Parke Heritage Middle School

Parke Heritage Middle School, a small junior high in Marshall, Indiana, operated by North Central Parke Comm Schl Corp, works with 249 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 58% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 594 students.

North Central Parke Comm Schl Corp comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,180 students; Parke Heritage Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Parke Heritage Middle School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Parke County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Parke Heritage Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 35.0%.

In the surrounding community, Parke County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,485, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Parke County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,182 students), of which Parke Heritage Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Turkey Run Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Parke Heritage Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Parke Heritage Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.