sr High School shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hauser Jr-Sr High School logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Hauser Jr-Sr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 32.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bartholomew County put the typical household earns roughly $79,901 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Hauser Jr-Sr High School is one of 20 public schools in Bartholomew County (combined enrollment of about 12,688 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hope Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hauser Jr-Sr High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 438 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.