South Adams High School

South Adams High School, a low-enrollment four-year high school in Berne, Indiana, one of the schools within South Adams Schools, caters to 347 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

South Adams High School is one of 3 schools operated by South Adams Schools, a district that caters to 1,312 students overall.

On demographics, South Adams High School records that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

On the resource side, South Adams High School logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Adams County put the typical household earns roughly $65,289 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Adams County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,240 students), of which South Adams High School is one.

South Adams Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Adams High School has held roughly steady, going from 342 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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