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North Putnam Sr High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About North Putnam Sr High School
North Putnam Sr High School operates as a cozy 9-12 campus in Roachdale, Indiana, overseen by North Putnam Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 397 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 816.
Within North Putnam Community Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,370 students, North Putnam Sr High School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, North Putnam Sr High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Putnam County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Putnam County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Putnam County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,378 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Putnam Sr High School is one of 19 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 7,322 students).
The closest other public school is North Putnam Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.
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