Seymour Senior High School

Set in Seymour, Indiana, Seymour Senior High School is a high-enrollment high school, one of the schools within Seymour Community Schools. It instructs 1,729 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 112% above typical.

Seymour Community Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,432 students; Seymour Senior High School is among them.

On demographics, Seymour Senior High School reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 45% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, Seymour Senior High School records 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Seymour Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,262 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,459 students), of which Seymour Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Emerson Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Seymour Senior High School's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,489 (now 1,729). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 20% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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