Summary:
New Market, Indiana has only one school, New Market Elementary School, serving grades PK–5 with 468 students on N Third St. It belongs to South Montgomery Com School Corp, a district ranked 64th of 374 Indiana districts (83rd percentile) with a 4-star rating. The school reports a 15.2 student-teacher ratio, 43.16% free/reduced lunch participation, $11,447 per-student spending, and an 11.4% chronic absenteeism rate.
Academically, math is the clearest strength. In 2025–26, All Grades Math proficiency was 63.45%, above the district’s 56.52%, and grade-level math was above the state in every tested grade: 3rd grade 67.07% vs. 51.9%, 4th grade 52.05% vs. 52%, and 5th grade 69.88% vs. 42%. ELA is mixed: All Grades ELA was 49.16%, below the district’s 55.19% but up from 40.37% the prior year. Third and 5th grade ELA were above the state, while 4th grade ELA was 38.36%, below both district (40.52%) and state (42.2%). Science was mixed: 4th grade science was 45.21%, slightly above district (43.97%) and state (43.8%), but All Grades Science was 45.21%, below district (49.11%) and down from 47.44%. Fifth grade social studies improved from 32.84% to 49.4%, above the state’s 47.2% but below the district’s 51.88%.
Attendance and accountability are strengths. Chronic absenteeism was 11.4%, better than the district’s 13.3% and the state’s 16.7%. In 2025–26, the school ranked 280 of 1,015, reached the 72nd percentile, and earned 4 stars, up from 3 stars in 2023–24 and 2024–25. That is positive momentum. The main opportunities are All Grades ELA, All Grades Science, and 4th grade ELA. Because New Market has only one school, there are no citywide comparisons; there is no middle or high school data, and year-over-year changes may reflect different student cohorts. Overall, the school shows a favorable profile with strong math, better-than-average attendance, and improving accountability.
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