Springs Valley Comm High School

Located at 326 S Larry Bird Blvd, in French Lick, Indiana, Springs Valley Comm High School is a cozy four-year high school that serves 445 students (grades 6 through 12), part of Springs Valley Com School Corp. That puts it 45% below the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Springs Valley Comm High School is one of 2 schools operated by Springs Valley Com School Corp, a district that enrolls 877 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Springs Valley Comm High School logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Springs Valley Comm High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Springs Valley Comm High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 31.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $65,873, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Orange County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,999 students), Springs Valley Comm High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Springs Valley Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Springs Valley Comm High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springs Valley Comm High School has declined 5%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025.

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