Best Public Schools in Zip Code 46552

ZIP code 46552 in New Carlisle is home to three public schools — New Prairie High School (grades 9–12, 945 students), New Prairie Middle School (grades 6–8, 667 students), and Olive Township Elementary School (grades K–5, 495 students) — all part of New Prairie United School Corp and together serving 2,107 students across the full K–12 pathway. The district ranks 48th of 374 Indiana districts (87th percentile) and holds a 4-star rating, and all three schools earned 4 stars in 2025–2026 and in each of the two prior reported years.

Olive Township Elementary is the standout. Its all-grade proficiency was 62.7% in English language arts, 71.31% in math, and 65.79% in science, well above the district's 49.28%, 53.4%, and 57.08%. Grade-level results are strong too — 4th grade ELA at 72.37% versus the state's 42.2% — and its chronic absenteeism is the lowest in the ZIP code at 4.6%. New Prairie High has a split profile: a 94.4% graduation rate and SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency of 67.24% (state: 51.9%), but SAT Math at 25.43%, essentially even with the state's 25.6% and up from 21.3% the prior year. New Prairie Middle remains 4-star but is the relative weak link; its rank percentile slipped to 75, and its all-grade ELA, math, and science scores fall below the district, though several grade levels beat the state, such as 6th grade math at 49.33% versus 40.2%.

Chronic absenteeism climbs with grade level: 4.6% at the elementary, 9.7% at the middle school, and 14.6% at the high school — below the state's 16.7% but noticeably above the district's 9.7%. Per-pupil spending is $15,468 at Olive Township, $11,360 at the high school, and $9,982 at the middle school, while free/reduced-lunch rates are similar across all three. The pattern of higher spending alongside stronger results is worth noting, but it does not by itself prove cause and effect.