10 public K-12 schools in Wabash from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wabash has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wabash's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.
7 of Wabash's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
Wabash's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 80th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 33rd percentile. The 47-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.
Wabash school enrollment ranges from 176 students (lowest) to 469 students (highest), a spread of 293 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Wabash is typically wider than the Wabash-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | O J Neighbours Elementary School | 63 |
| 2. | Metro North Elementary School | 59 |
| 3. | Sharp Creek Elementary School | 57 |
| 4. | Wabash Middle School | 55 |
| 5. | Northfield Jr-Sr High School | 55 |
| 6. | Southwood Jr-Sr High School | 52 |
| 7. | Southwood Elementary School | 48 |
| 8. | Wabash High School | 35 |
| 9. | Lh Carpenter Early Learning Center | 29 |
| 10. | White's Jr-Sr High School | 23 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
O J Neighbours Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wabash schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Wabash has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,719 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
