Summary:
ZIP code 47963 covers Morocco, Indiana (Newton County), and contains exactly one public high school: North Newton Junior-Senior High School, a combined grades 7–12 building with 486 students located at 1641 W 250 N. It is the only secondary school in North Newton School Corp, a district ranked 220 of 374 in Indiana (41st percentile, 2 stars). Because no other district building serves grades 7–8, school and district figures are identical at those grade levels, while district "All Grades" numbers also include elementary students taught elsewhere and therefore legitimately differ.
The school's strongest results are at the high school level. Its 2024-2025 graduation rate was 96.5%, well above the state's 89.7%. SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing for 11th graders reached 54.69% in 2025-2026 against a state figure of 51.9%, after a standout 71.43% the prior year versus a state 54.5%. Eighth grade ELA (41.1%) came close to the state's 44%, and the school's statewide rank of 162 of 415 (61st percentile, 3 stars) sits above its own district's 2-star rating — an unusual inversion. The 2024-2025 year was a clear peak: 97 of 429, or 77th percentile, 4 stars.
The clearest concern is mathematics, which trails the state at every level measured: 7th grade 15.58% versus 35.9%, 8th grade 21.92% versus 34.2%, and SAT Math 20.31% versus 25.6%. Seventh grade ELA is also soft at 23.38% against a 41.7% state figure, making the 7th grade cohort notably weaker than the 8th grade one in the same building. Every one of the five metrics with two years of data declined year over year, including a 16.7-point SAT Reading drop. Chronic absenteeism was 18.1% (state 16.7%), about 48.15% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending was $13,880, and the student-teacher ratio is 13:1. Parents should note the school graduates students at strong rates even as proficiency scores lag, with math the most consistent gap.
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