Summary:
ZIP code 47160 in New Middletown (Harrison County, Indiana) is served by a single public school — New Middletown Elementary School, a PK–6 campus with about 120 students in the South Harrison Com Schools district. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools inside the ZIP itself. It is a small, well-resourced school: roughly 12 students per teacher, per-pupil spending of $17,238, and 52.5% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Chronic absenteeism is 14.0%, better than both the district (18.9%) and the state (16.7%) — a real strength given the poverty level.
Academically, the school is improving overall and outperforms the state in several areas. Statewide, it climbed from the 48th percentile (2 stars) in 2023–24 to the 56th percentile in 2024–25 to the 60th percentile (3 stars) in 2025–26 — a rise of 113 places. School-wide math proficiency is 50.91%, above the district's 45.05%, and grade-5 social studies is 60.0% versus 49.44% for the district. English language arts sits at 45.45%, below the district's 51.89% but up 4.6 points from the prior year. The clear weak spot is science: 29.63% school-wide, down 11.1 points in a year and 17.3 points below the district.
Grade-level results swing widely. Grade 3 is exceptional — 69.23% in ELA and 76.92% in math — while grade 4 ELA falls to 15.38%. Science is 38.46% in grade 4 but only 21.43% in grade 6. With roughly 13–15 students tested per grade, one student moves a grade's rate by about 7–8 points, so single-grade figures are noisy. The multi-year ranking trend, math performance, and strong attendance are the more reliable signals.
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