Summary:
ZIP code 46552, which covers New Carlisle, Indiana, is served by a single listed public high school: New Prairie High School, a grades 9–12 campus with 945 students in the New Prairie United School Corp district. Because it is the only high school in the area, the most useful comparisons are between this school and its district and Indiana as a whole.
New Prairie High School holds a 4-star rating and ranked 59th of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 86th percentile — the strongest of its three reported years, up from 83rd of 429 the year before. The district ranks 48th of 374 statewide, also 4 stars. Academically, reading and biology are the standout subjects: in 2025–2026, SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency was 67.24% versus 51.9% statewide, and Biology proficiency was 62.6%, up from 60.96% the prior year. SAT Mathematics remains the relative weak spot, though it improved from 21.3% to 25.43% — still essentially level with the state's 25.6%.
Graduation is a clear strength: 94.4% of students graduated in 2024–2025, matching the district and exceeding Indiana's 89.7% by 4.7 percentage points. Chronic absenteeism was 14.6%, better than the state's 16.7% but 4.9 percentage points higher than the district's 9.7% — the school's most notable internal challenge. About one-third of students (34.6%) qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $11,360 in 2023–2024, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.4. Overall, this is a top-15% Indiana high school with strong reading, science, and graduation outcomes, improving math, and an attendance gap worth watching.
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