Shakamak Jr-Sr High School

Shakamak Jr-Sr High School, an one-room-style senior high in Jasonville, Indiana, run under MSD Shakamak Schools, works with 295 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 64% leaner than typical.

MSD Shakamak Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 679 students. Shakamak Jr-Sr High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Shakamak Jr-Sr High School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Greene County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Shakamak Jr-Sr High School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Shakamak Jr-Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at Shakamak Jr-Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Shakamak Jr-Sr High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.0%; this one comes in at 16.3%, -29.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Greene County shows median household income runs about $62,094, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Greene County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,739 students), of which Shakamak Jr-Sr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shakamak Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shakamak Jr-Sr High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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