Scottsburg Middle School

Scottsburg Middle School is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in Scottsburg, Indiana, run under Scott County School District 2, with 556 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Scott County School District 2, which oversees 7 schools and 2,643 students, Scottsburg Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Scottsburg Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Scott County as a whole.

On the resource side, Scottsburg Middle School shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Scottsburg Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.6%; this one delivers 38.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Scott County put median household earnings sit near $56,352, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Scottsburg Middle School is one of 9 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 3,870 students).

Scottsburg Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Scottsburg Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Scottsburg Middle School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 598 (now 556).

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