New Palestine Jr High School

New Palestine Jr High School operates as a mid-sized junior high in New Palestine, Indiana, operated by New Palestine Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 606 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

New Palestine Community Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,959 students; New Palestine Jr High School is among them.

On demographics, New Palestine Jr High School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hancock County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Palestine Jr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 45.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Hancock County reports that median household income runs about $93,186, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 2%. In all, Hancock County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students), of which New Palestine Jr High School is one.

The closest other public school is Sugar Creek Elementary Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Palestine Jr High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Palestine Jr High School has expanded 6%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 606 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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