South Central Jr-Sr High School

South Central Jr-Sr High School is an intimate senior high in Union Mills, Indiana, operated by South Central Com School Corp. The school educates 463 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so South Central Jr-Sr High School sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

South Central Com School Corp runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 986 students. South Central Jr-Sr High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, South Central Jr-Sr High School reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, LaPorte County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Central Jr-Sr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 50.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for LaPorte County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,055 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Central Jr-Sr High School is one of 38 public schools in LaPorte County (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Central Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around South Central Jr-Sr High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Central Jr-Sr High School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

South Central Jr-Sr High School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. South Central Jr-Sr High School's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 463). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 5% to 11%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for South Central Jr-Sr High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.