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What's the biggest difference between Southwood Jr-Sr High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
445
High
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD WABASH COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 181218001948
Southwood Jr-Sr High School
564 E SR 124, Wabash, IN 46992 · (260) 563-8050 · Wabash County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
150 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
50.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
+17 (+4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.6:1
% White
91%
was 96%
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Southwood Jr-Sr High School
Southwood Jr-Sr High School is a senior high of compact scale in Wabash, Indiana, run under MSD Wabash County Schools, works with 445 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Southwood Jr-Sr High School sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.
MSD Wabash County Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,256 students. Southwood Jr-Sr High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Southwood Jr-Sr High School lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wabash County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, Southwood Jr-Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.7%, the actual is 42.8%, a residual of -8.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wabash County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wabash County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,096 students), of which Southwood Jr-Sr High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Southwood Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Southwood Jr-Sr High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.
Southwood Jr-Sr High School operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southwood Jr-Sr High School has grew 4%, going from 428 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 91% over that span.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wabash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,844
Census ACS
Median income
$66,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Wabash County Schools
- Southwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Northfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 429 students
- White's Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 369 students
- Metro North Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Sharp Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Wabash/Miami Area Prog ExcptCombined
Other schools in Wabash
- Wabash High SchoolHigh · 469 students
- Southwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Wabash Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
- Northfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 429 students
- O J Neighbours Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- White's Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Southwood Elementary School0.4 mi · 458
- White's Jr-Sr High School0.4 mi · 369
- Wabash High School5.2 mi · 469
- Wabash Middle School5.2 mi · 433
- LH Carpenter Early Learning Center5.6 mi · 176
- O J Neighbours Elementary School5.6 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Southwood Jr-Sr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southwood Jr-Sr High School?
Southwood Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Southwood Jr-Sr High School serve?
Southwood Jr-Sr High School serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southwood Jr-Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southwood Jr-Sr High School is approximately 14.0:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southwood Jr-Sr High School?
Student demographics at Southwood Jr-Sr High School are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Southwood Jr-Sr High School?
Southwood Jr-Sr High School is overseen by MSD Wabash County Schools in Wabash County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.