New Palestine High School

Located at 4485 S Victory Dr, in New Palestine, Indiana, New Palestine High School is a well-populated senior high that works with 1,254 students (grades 9 through 12), part of New Palestine Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 54% above the state mean of about 816.

Across the 6 schools in New Palestine Community Schools (3,959 students total), New Palestine High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, New Palestine High School reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Hancock County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, New Palestine High School lists 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at New Palestine High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Hancock County's rate of about 34%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hancock County) records that median household income runs about $93,186, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 2%. Across Hancock County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students), New Palestine High School is one campus in the mix.

New Palestine Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around New Palestine High School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 1,171 students in 2018 compared to 1,254 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 94% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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