Norwell High School

Norwell High School is an average-sized secondary school in Ossian, Indiana, one of the schools within Norwell Community Schools. The school educates 753 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 4 schools in Norwell Community Schools (2,413 students total), Norwell High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Norwell High School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic. Compared to Wells County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Norwell High School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wells County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wells County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,957 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Norwell High School is one of 9 public schools in Wells County (combined enrollment of about 5,106 students).

Nearest neighbor: Norwell Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Norwell High School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Norwell High School's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 802 (now 753). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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