Summary:
ZIP code 46183 is served by a single public school, West Newton Elementary School, a K–6 elementary campus with 559 students in the MSD Decatur Township district, which is ranked 269 of 374 districts and holds 1 star.
West Newton is the only option in this ZIP, so parents should judge it on its own trajectory and on how it compares with its district and the state. The school has improved for three straight years: its rank moved from 736 of 1,011 (27th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024 to 706 of 1,005 (30th percentile, 1 star) in 2024–2025, and to 676 of 1,015 (33rd percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. In 2025–2026 it outperformed its district in all three "All Grades" subjects — ELA 33.14% vs 26.91%, Math 31.27% vs 26.47%, and Science 34.52% vs 27.32% — and beat the district in 7 of 11 grade-level tests. Sixth grade is the standout: ELA reached 52.22%, the strongest result in the record and above both the district (35.91%) and state (41.3%). Sixth-grade science (36.26%) and math (30.77%) also topped the district, though both remain below state averages.
Fifth grade is the clearest weak point, trailing district and state in every subject: ELA 26.74% vs district 29.27% and state 42.2%, Math 19.77% vs 26.52% and 42.0%, and Social Studies 25.58% vs 31.89% and 47.2%. Only 6th-grade ELA exceeds the state among grade-level tests. Year over year, all-grade ELA rose 5.33 points and science 7.97 points, while math was essentially flat at +0.30 points. Attendance is a bright spot: chronic absenteeism is 16.3%, below the district's 24.4% and slightly under the state's 16.7%, despite a 62.61% free/reduced lunch rate. Class size is 15.5 students per teacher, with per-student spending of $12,088.
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