Enrollment
161
Middle
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH RIPLEY COM SCH CORP·NCES 181053002482
South Ripley Junior High School
1589 S Benham Rd, Versailles, IN 47042 · (812) 689-0909 · Ripley County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL161 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Indiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
93 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 77 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 52% |
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
Students here typically continue to
South Ripley Junior High School→South Ripley High School
Feeds from
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
49.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
47.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Ripley Junior High School
South Ripley Junior High School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Ripley Junior High School this school | 161 | 57.8% | 48.6% |
| Milan Intermediate School Milan | 159 | 56.6% | 38.1% |
| Milan Middle School Milan | 159 | 56.0% | 27.9% |
| Wood Memorial Middle School Oakland City | 157 | 59.9% | 38.9% |
| Switzerland Co Middle School Vevay | 215 | 54.9% | 34.3% |
| White River Valley Middle School Lyons | 151 | 54.3% | 38.4% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Ripley Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #88 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #89 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #78 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 161 | #324 of 334 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #101 of 330 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
161
-32 (-17%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 201
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 161 | 15.5 | 10.4:1 | 58% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 163 | 15 | 10.9:1 | 55% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 162 | 13.3 | 12.2:1 | 60% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 19 | 10.2:1 | 59% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 194 | 21 | 9.2:1 | 60% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 19 | 10.6:1 | 51% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 201 | 14 | 14.4:1 | 46% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Ripley Junior High School.
About South Ripley Junior High School
South Ripley Junior High School is a public small middle-grades school in Versailles, Indiana. The school had 161 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Indiana) has about 594 students.
In South Ripley Com Sch Corp, 3 schools enroll a combined 1,100 students.
Most students at South Ripley Junior High School are White: 96% of enrollment. For comparison, Ripley County is about 95% White. South Ripley Junior High School has a diversity index of 7%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at South Ripley Junior High School and a ratio of 10.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Indiana is 15.6:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 58% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Ripley County averages 46%, lower than here.
allk12 grades South Ripley Junior High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Indiana, South Ripley Junior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.6% actual against a predicted 34.7%.
In Ripley County (population about 29,095), median household income is about $70,573, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 13 public schools operate in Ripley County, serving about 4,300 students.
South Ripley High School is the public school closest to South Ripley Junior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. South Ripley Junior High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. South Ripley Junior High School ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 48.6% against a local average of 40.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 193 in 2020-21 and 161 in 2024-25, a decrease of 32 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at South Ripley Junior High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ripley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,095
Census ACS
Median income
$70,573
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,300 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Ripley Com Sch Corp
- South Ripley Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- South Ripley High SchoolHigh · 358 students
Other schools in Versailles
- South Ripley Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- South Ripley High SchoolHigh · 358 students
- Southeastern Career CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- South Ripley High School0.0 mi · 358
- South Ripley Elementary School0.2 mi · 581
- Jac-Cen-Del Elementary School6.6 mi · 421
- Jac-Cen-Del MS/HS6.7 mi · 360
- Milan Elementary School8.3 mi · 462
- Milan Middle School8.4 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About South Ripley Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Ripley Junior High School?
South Ripley Junior High School enrolls approximately 161 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does South Ripley Junior High School serve?
South Ripley Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does South Ripley Junior High School have?
South Ripley Junior High School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at South Ripley Junior High School?
Student demographics at South Ripley Junior High School are roughly 96% White, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees South Ripley Junior High School?
South Ripley Junior High School is overseen by South Ripley Com Sch Corp in Ripley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.