Rise Up Academy at Eggleston

Rise Up Academy at Eggleston is a four-year high school of rural-scale scale in South Bend, Indiana, operated by South Bend Community School Corp, teacheing 149 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Rise Up Academy at Eggleston is one of 29 schools operated by South Bend Community School Corp, a district that caters to 13,585 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rise Up Academy at Eggleston records that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 13% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Rise Up Academy at Eggleston logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Joseph County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Joseph County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,868 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Rise Up Academy at Eggleston is one of 73 public schools in St. Joseph County (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students).

South Bend Virtual School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rise Up Academy at Eggleston has contracted 11%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 149 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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