Enrollment
302
High
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BORDEN-HENRYVILLE SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180021201540
William W Borden High School
301 West St, Borden, IN 47106 · (812) 967-2087 · Clark County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Indiana public high schools
- A+Test 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
11.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
86 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 66 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 39 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 2% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
57.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 William W Borden High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William W Borden High School this school | 302 | 28.5% | 57.7% |
| Tecumseh High School Lynnville | 280 | 27.1% | N/A |
| Eastern Hancock High School Charlottesville | 371 | 29.1% | N/A |
| Covington Community High School Covington | 278 | 28.4% | N/A |
| Frontier Jr-Sr High School Chalmers | 270 | 30.7% | 46.2% |
| Eastern High School Pekin | 392 | 29.3% | 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 William W Borden High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #4 of 103 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #5 of 104 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #4 of 104 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #320 of 392 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #39 of 359 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #299 of 360 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #314 of 373 | #8 of 8 |
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
302
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 302 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 28% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 26.5 | 12.0:1 | 26% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 28% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 22% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William W Borden High School.
About William W Borden High School
In Borden, Indiana, part of Clark County, William W Borden High School is a high school. The school enrolls 302 students in grades 7 through 12. That compares with an average of about 816 students for high schools in Indiana.
Borden-Henryville School Corporation is the local district for William W Borden High School. It runs 4 schools with 1,733 students.
A large majority of enrollment at William W Borden High School is White, at 93%. It is also 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Clark County's residents are about 82% White, 12 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
Its ratio of 11.6:1 is based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Indiana average 16.6:1, 4.9 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 28%. That rate is below the 50% average among public schools in Clark County.
Among Indiana public high schools, William W Borden High School outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For William W Borden High School, the prediction is 55.4% and the result is 57.7%.
The county, Clark County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,214, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 33 public schools and about 23,765 students.
William W Borden Elementary School is the nearest public school to William W Borden High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, William W Borden High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The school's enrollment decreased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 15.1 in 2020-21 to 11.6 in 2024-25.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,354
Census ACS
Median income
$74,214
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
23,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Borden-Henryville School Corporation
- Henryville Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Henryville Jr & Sr High SchoolHigh · 487 students
- William W Borden Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
Nearby schools
- William W Borden Elementary School0.1 mi · 333
- East Washington Elementary School4.2 mi · 506
- East Washington Middle School4.2 mi · 418
- Eastern High School4.3 mi · 392
- Greenville Elementary School6.8 mi · 474
- Floyd Central High School9.5 mi · 1,785
Frequently asked questions
About William W Borden High SchoolHow large is William W Borden High School?
William W Borden High School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades 07-12.
Is William W Borden High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
William W Borden High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at William W Borden High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at William W Borden High School is approximately 11.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at William W Borden High School?
At William W Borden High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is William W Borden High School public or private?
William W Borden High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Borden-Henryville School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.