Washington Learning Academy

Washington Learning Academy operates as a very small high school in Vincennes, Indiana, operated by Vincennes Community School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 117 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% below the state mean of about 816.

Vincennes Community School Corp comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,708 students; Washington Learning Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Washington Learning Academy reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Washington Learning Academy lists 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 30.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Washington Learning Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at Washington Learning Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Knox County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Learning Academy is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 24.7%; Washington Learning Academy posts 4.5%, -20.3 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Knox County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,237, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Knox County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,081 students), Washington Learning Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tecumseh-Harrison Elementary Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Washington Learning Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Learning Academy at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

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