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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Castle South Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
641
Middle
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARRICK COUNTY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181239002454
Castle South Middle School
3711 Casey Rd, Newburgh, IN 47630 · (812) 490-7930 · Warrick County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Indiana public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
250 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 224 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 32% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
57.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Castle South Middle School
Castle South Middle School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle South Middle School this school | 641 | 39.0% | 57.5% |
| Pendleton Heights Middle School Pendleton | 730 | 37.4% | 47.1% |
| Edgewood Junior High School Ellettsville | 627 | 40.5% | 41.0% |
| North Wood Middle School Wakarusa | 653 | 37.2% | 62.3% |
| East Noble Middle School Kendallville | 767 | 38.1% | 32.7% |
| New Prairie Middle School New Carlisle | 667 | 40.9% | 50.0% |
Matched among Indiana middle 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 Castle South Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #38 of 324 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #36 of 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #34 of 325 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #128 of 334 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #207 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #183 of 315 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #244 of 330 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #141 of 187 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
641
-87 (-12%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 641 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 39% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 40.2 | 16.8:1 | 38% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 34% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 38 | 19.2:1 | 33% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 29% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 26% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 33 | 20.4:1 | 24% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Castle South Middle School.
About Castle South Middle School
Castle South Middle School is a medium-sized middle school for students in Newburgh, Indiana. The school serves 641 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Warrick County School Corp, which runs Castle South Middle School, has 18 schools and 9,858 students.
Castle South Middle School's enrollment is 80% White. The remaining shares are 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Warrick County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 34% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 40 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.0:1. That matches the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for Castle South Middle School is A+. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Castle South Middle School is 9.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.
Castle South Middle School is located in Warrick County, where the median household income is $89,844, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Castle South Middle School is one of 19 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Castle South Middle School is Castle High School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Castle South Middle School places 6th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Castle South Middle School declined 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 728 to 641 students. The ratio was 19.2:1 in 2020-21 and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Warrick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,261
Census ACS
Median income
$89,844
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,858 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warrick County School Corp
- Castle High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- John H Castle Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Boonville High SchoolHigh · 892 students
- Castle North Middle SchoolMiddle · 758 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Boonville Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
Other schools in Newburgh
- Castle High SchoolHigh · 1,953 students
- John H Castle Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Castle North Middle SchoolMiddle · 758 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Newburgh Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Yankeetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Castle High School0.4 mi · 1,953
- Warrick County Preschool0.6 mi · 103
- John H Castle Elementary School0.7 mi · 965
- Castle North Middle School1.0 mi · 758
- Sharon Elementary School1.8 mi · 724
- Newburgh Elementary School2.6 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Castle South Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Castle South Middle School?
Castle South Middle School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Castle South Middle School serve?
Castle South Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Castle South Middle School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Castle South Middle School.
How diverse is Castle South Middle School?
Castle South Middle School reports a student body of 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Castle South Middle School?
Castle South Middle School is overseen by Warrick County School Corp in Warrick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.