Tri-County Jr/Sr High School

Tri-County Jr/Sr High School is a senior high of intimate scale in Wolcott, Indiana, operated by Tri-County School Corporation, caters to 341 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.

Tri-County School Corporation runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 791 students. Tri-County Jr/Sr High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Tri-County Jr/Sr High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest reads as 12% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Tri-County Jr/Sr High School shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Tri-County Jr/Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than White County's rate of about 55%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tri-County Jr/Sr High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.3%; actual is 32.5%, a gap of -14.8 points.

Across the wider county, White County reports that median household income runs about $67,303, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across White County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,271 students), Tri-County Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

Tri-County Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tri-County Jr/Sr High School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tri-County Jr/Sr High School has changed only slightly, going from 346 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 4% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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