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What's the most underrated thing about Westview Jr-Sr High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
654
High
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTVIEW SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 181311002079
Westview Jr-Sr High School
1635 S 600 W, Topeka, IN 46571 · (260) 768-4146 · LaGrange County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Indiana public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
221 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 142 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 26% |
| Grade 9 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Westview School Corporation. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
64.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 →
Schools most like Westview Jr-Sr High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westview Jr-Sr High School this school | 654 | 33.8% | 54.5% |
| Edgewood High School Ellettsville | 777 | 34.6% | N/A |
| Western Boone Jr-Sr High School Thorntown | 756 | 35.4% | 49.4% |
| North Montgomery High School Crawfordsville | 547 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Lawrenceburg High School Lawrenceburg | 716 | 34.9% | N/A |
| Mount Vernon High School Mount Vernon | 583 | 31.9% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westview Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #6 of 103 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #3 of 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #24 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #148 of 392 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #121 of 359 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #284 of 360 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #280 of 373 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #27 of 201 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
654
-78 (-11%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 654 | 48.5 | 13.5:1 | 34% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 45.5 | 15.1:1 | 38% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 44.5 | 16.7:1 | 29% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 28% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 44.6 | 18.2:1 | 29% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 806 | 43 | 18.7:1 | 34% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 42% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 44 | 17.0:1 | 10% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 37 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westview Jr-Sr High School.
About Westview Jr-Sr High School
Students in Topeka, Indiana, attend Westview Jr-Sr High School, a small high school. It had 654 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 12.
Westview Jr-Sr High School sits within Westview School Corporation, which has 5 schools and 1,931 students.
Of every 100 students at Westview Jr-Sr High School, about 93 are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put LaGrange County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Westview Jr-Sr High School totals 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. The average for high schools in Indiana is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Westview Jr-Sr High School is about 34%.
Westview Jr-Sr High School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Indiana public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Westview Jr-Sr High School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 54.5% actual against 51.6% predicted.
In LaGrange County, the median household earns about $84,487 a year, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. LaGrange County has 13 public schools with about 4,769 students, including Westview Jr-Sr High School.
Westview Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Westview Jr-Sr High School, there are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Westview Jr-Sr High School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
The school's student count fell 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 13.5 in 2024-25.
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LaGrange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,805
Census ACS
Median income
$84,487
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,769 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westview School Corporation
- Shipshewana-Scott Elementary SchElementary · 349 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Topeka Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
Other schools in Topeka
- Westview Elementary SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Topeka Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
Nearby schools
- Westview Elementary School0.2 mi · 348
- Meadowview Elementary School2.2 mi · 332
- Shipshewana-Scott Elementary Sch4.7 mi · 349
- Topeka Elementary School5.5 mi · 248
- Lakeland Primary School6.9 mi · 299
- Lakeland Jr/Sr High School7.2 mi · 737
Frequently asked questions
About Westview Jr-Sr High SchoolHow large is Westview Jr-Sr High School?
Westview Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 654 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Westview Jr-Sr High School serve?
Westview Jr-Sr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Westview Jr-Sr High School have?
Westview Jr-Sr High School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Westview Jr-Sr High School?
Student demographics at Westview Jr-Sr High School are roughly 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Westview Jr-Sr High School public or private?
Westview Jr-Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westview School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.