Warrick County Preschool

Warrick County Preschool is a K-5 school of minimally staffed scale in Newburgh, Indiana, run under Warrick County School Corp, instructing 103 students in grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 76% below typical.

Warrick County School Corp runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 9,858 students. Warrick County Preschool is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Warrick County Preschool records that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 12% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Warrick County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Warrick County's rate of about 36%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Warrick County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,844, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Warrick County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,858 students), Warrick County Preschool is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John H Castle Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 78%: 58 students in 2018 compared to 103 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 84% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.