Summary
New Haven Junior/Senior High School is a 1,413-student, grades 7–12 campus in New Haven, Indiana, and the largest secondary school in East Allen County Schools, where about 65.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
For parents, the academic picture is mixed but concerning. The school ranked 349th of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025–26 — the bottom 16%, with a one-star rating — and it has stayed in the bottom fifth of the state for a decade. Chronic absenteeism is the sharpest outlier: 35.2% in 2024–25, more than double the state rate of 16.7% and nearly double the district’s 18.7%, while Woodlan Junior/Senior High School in the same district posts 15.1%. High school test results are very low: only 6.88% of students were proficient in SAT Math and 25.5% in SAT reading/writing, both the lowest among nearby comparison schools. Graduation is the clearest bright spot: 88.0% in 2024–25, up 7.4 points in three years and within 1.7 points of the state, and it beats South Side High School (78.7%) and Wayne High School (86.4%).
The most important pattern is in the grades. The school’s 7th- and 8th-grade results are close to district norms, and its 8th-grade math proficiency (26.3%) even edges the district (25.3%) and essentially matches Woodlan Junior/Senior High School (26.7%); 7th-grade math also beats Heritage Junior/Senior High School and Woodlan. By 11th grade, however, SAT reading is about half the district rate and SAT math about one-third, suggesting the biggest struggles are concentrated in the high school years. The strongest comparison is East Allen University, 4.2 miles away in the same district: it enrolls more low-income students (72.2%), spends less per student ($10,830 vs. $11,522), yet ranks 119th of 415 (71st percentile, four stars), graduates 100%, and has 22.3% chronic absenteeism. That contrast shows the school’s results are not explained by poverty or spending alone; the school has real strengths, especially improving graduation, but reading, math, science, attendance, and overall achievement still trail the district and state.
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