New Middletown Elementary School

New Middletown Elementary School, a minimally staffed primary school in New Middletown, Indiana, one of the schools within South Harrison Com Schools, educates 120 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 72% below typical.

Across the 8 schools in South Harrison Com Schools (3,123 students total), New Middletown Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, New Middletown Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder is composed of 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, New Middletown Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Middletown Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 45.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Harrison County shows median household income runs about $74,475, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harrison County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,932 students), of which New Middletown Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Corydon Elementary School, around 4.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around New Middletown Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Middletown Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Middletown Elementary School has decreased 10%, going from 133 students in 2018 to 120 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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