Schools in Zip Code 47162

ZIP code 47162 covers New Washington, Indiana, and contains two schools, both in Greater Clark County Schools: New Washington Middle/High School, which serves grades 6–12 with 331 students, and New Washington Elementary School, which serves PK–5 with 296 students. Combined enrollment is 627 students, so the area has one elementary and one combined middle/high school, with no standalone middle or alternative schools.

The two schools have opposite academic profiles. The New Washington Middle/High School posts a 100.0% graduation rate and strong reading results — all-grade ELA at 52.29% versus the district's 37.53%, 6th-grade ELA at 57.45%, 8th-grade ELA at 54.39%, and SAT reading/writing at 58.33%. Its math and science lag, though: all-grade math is 29.41% versus 38.86% district-wide, science is 23.4%, and 7th-grade math is 18.37%. The New Washington Elementary School is the reverse: all-grade math is 42.76%, above the district's 38.86%, with a strong 5th grade (45.45% ELA, 43.18% math), but all-grade ELA is 30.34% against the district's 37.53%, and 3rd-grade ELA is 20%.

In rankings, the Middle/High School sits at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars, above the district's 46th percentile, while the Elementary School is at the 38th percentile with 2 stars, below it. Both keep chronic absenteeism under the district's 27.3% — 24.6% at the Middle/High School and 17.3% at the Elementary School. Spending differs notably: $13,562 per student at the Middle/High School versus $10,367 at the Elementary School, with student/teacher ratios of 12.5 and 15.5.