Medora Jr & Sr High School

Medora Jr & Sr High School is one of the rural-scale secondary schools in Medora, Indiana, part of Medora Community School Corp, with 95 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 88% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Medora Community School Corp (185 students total), Medora Jr & Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Medora Jr & Sr High School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Medora Jr & Sr High School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Jackson County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Medora Jr & Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.9%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jackson County put the typical household earns roughly $70,262 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Jackson County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,459 students), of which Medora Jr & Sr High School is one.

Medora STEM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Medora Jr & Sr High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.2%.

Medora Jr & Sr High School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Medora Jr & Sr High School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 94 (now 95). White enrollment moved from 99% to 91% across the same window.

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