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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the New Palestine Jr High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
606
Middle
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW PALESTINE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181071001759
New Palestine Jr High School
2279 S 600 W, New Palestine, IN 46163 · (317) 861-4487 · Hancock County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Indiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
154 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 317 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 48% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
New Palestine Jr High School→New Palestine High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within New Palestine Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
45.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like New Palestine Jr High School
New Palestine Jr High School's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Palestine Jr High School this school | 606 | 25.4% | 45.7% |
| Leo Elementary School Leo | 653 | 23.4% | 54.3% |
| New Palestine Intermediate School New Palestine | 605 | 29.1% | 52.0% |
| Indian Springs Middle School Columbia City | 797 | 28.7% | 40.0% |
| East Central Middle School St Leon | 803 | 23.5% | 51.0% |
| Summit Middle School Fort Wayne | 789 | 24.5% | 58.4% |
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where New Palestine Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hancock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #103 of 324 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #99 of 325 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #104 of 325 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #144 of 334 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #213 of 314 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #249 of 315 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #301 of 330 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #74 of 110 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
606
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 606 | 37.5 | 16.2:1 | 25% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 34.2 | 18.2:1 | 28% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 33.5 | 18.4:1 | 27% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 31 | 19.7:1 | 26% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 24 | 23.8:1 | 21% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 23% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | 35 | 23.5:1 | 18% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 5% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 27 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Palestine Jr High School.
About New Palestine Jr High School
Among the schools in New Palestine, Indiana, is New Palestine Jr High School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 606 students on the rolls.
New Palestine Jr High School reports to New Palestine Community Schools, which has 6 schools and 3,959 students.
By race and ethnicity, New Palestine Jr High School is 89% White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Hancock County overall, the White share is about 89%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
There are 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at New Palestine Jr High School, giving a ratio of 16.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. By family income, 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Hancock County report 34%.
Among Indiana public middle schools, New Palestine Jr High School outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
New Palestine Jr High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.7%, compared with a predicted 57.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Hancock County, the median household earns about $93,186 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of people live in poverty. Hancock County has 24 public schools with about 14,779 students, including New Palestine Jr High School.
Sugar Creek Elementary Sch sits about 0.1 miles from New Palestine Jr High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. New Palestine Jr High School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place New Palestine Jr High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 612 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 606. Students per teacher dropped from 19.7 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for New Palestine Jr High School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,037
Census ACS
Median income
$93,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
14,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Palestine Community Schools
- New Palestine High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- New Palestine Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- New Palestine Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Sugar Creek Elementary SchElementary · 577 students
- Brandywine Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
Other schools in New Palestine
- New Palestine High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- New Palestine Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- New Palestine Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Sugar Creek Elementary SchElementary · 577 students
Nearby schools
- Sugar Creek Elementary Sch0.1 mi · 577
- New Palestine Intermediate School0.4 mi · 605
- New Palestine High School2.6 mi · 1,254
- New Palestine Elementary School2.7 mi · 579
- Creston Intermediate & Middle Schl3.2 mi · 1,106
- Brookview Elementary School3.5 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About New Palestine Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Palestine Jr High School?
New Palestine Jr High School enrolls approximately 606 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does New Palestine Jr High School serve?
New Palestine Jr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does New Palestine Jr High School have?
New Palestine Jr High School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at New Palestine Jr High School?
Student demographics at New Palestine Jr High School are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees New Palestine Jr High School?
New Palestine Jr High School is overseen by New Palestine Community Schools in Hancock County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.