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If you could change one rule at LaVille Jr-Sr High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
546
High
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION-NORTH UNITED SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181191001879
LaVille Jr-Sr High School
69969 US 31 S, Lakeville, IN 46536 · (574) 784-3151 · St. Joseph County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 32.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
279 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Union-North United School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
26.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
17.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
546
-38 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.1:1
% White
87%
was 90%
% Hispanic
7%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On the community side, members of the LaVille Jr-Sr High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union-North United School Corp
- LaVille Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Lancer Virtual SchoolHigh · 26 students
Other schools in Lakeville
- LaVille Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Lancer Virtual SchoolHigh · 26 students
Nearby schools
- Lancer Virtual School0.1 mi · 26
- LaVille Elementary School0.4 mi · 649
- North Liberty School7.5 mi · 474
- Bremen Elementary/Middle School8.1 mi · 1,015
- Bremen Senior High School8.2 mi · 482
- Jefferson Elementary School8.7 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About LaVille Jr-Sr High SchoolHow many students attend LaVille Jr-Sr High School?
LaVille Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does LaVille Jr-Sr High School serve?
LaVille Jr-Sr High School serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at LaVille Jr-Sr High School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at LaVille Jr-Sr High School.
What is the student diversity at LaVille Jr-Sr High School?
Student demographics at LaVille Jr-Sr High School are roughly 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is LaVille Jr-Sr High School public or private?
LaVille Jr-Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Union-North United School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.