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How has South Knox Middle-High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
562
High
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH KNOX SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181041001706
South Knox Middle-High School
6136 E SR 61, Vincennes, IN 47591 · (812) 726-4450 · Knox County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Indiana public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
197 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 97 | 17% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within South Knox School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
27.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like South Knox Middle-High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Knox Middle-High School this school | 562 | 35.1% | 29.6% |
| Perry Central Jr-Sr High School Leopold | 541 | 36.0% | 38.8% |
| Franklin County High Brookville | 614 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Centerville Sr High School Centerville | 518 | 36.1% | N/A |
| Triton Central High School Fairland | 472 | 34.7% | N/A |
| Henryville Jr & Sr High School Henryville | 487 | 33.1% | 29.9% |
Matched among Indiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where South Knox Middle-High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #67 of 103 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #57 of 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #68 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #181 of 392 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #245 of 359 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.6% | #356 of 360 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #270 of 373 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #109 of 133 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
562
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 562 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 35% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 33% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 36% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 29% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 32.7 | 16.8:1 | 30% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 29% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 28 | 19.7:1 | 10% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 19 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Knox Middle-High School.
About South Knox Middle-High School
Students in Vincennes, Indiana, attend South Knox Middle-High School, a small high school. It offers grades 7 through 12 and has 562 students enrolled. By comparison, high schools in Indiana enroll about 816 students on average.
South Knox School Corp runs South Knox Middle-High School along with 1 other school, enrolling 1,215 students in total.
White students are 97% of those enrolled at South Knox Middle-High School. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 7, compared with 70 nationally.
South Knox Middle-High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.6:1 average for high schools in Indiana is close to this figure. The school has 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Knox County, the average is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, South Knox Middle-High School lands at C, ahead of 25% of Indiana public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, South Knox Middle-High School ranks in the bottom 10% in Indiana. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.6%, against a prediction of 50.7%.
Knox County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $61,237, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 14 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,081, South Knox Middle-High School among them.
The closest school to South Knox Middle-High School is South Knox Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 32.1% on proficiency, and South Knox Middle-High School is below that at 29.6%.
In the federal locale system, South Knox Middle-High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 583 to 562, a 4% decline.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at South Knox Middle-High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Knox County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,007
Census ACS
Median income
$61,237
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,081 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Knox School Corp
- South Knox Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
Other schools in Vincennes
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- South Knox Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
- George Rogers Clark SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchElementary · 413 students
- Tecumseh-Harrison Elementary SchElementary · 380 students
- Francis Vigo Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
Nearby schools
- South Knox Elementary School0.3 mi · 653
- Lincoln High School4.4 mi · 704
- George Rogers Clark School4.4 mi · 626
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary Sch4.9 mi · 413
- Washington Learning Academy5.5 mi · 117
- Francis Vigo Elementary School5.8 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About South Knox Middle-High SchoolHow many students attend South Knox Middle-High School?
South Knox Middle-High School enrolls approximately 562 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does South Knox Middle-High School serve?
South Knox Middle-High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Knox Middle-High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Knox Middle-High School is approximately 16.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at South Knox Middle-High School?
Student demographics at South Knox Middle-High School are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is South Knox Middle-High School in?
South Knox Middle-High School is part of South Knox School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.