Northridge High School

Located at 56779 Northridge Dr, in Middlebury, Indiana, Northridge High School is a heavily attended senior high that instructs 1,331 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Middlebury Community Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Northridge High School sits 63% above that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Middlebury Community Schools (4,028 students total), Northridge High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northridge High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Northridge High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Elkhart County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Elkhart County put median household earnings sit near $68,561, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Northridge High School is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

Heritage Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Northridge High School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,378 (now 1,331). The White share of enrollment decreased from 85% to 79% over that span.

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