Summary:
ZIP code 47951 has one public high school: South Newton Senior High School in Kentland, Indiana, serving grades 9–12 with 225 students as part of South Newton School Corp. Because it is the only high school in the area, the most useful comparisons are between this school, its district, and the state.
The school's strongest indicators are around staying in school and finishing. Its graduation rate is 91.1%, slightly above Indiana's 89.7% and the same as the district. Chronic absenteeism is 12.5%, meaningfully lower than the state's 16.7%, though higher than the district's 10.0% — a clear local opportunity. The learning environment is small, with a student-teacher ratio of 11.5 and per-student spending of $16,129, and 37.33% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Biology results also jumped: ILEARN End of Course proficiency rose from 29.79% in 2024–2025 to 51.52% in 2025–2026, above the 2024–2025 state Biology rate of 45.6%, though the 2025–2026 state figure was not provided.
College-readiness measures are the weaker area. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing proficiency is 40.85%, below the state's 51.9%, and SAT Mathematics is 12.68% against the state's 25.6% — roughly half the state level, and down from 16.67% the prior year. The school is rated 2 stars, ranking 244th of 415 schools (41st percentile) in 2025–2026, while the district rates 3 stars, 158th of 374 (58th percentile). Rank history shows a dip to the 31st percentile in 2024–2025 and a recovery to 41st in 2025–2026, still under its 2023–2024 mark of 43. With only 225 students, year-to-year percentages can swing on a few students, so trends across several years matter more than any single result.
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