New Castle Schools at the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy

New Castle Schools at the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy is a high school located in Knightstown, Indiana, in Rush County. The school enrolls 84 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Indiana is about 816, so this school runs 90% smaller than that.

New Castle Community School Corp serves 2,881 students across 8 schools.

White students are the majority at New Castle Schools at the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy, with 64% of enrollment. It is also 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Rush County's residents are about 96% White, 31 points above the school's share. New Castle Schools at the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school employs the equivalent of 2.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 29.7:1. That is higher than the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Indiana.

According to the American Community Survey, in Rush County, the median household income is $66,473, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 8 public schools in Rush County, enrolling about 2,057 students in all.

The school nearest to New Castle Schools at the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy is Knightstown High School, at a distance of about 2.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, New Castle Schools at the Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

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