Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School

Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School is a four-year high school of tight-knit scale in Montezuma, Indiana, one of the schools within Southwest Parke Com Sch Corp, educateing 471 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

Southwest Parke Com Sch Corp runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,002 students. Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Parke County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 50% of students at Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

In the broader 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%. Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School is one of 7 public schools in Parke County (combined enrollment of about 2,182 students).

South Vermillion High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 453 (now 471). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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