Summary:
ZIP code 46552 is served by a single elementary school: Olive Township Elementary School in New Carlisle, Indiana, which is part of New Prairie United School Corp. It serves grades K–5 with 495 students, so there are no other elementary schools in this ZIP code to compare it against; the comparisons below are to its district and to the state of Indiana.
Academically, the school performs at a high level. It ranked 127 out of 1,015 Indiana schools in 2025–2026 (87th percentile, 4 stars), 102 out of 1,005 in 2024–2025 (90th percentile, 4 stars), and 121 out of 1,011 in 2023–2024 (88th percentile, 4 stars), placing it consistently in the top 10–13% statewide. Its district ranks 48 out of 374 (87th percentile, 4 stars). In 2025–2026, 71.31% of all tested grades were proficient in Math versus 53.4% in the district — a 17.91 percentage point gap — and 62.7% were proficient in English Language Arts versus 49.28% in the district. Grade-level results were strong across the board, including 4th grade Math at 77.63% (25.63 points above the state) and 4th grade ELA at 72.37% (30.17 points above the state). Science was 65.79% for the school versus 57.08% for the district. The one area where the school trails its district is 5th grade Social Studies, at 50.63% versus the district's 51.09%, though it still exceeds the state's 47.2%; that subject improved by 9.67 percentage points from the prior year.
Chronic absenteeism is a major strength: 4.6% at the school, compared with 9.7% in the district and 16.7% statewide — less than half the district rate and roughly one-quarter of the state rate. For context, the school reports a 36.77% free/reduced lunch rate, a 19.8 student-teacher ratio, and $15,468 per-student spending.
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