Enrollment
384
High
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN WELLS COM SCHOOLS·NCES 181077001765
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School
9120 S 300 W, Poneto, IN 46781 · (765) 728-5534 · Wells County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Indiana public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
156 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 58 | 15% |
Student demographics
9%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Southern Wells Com Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
32.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School this school | 384 | 40.6% | 35.3% |
| Daleville Jr-Sr High School Daleville | 435 | 41.1% | 34.8% |
| Prairie Heights Sr High School LaGrange | 432 | 39.8% | N/A |
| Morristown Jr-Sr High School Morristown | 333 | 41.7% | 52.0% |
| Eastern Greene High School Bloomfield | 358 | 42.7% | N/A |
| Linton-Stockton High School Linton | 377 | 43.0% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high 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 Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #41 of 103 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #40 of 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #42 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #276 of 392 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #88 of 359 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #343 of 360 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #226 of 373 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #169 of 201 |
Ranked against other public high 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
384
-23 (-6%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 384 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 41% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 41% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 30.5 | 12.5:1 | 42% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 37% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 35% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 30% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 23% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 12% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School.
About Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School is a small high school based in Poneto, Indiana. The school's enrollment of 384 students covers grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Indiana average about 816 students each.
Southern Wells Com Schools has 880 students spread across 2 schools.
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School enrolls a student body that is 95% White. The rest of enrollment is 4% Hispanic. The White share in Wells County as a whole is similar, at about 93%. Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School was 12.8:1. Among high schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 41%. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Wells County.
allk12 grades Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School is 11.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 35.3%. Predicted: 46.8%.
Across Wells County, median household income is about $71,957, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School is among the 9 public schools in Wells County.
Southern Wells Elementary School is the public school closest to Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.2%; Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School's is 35.3%, ranking 6th of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The number of students declined from 407 to 384 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.0:1 to 12.8:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Wells County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,420
Census ACS
Median income
$71,957
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
5,106 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southern Wells Com Schools
- Southern Wells Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Wells Elementary School0.0 mi · 496
- Blackford Jr-Sr High School9.8 mi · 651
- Salamonie Elementary School9.9 mi · 273
- Bluffton High School10.1 mi · 507
- Bluffton-Harrison Middle School10.2 mi · 556
- Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch10.5 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Wells Jr-Sr High SchoolHow large is Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School?
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School serve?
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School.
How diverse is Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School?
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School reports a student body of 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
What district is Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School in?
Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School is part of Southern Wells Com Schools.
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