North Knox Primary School

North Knox Primary School is a primary school of compact scale in Bicknell, Indiana, run under North Knox School Corp, hosting 247 students in grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 43% below typical.

North Knox School Corp comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,158 students; North Knox Primary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, North Knox Primary School reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Knox County's rate of about 50%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Knox County shows median household earnings sit near $61,237, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Knox County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,081 students), of which North Knox Primary School is one.

North Knox Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Knox Primary School has declined 22%, going from 317 students in 2018 to 247 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 94% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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