South Ripley Junior High School

South Ripley Junior High School is one of the tiny middle schools in Versailles, Indiana, one of the schools within South Ripley Com Sch Corp, with 161 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 594 students per school, that is 73% smaller than typical.

South Ripley Com Sch Corp comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,100 students; South Ripley Junior High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, South Ripley Junior High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, South Ripley Junior High School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at South Ripley Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Ripley County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Ripley Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 48.6%, a residual of +13.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Ripley County shows median household earnings sit near $70,573, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ripley County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,300 students), of which South Ripley Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is South Ripley High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Ripley Junior High School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. South Ripley Junior High School's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 194 (now 161). Class-load math has rose: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.