Summary:
ZIP code 46552 has just one middle school: New Prairie Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 667 students in New Carlisle as part of the New Prairie United School Corp. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no local peers to compare it against — the most useful comparisons are against the district, the state, and the school's own past results.
The school is a strong performer overall. It holds a 4-star rating in each of the last three years and ranks 123rd of 486 middle schools in 2025-2026, placing it in the top quartile statewide (75th percentile). Its standout strength is attendance: only 9.7% of students were chronically absent in 2024-2025, well below the state rate of 16.7%. In grade-level ILEARN results for 2025-2026, the school beat the state in six of seven comparisons, with the biggest leads in 7th grade math (48.48% vs. 35.9%), 6th grade science (51.56% vs. 41.2%), and 6th grade math (49.33% vs. 40.2%).
Two areas deserve attention. Sixth grade ELA is essentially level with the state at 41.15% vs. 41.3%, and 8th grade math is the school's weakest math result at 34.95%, only slightly above the state's 34.2% and far below the school's own 6th and 7th grade math figures. All-grade ELA and math also slipped from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026 (down 5.80 and 4.75 points), mirroring a rank change from the 86th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 75th in 2025-2026, while science edged up slightly. Classes run at about 18.8 students per teacher, with roughly 41% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch and $9,982 spent per student.
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