Summary:
Newburgh, Indiana, a Warrick County community just east of Evansville, is served by seven public schools in the Warrick County School Corp — four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school — with no alternative schools and roughly 5,934 students enrolled. The district is a standout statewide, ranking 26th of 374 Indiana districts (93rd percentile) with a 5-star rating, and every Newburgh school holds at least a 4-star rating, with six of the seven earning 5 stars.
Sharon Elementary School is the city's academic leader, ranked 22nd of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools (98th percentile), with all-grades proficiency of 80.63% in math and 74.07% in ELA — roughly 28 and 16 points above district averages. Castle North Middle School ranks 14th of 486 middle schools (97th percentile), with all-grades math of 67.57% versus Castle South Middle School's 57.48% — a 10-point gap within the same city and grade span. Castle High School, the largest school at 1,953 students, graduates 95.7% of its students, above the district's 94.9% and well above the state's 89.7%. Yankeetown Elementary School is the outlier: the only 4-star school, the smallest (310 students), and the only Newburgh school below the district average in ELA (43.54% vs. 57.86%).
Two patterns stand out. First, poverty indicators don't track performance here: Sharon has the city's highest free/reduced lunch rate (45.99%) yet the best scores, while low-poverty John H Castle Elementary School (17.72%) ranks 61st. Second, spending doesn't either — the lowest-spending schools, John H Castle ($8,991) and Sharon ($9,096), are high performers, while the highest-spending school, Castle South ($10,921), posts the city's weakest middle school math. Chronic absenteeism is the local soft spot: most schools beat the state's 16.7%, but Sharon (14.5%), Yankeetown (11.6%), and Castle South (10.9%) exceed the district's 11.2%.
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