Summary:
There is one high school in the MSD of New Durham Township: Westville High School, a 7–12 building at 207 E Valparaiso St in Westville, Indiana, serving 409 students. Because the district operates only one high school, district-level results for upper grades — Biology End-of-Course and SAT — are identical to the school's. The 7–12 grade span means results blend middle-grades ILEARN testers with high school SAT and Biology testers, so "All Grades" averages mix different assessments and should be read with that in mind. About 37.65% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, the student–teacher ratio is 14.1, and per-student spending is $10,726.
Westville's clearest strength is science. Biology End-of-Course proficiency was 62.71% in 2024‑25 against a state mark of 45.6%, and held at 59.42% in 2025‑26. Eighth-grade ELA was 53.09% proficient versus 44% statewide, and SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing beat the state in both years (64.79 vs. 54.5, then 57.58 vs. 51.9). The school ranked 117th of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025‑26 (72nd percentile, 4 stars), after 42nd of 429 (90th percentile, 5 stars) in 2024‑25.
Math is the consistent soft spot: in 2025‑26 Westville trailed the state in 7th-grade math (29.85 vs. 35.9), 8th-grade math (27.16 vs. 34.2), and SAT Math (16.67 vs. 25.6). SAT Math fell 15.72 points in one year, from 32.39% to 16.67% — a swing that, in a small 11th-grade cohort, can be driven by a handful of students. ELA rose 9.81 points while math fell 7.73. The graduation rate (87.7%) trails the state (89.7%), and chronic absenteeism (17.3%) runs above both the state (16.7%) and the district (11.5%), suggesting absences concentrate in the upper grades.
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