Loogootee Middle School

Loogootee Middle School is one of the tiny middle-grades schools in Loogootee, Indiana, run under Loogootee Community Sch Corp, with 223 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 594 students.

Across the 3 schools in Loogootee Community Sch Corp (762 students total), Loogootee Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Loogootee Middle School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Martin County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Loogootee Middle School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Loogootee Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 52.2%, a residual of +3.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Martin County) logs that median household income runs about $68,594, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Martin County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,365 students), of which Loogootee Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Loogootee High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Loogootee Middle School. On composite proficiency, Loogootee Middle School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 223 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.