Southridge Alternative Learning Center

Southridge Alternative Learning Center is one of the one-room-style senior highs in Huntingburg, Indiana, one of the schools within Southwest Dubois Co Sch Corp, with 14 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 816 students per school, that is 98% smaller than typical.

Southwest Dubois Co Sch Corp runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,041 students. Southridge Alternative Learning Center is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southridge Alternative Learning Center logs that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Southridge Alternative Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dubois County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dubois County shows median household income runs about $75,979, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Dubois County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,511 students), Southridge Alternative Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southridge High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.