Jimtown Junior High School

Jimtown Junior High School is one of the modestly sized intermediate schools in Elkhart, Indiana, part of Baugo Community Schools, with 305 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 49% leaner than the state mean of about 594.

Baugo Community Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,849 students. Jimtown Junior High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jimtown Junior High School records that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. Compared to Elkhart County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Jimtown Junior High School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Elkhart County's rate of about 51%.

With demographic context factored in, Jimtown Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of +3.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Elkhart County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Elkhart County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), of which Jimtown Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Jimtown Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jimtown Junior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jimtown Junior High School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jimtown Junior High School has ticked down 6%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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