Lanesville Jr-Sr HS

Set in Lanesville, Indiana, Lanesville Jr-Sr HS is a small 9-12 campus, part of Lanesville Community School Corp. It enrolls 333 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 816.

Lanesville Jr-Sr HS is one of 2 schools operated by Lanesville Community School Corp, a district that enrolls 733 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lanesville Jr-Sr HS lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lanesville Jr-Sr HS has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harrison County (around 47%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lanesville Jr-Sr HS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.7%; actual is 40.9%, a gap of -16.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harrison County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,475, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lanesville Jr-Sr HS is one of 15 public schools in Harrison County (combined enrollment of about 5,932 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lanesville Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lanesville Jr-Sr HS ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lanesville Jr-Sr HS's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 333). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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