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Best High Schools in Zip Code 47362

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1,117

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Top rankedNew Castle High School241^st of 415 Indiana high schools

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Biggest riser

Blue River Valley Junior-Senior High School up 63 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 47362 in New Castle, Indiana is served by two public high schools: New Castle High School, a grades 9–12 school of 828 students in New Castle Community School Corp, and Blue River Valley Junior-Senior High School, a combined grades 7–12 school of 289 students in Blue River Valley Schools. The two enroll nearly identical socioeconomic populations, with free/reduced-price lunch rates of 50.48% and 50.52%.

Each school stands out in different areas. New Castle spends $13,968 per student — about 11% more than Blue River Valley's $12,576 — has smaller classes (a student-teacher ratio of 11.5 versus 13.4), and posts higher SAT scores in both Reading/Writing and Math in both years reported. Blue River Valley counters with a 100.0% graduation rate in 2024-25, above New Castle's 93.4% and the state's 89.7%, plus higher Biology End-of-Course proficiency in both years (62.16% and 36.96%, versus New Castle's 39.01% and 25.46%). Neither school stands out statewide, however: both carry a 2-star rating, with New Castle at the 42nd percentile and Blue River Valley at the 41st for 2025-26.

Math is the shared weak spot. Neither school reaches the state in SAT Math in either year, though both improved year over year. Blue River Valley's 8th-grade Math proficiency of 4.76% is far below the state's 34.2%. In Reading/Writing, New Castle's SAT EBRW fell nearly 10 points to 42.41, while Blue River Valley held steadier at 34.48. Chronic absenteeism runs above the state's 16.7% at both — 17.0% at New Castle and 20.6% at Blue River Valley. Rankings have also been volatile, with both schools dipping in 2024-25 and rebounding in 2025-26 to within one percentile point of each other. Because Blue River Valley serves grades 7–8 that New Castle does not, direct comparisons rest mainly on Biology and SAT results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)				ILEARN Math (2026)				ILEARN Science (2026)		ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 6th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 6th Grade	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Science 6th Grade	ILEARN Science All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Blue River Valley Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	4741 N Viking Trail	New Castle	47362	Henry County	Blue River Valley Schools	No	No	No	No	(765) 836-4811	289	22	13.4	50.5%	276 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	41.7	243^rd of 415 public high schools	41.4%		30.1	306^th of 429 public high schools	28.7%	63	34.5	15.5		18.2	16.7	17.3		24.2	4.8	13.3			62.2	$12,576	$795	$11,782
New Castle Area Vocational School	Public	6-12	801 Parkview Dr	New Castle	47362	Henry County	New Castle Community School Corp	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(765) 593-6680	0	17	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
New Castle High School	Public	9-12	801 Parkview Dr	New Castle	47362	Henry County	New Castle Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(765) 593-6670	828	72	11.5	50.5%	712 (86.0%)	16 (1.9%)	44 (5.3%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.9%)	42.3	241^st of 415 public high schools	41.9%		38.6	273^rd of 429 public high schools	36.4%	32	42.4	19.6											39.0	$13,968	$2,528	$11,440
New Castle Virtual Academy (6-12)	Public	6-12	322 Elliott Ave.	New Castle	47362	Henry County	New Castle Community School Corp	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(765) 521-7201	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)						7.7				7.1

Cities Near Zip Code 47362

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New Castle	0.95 mi	12	325^th
Straughn	5.94 mi	2	348^th
Hagerstown	9.51 mi	2	125^th
Middletown	11.5 mi	5	114^th
Cambridge City	11.72 mi	2	308^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Indiana Department of Education.

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