Owen Valley Community High School

Owen Valley Community High School is a secondary school of tight-knit scale in Spencer, Indiana, overseen by Spencer-Owen Community Schools, teacheing 628 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Spencer-Owen Community Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,156 students; Owen Valley Community High School is among them.

Demographically, Owen Valley Community High School records that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Owen County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Owen Valley Community High School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, census data for Owen County shows median household income runs about $62,464, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Owen County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,156 students), Owen Valley Community High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Owen Valley Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Owen Valley Community High School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 803 students in 2018 compared to 628 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Owen Valley Community High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.