South Knox Middle-High School

Set in Vincennes, Indiana, South Knox Middle-High School is an intimate high school, one of the schools within South Knox School Corp. It works with 562 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so South Knox Middle-High School sits 31% below that benchmark.

Within South Knox School Corp, which oversees 2 schools and 1,215 students, South Knox Middle-High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, South Knox Middle-High School lists that nearly all students (97%) are White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Knox County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Knox Middle-High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.7%; this one comes in at 29.6%, -21.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Knox County) reports that median household earnings sit near $61,237, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Knox Middle-High School is one of 14 public schools in Knox County (combined enrollment of about 5,081 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Knox Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around South Knox Middle-High School. On composite proficiency, South Knox Middle-High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Knox Middle-High School has stayed largely flat, going from 549 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for South Knox Middle-High School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.