New Palestine High School

New Palestine High School sits in New Palestine, Indiana, and is classified as a high school. Enrollment totals 1,254 students across grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Indiana enroll around 816, and this school is 54% bigger than that mark.

Federal data list 6 schools in New Palestine Community Schools, with 3,959 students enrolled.

At New Palestine High School, 88% of students are White. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put Hancock County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Palestine High School scores 22%.

There are 72.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.3:1. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Indiana is 0.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 34% average for public schools in Hancock County is 9 points higher.

In Hancock County, home to about 84,037 people, median household income comes to about $93,186, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of people live in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 14,779, New Palestine High School among them.

A public school about 0.2 miles away, New Palestine Elementary School, is the closest to New Palestine High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5.

In the federal locale system, New Palestine High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment rose 7% over 4 years, reaching 1,254 in 2024-25. The ratio was 22.0:1 in 2020-21 and 17.3:1 in 2024-25.

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