South Decatur Jr-Sr High School

South Decatur Jr-Sr High School operates as a cozy secondary school in Greensburg, Indiana, overseen by Decatur County Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 360 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 56% below typical.

Across the 4 schools in Decatur County Community Schools (1,764 students total), South Decatur Jr-Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, South Decatur Jr-Sr High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, South Decatur Jr-Sr High School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Decatur Jr-Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 27.6%, a residual of -10.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Decatur County put median household income runs about $69,783, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Decatur County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,789 students), of which South Decatur Jr-Sr High School is one.

The closest other public school is South Decatur Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, South Decatur Jr-Sr High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. South Decatur Jr-Sr High School's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 360).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.