Old Corden Porter School

As a minimally staffed combined-grade school in Jeffersonville, Indiana, Old Corden Porter School instructs 28 students from grades 4 through 12, operated by Greater Clark County Schools. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 531 students each, so Old Corden Porter School sits 95% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Greater Clark County Schools, which oversees 17 schools and 10,643 students, Old Corden Porter School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Old Corden Porter School shows that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest looks like 25% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Old Corden Porter School reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.6:1. The state averages around 24.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% 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, Clark County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Clark County shows median household earnings sit near $74,214, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Old Corden Porter School is one of 33 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students).

The closest other public school is Franklin Square Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 6-year window. Old Corden Porter School's enrollment has decreased 43% since 2018, when it stood at 49 (now 28). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 2% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 7.1:1 in 2018 to 4.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.