Best High Schools in Zip Code 47162

ZIP code 47162 (New Washington, Indiana) is served by a single high school — New Washington Middle/High School, a grades 6–12 building with 331 students in the Greater Clark County Schools district. Because there is only one school in the area, there is nothing to compare it against locally; the useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own prior-year results. At roughly 47 students per grade and a 12.5:1 student–teacher ratio, this is a small school with about 48% of students receiving free or reduced lunch.

The strongest news for parents is literacy and completion. The school posted a 100% graduation rate for 2024–2025, above its district (95.8%) and the state (89.7%). English Language Arts proficiency was 52.29% across all grades versus 37.53% in the district, and the school beat the state in every tested middle grade. Sixth grade is the standout cohort, topping Indiana in both ELA (57.45% vs 41.3%) and math (48.94% vs 40.2%). On the SAT, 11th-grade reading and writing reached 58.33%, above both the district (46.8%) and the state (51.9%) — and it rose while the state's figure fell. The school also outranks its own district, earning 3 stars and a 52nd-percentile state rank against the district's 2 stars and 46th percentile.

The concern is math and science. All-grades math was 29.41% — below the district's 38.86% — and it drops sharply by grade: 7th grade math fell to 18.37%, about half the state's 35.9%, with 8th grade at 22.81% and SAT math at just 16.67%, roughly one-third of the state rate. Biology End-of-Course plunged 27 points in one year, from 64.71% to 37.5%, even as the district's rate rose. Chronic absenteeism sits at 24.6% — better than the district's 27.3% but well above the state's 16.7%, meaning about 1 in 4 students misses substantial school time. Meanwhile the school slipped from a 71st-percentile, 4-star peak in 2024–2025 to 3 stars and the 52nd percentile in 2025–2026. In short: a small school with real literacy and graduation strengths, and a math and science gap that is the clearest priority.