Scipio Elementary School

Set in Scipio, Indiana, Scipio Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school, run under Jennings County School Corporation. It instructs 252 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Scipio Elementary School sits 42% leaner than that benchmark.

Jennings County School Corporation comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,800 students; Scipio Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Scipio Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Scipio Elementary School reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Scipio Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Scipio Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jennings County indicate median household income runs about $69,322, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jennings County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,800 students), of which Scipio Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sand Creek Elementary School, around 4.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Scipio Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.8%.

Scipio Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scipio Elementary School has decreased 18%, going from 308 students in 2018 to 252 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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