About Southern Wells Com Schools
Southern Wells Com Schools is a public school system serving Wells County, Indiana, based in Poneto. It serves 880 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #262 largest of Indiana’s 426 school systems.
Size and structure
Southern Wells Com Schools enrolls 880 students in 2 schools — an average of about 440 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #262 of 426 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Southern Wells Com Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (880 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Southern Wells Com Schools employs about 58 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.2:1 — below the Indiana average of about 15.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 122.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Indiana funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Southern Wells Com Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Indiana reports school data through the Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed (GPS) dashboard — ILEARN/IREAD results, graduation and postsecondary readiness — and in 2026 finalized a redesigned A–F accountability model that first counts in 2026–27. Look up Southern Wells Com Schools on the Indiana GPS dashboard.
Accreditation status
Indiana public districts are accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education (performance-based accreditation); a school may instead hold accreditation from a state-recognized agency such as Cognia (the former North Central Association). See the Indiana Department of Education.
Southern Wells Com Schools vs. Indiana
See every Indiana district side by side in the Indiana directory.
Look up Southern Wells Com Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):