South Putnam Middle School

As a small 6-8 campus in Greencastle, Indiana, South Putnam Middle School educates 268 students from grades 6 through 8, part of South Putnam Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 55% smaller than the state mean of about 594.

South Putnam Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by South Putnam Community Schools, a district that works with 1,105 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Putnam Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Putnam County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at South Putnam Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, South Putnam Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.5%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Putnam County) logs that median household earnings sit near $78,378, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Putnam County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,322 students), of which South Putnam Middle School is one.

South Putnam High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around South Putnam Middle School. On composite proficiency, South Putnam Middle School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. South Putnam Middle School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 260 (now 268).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.