Summary:
ZIP code 47951 is served by one elementary school, South Newton Elementary School, a PK–5 school in Kentland, Indiana, within South Newton School Corp, enrolling 430 students.
Academically, the school is a three-star school ranked in the 58th percentile statewide in 2025–26, after reaching the 68th percentile in 2024–25 and 53rd in 2023–24. Its strongest grade is 5th: in 2025–26, ELA proficiency was 50% vs. the state’s 42.2%, Math was 58.33% vs. 42%, and Social Studies was 66.67% vs. 47.2%. Social Studies has been consistently strong, also scoring 61.02% vs. the state’s 38.5% in 2024–25. All-grade Math has outperformed the district—45.79% vs. 41.57% in 2025–26 and 48.97% vs. 40.53% in 2024–25. However, 4th grade is a relative weakness: Math was 33.9% vs. the state’s 52%, ELA was 32.2% vs. 42.2%, and Science was 35.59% vs. 43.8%. Science overall fell from 57.14% in 2024–25 to 35.59% in 2025–26 and was below the district’s 41.38%; 3rd-grade Math was 42.37% vs. the state’s 51.9%.
Beyond tests, chronic absenteeism is a major positive at 8.4%, below the district’s 10.0% and far below the state’s 16.7%. The school has 40.47% free/reduced lunch, $10,883 per-student spending in 2023–24, and a 13.8 student-teacher ratio, about 31 teachers for 430 students. Overall, it looks like a middle-to-upper-middle performing Indiana elementary school with clear strengths in 5th grade, Social Studies, math relative to district, and attendance, but notable challenges in 4th grade, Science, and a recent dip in statewide rank percentile. No test-score values in this record are suppressed; state all-grade figures not provided are treated as unavailable rather than zero.
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