Knox Community High School

Knox Community High School, a compact four-year high school in Knox, Indiana, overseen by Knox Community School Corp, teaches 500 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Knox Community High School is one of 3 schools operated by Knox Community School Corp, a district that serves 1,673 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Knox Community High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Starke County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Starke County indicate median household income runs about $63,960, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Starke County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,114 students), Knox Community High School is one campus in the mix.

Knox Community Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Knox Community High School.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Knox Community High School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 500). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.