LaVille Jr-Sr High School

LaVille Jr-Sr High School is one of the close-knit senior highs in Lakeville, Indiana, operated by Union-North United School Corp, with 546 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 33% leaner than the state mean of about 816.

Union-North United School Corp runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,221 students. LaVille Jr-Sr High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LaVille Jr-Sr High School records that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LaVille Jr-Sr High School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LaVille Jr-Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.4%; this one comes in at 21.9%, -17.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, St. Joseph County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,868, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. LaVille Jr-Sr High School is one of 73 public schools in St. Joseph County (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students).

The closest other public school is Lancer Virtual School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around LaVille Jr-Sr High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LaVille Jr-Sr High School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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