South Spencer Middle School

South Spencer Middle School is a junior high of one-room-style scale in Rockport, Indiana, one of the schools within South Spencer County Sch Corp, serveing 220 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 594 students each, so South Spencer Middle School sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

South Spencer County Sch Corp comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,065 students; South Spencer Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, South Spencer Middle School logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 2% multiracial. Compared to Spencer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, South Spencer Middle School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Spencer County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, South Spencer Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 50.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Spencer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,506 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Spencer Middle School is one of 10 public schools in Spencer County (combined enrollment of about 3,231 students).

South Spencer High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Spencer Middle School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 284 students in 2018 compared to 220 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 91% to 95% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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