North Wood High School

North Wood High School, a moderately sized senior high in Nappanee, Indiana, run under Wa-Nee Community Schools, hosts 873 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Wa-Nee Community Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,848 students. North Wood High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, North Wood High School lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting North Wood High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Elkhart County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Elkhart County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. North Wood High School is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

Woodview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. North Wood High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 874 (now 873).

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