Summary:
ZIP code 47965 is home to a single elementary school, New Market Elementary School, which serves students in grades PK–5 in New Market, Indiana. With 468 students enrolled, it belongs to the South Montgomery Com School Corp. Because there is only one elementary school in this ZIP code, there are no other local schools to compare it against — the most useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own results from earlier years.
Math is the school's clear strength. Across all grades, 63.45% of students were proficient in Math, which is 6.93 percentage points above the district. Fifth-grade Math stands out at 69.88% proficient, nearly 28 points above the state, and third-grade Math is 67.07%, about 15 points above the state. Reading (ELA) is more mixed: all-grade ELA came in at 49.16%, below the district's 55.19%, though it improved from 40.37% the year before. Third- and fifth-grade ELA are above the state, while fourth grade is below both the district and the state. Science (45.21%) is slightly below the district but near the state's fourth-grade mark, and fifth-grade Social Studies jumped 16.56 points to 49.4%, moving from below the state to above it.
The school earned 4 stars and ranked 280th out of 1,015 Indiana elementary schools in 2025–2026, placing in the 72nd percentile — up from 3 stars and the 67th percentile the prior year. Chronic absenteeism was 11.4%, better than the district (13.3%) and the state (16.7%). About 43.16% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, per-student spending was $11,447, and the student-teacher ratio was 15.2. Overall, New Market Elementary shows strong math results, improving reading, solid attendance, and positive momentum.
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