Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School

Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School operates as a tight-knit secondary school in Poneto, Indiana, operated by Southern Wells Com Schools. Current enrollment sits at 384 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 53% below the state mean of about 816.

Southern Wells Com Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 880 students; Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic. Compared to Wells County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 35.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wells County indicate median household income runs about $71,957, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wells County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,106 students), of which Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School is one.

Southern Wells Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025.

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