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North Decatur Jr-Sr High School
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About North Decatur Jr-Sr High School
Located at 3172 N SR 3, in Greensburg, Indiana, North Decatur Jr-Sr High School is an intimate secondary school that works with 441 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by Decatur County Community Schools. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.
Across the 4 schools in Decatur County Community Schools (1,764 students total), North Decatur Jr-Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, North Decatur Jr-Sr High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school lists 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Decatur County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting North Decatur Jr-Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Decatur County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, North Decatur Jr-Sr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Decatur County put median household income runs about $69,783, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Decatur County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,789 students), of which North Decatur Jr-Sr High School is one.
North Decatur Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Decatur Jr-Sr High School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.
North Decatur Jr-Sr High School operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Decatur Jr-Sr High School has edged down 16%, going from 526 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Decatur County at a glance
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- North Decatur Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- South Decatur Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
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- North Decatur Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- South Decatur Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Greensburg Community Jr HighMiddle · 404 students
- South Decatur Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 360 students
- North Decatur Elementary School0.1 mi · 496
- Greensburg Elementary2.8 mi · 975
- Greensburg Community High School2.9 mi · 646
- Greensburg Community Jr High3.0 mi · 404
- Milroy Elementary School8.1 mi · 165
- Waldron Elementary School10.8 mi · 298