Summary:
Zip code 46553 is home to a single public school: New Paris Elementary School, a K–6 building with 488 students and the only elementary, middle, or high school in the zip code, serving the New Paris area as part of Fairfield Community Schools, a 4-star district ranked 78th of 374 in Indiana.
The school's record is strong. It ranks 199th of 1,015 Indiana schools (80th percentile) in 2025–2026, up from the 71st percentile the year before, and has held a 4-star rating in all three years on record. In 2025–2026, 52.8% of all students were proficient in English language arts and 70.28% in math, compared with 46.02% and 57.21% districtwide, with math in grades 3–5 running 26 to 30 points above the state. Chronic absenteeism was 6.8%, below the district's 9.5% and far below the state's 16.7%. ELA gained 8.16 points and math 11.8 points year over year.
Two areas deserve attention. Grade 6 is the only grade where the school trails its district in every subject tested, and Grade 6 science (32.35%) is the lowest figure in the record. Science overall slipped 7.40 points and is the one subject where the school is level with its district rather than ahead. Because each grade holds roughly 70 students, single-grade results can shift several points with just a few students, so the all-grades figures and three-year rank history are the more reliable guide. The school achieves these results with 25.61% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch and per-student spending of $10,234.
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