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New Castle Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
601 Parkview Dr
New Castle, IN 47362
Phone
(765) 521-7230
District
New Castle Community School Corp
County
HENRY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
666
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

3

(10 is best)

Better than 23.1% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

New Castle Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
38%
30%
39%
29%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
21%
35%
26%
38%
16%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
37%
27%
43%
18%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
12
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 213 32.0%
Grade 7 250 37.5%
Grade 8 203 30.5%
Total 666 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 91.3% 91.4% 67.7%
Black 2.4% 2.2% 14.1%
Hispanic 5.7% 5.5% 14.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.9% 3.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 61.3% 62.0% 50.9%
Free lunch eligible 58.1% 58.3% 46.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.2% 3.7% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,512 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 391.3 189
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.0% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.3% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 18.9% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,171 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 8.5% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.1% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.4% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.7% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.4% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 23.3% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.8% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.8% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 12.6% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,643 $19,525,000 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $487 $1,430,000 3.7%
Staff $437 $1,284,000 3.3%
General Administration $140 $412,000 1.1%
School Administration $792 $2,327,000 6.1%
Operation $1,361 $4,001,000 10.4%
Transportation $476 $1,398,000 3.6%
Other $160 $470,000 1.2%
Total Support $3,852 $11,322,000 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,567 $7,543,000 19.6%
Total Expenditures $13,062 $38,390,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,644 $5,847,671,000 44.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $574 $594,242,000 4.5%
Staff $515 $533,647,000 4.0%
General Administration $209 $216,618,000 1.6%
School Administration $667 $690,724,000 5.2%
Operation $1,217 $1,261,217,000 9.5%
Transportation $551 $570,491,000 4.3%
Other $366 $379,113,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,098 $4,246,052,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,018 $3,126,987,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $12,760 $13,220,710,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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