New Prairie Middle School

Set in New Carlisle, Indiana, New Prairie Middle School is a mid-sized middle school, part of New Prairie United School Corp. It works with 667 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within New Prairie United School Corp, which oversees 5 schools and 2,815 students, New Prairie Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, New Prairie Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against LaPorte County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, New Prairie Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

Zooming out to the county, LaPorte County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,055 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, LaPorte County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), of which New Prairie Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: New Prairie High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around New Prairie Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Prairie Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Prairie Middle School has shrank 10%, going from 739 students in 2018 to 667 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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