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Best High Schools in Zip Code 46163

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School

1,254

Students

Top rankedNew Palestine High School51^st of 415 Indiana high schools

Summary:

Zip code 46163 has one public high school, New Palestine High School, serving grades 9–12 in the New Palestine Community Schools district. The school enrolls 1,254 students, and the district is ranked 37th of 374 in Indiana, putting it in the 90th percentile with a 5-star rating.

As the only high school in the area, New Palestine High School is the standout by default. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 97.1%, matching the district and well above Indiana’s 89.7%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency was 67.22% in 2025–2026, compared with the state’s 51.9%, and SAT Mathematics was 32.11% versus the state’s 25.6%. The school also benefits from a top-decile district. However, its latest rating is 4 stars, while the district holds 5 stars, and its Biology ILEARN results lag behind the district: 52.11% in 2025–2026 versus 66.04%, down from 56.78% in 2024–2025.

For parents, the main takeaways are strong graduation and reading/writing performance, plus math that is above state but much weaker than reading/writing: 67.22% versus 32.11% in 2025–2026, a 35.11-point gap. Chronic absenteeism was 13.7% in 2024–2025—better than the state’s 16.7% but higher than the district’s 9.2%. About 24.8% of students received free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $11,233, and the student-teacher ratio was 17.2. The school’s rank slipped from 38th of 432 with 5 stars in 2023–2024 to 51st of 415 with 4 stars in 2025–2026, though it remains in the 88th percentile.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
New Palestine High School	Public	9-12	4485 S Victory Dr	New Palestine	46163	Hancock County	New Palestine Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(317) 861-4417	1,254	73	17.2	24.8%	1,107 (88.3%)	27 (2.2%)	60 (4.8%)	22 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (2.9%)	78.1	51^st of 415 public high schools	87.7%		79.3	47^th of 429 public high schools	89.0%	4	67.2	32.1	52.1	$11,124	$269	$10,855

Cities Near Zip Code 46163

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New Palestine	1.15 mi	5	68^th
Indianapolis	3.69 mi	267	357^th
Greenfield	6.16 mi	9	154^th
Fairland	8.64 mi	3	130^th
Beech Grove	9.05 mi	7	373^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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