Summary:
New Castle Community School Corp has one middle school, New Castle Middle School, serving grades 6-8. The school faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, with consistently low test scores, high chronic absenteeism, and a predominantly low-income student population.
New Castle Middle School's academic performance, as measured by ILEARN test scores, is well below the state average in both English Language Arts and Math across all grade levels. The school's proficiency rates in 2023-2024 were just 25.66% in ELA and 23.44% in Math, compared to the state averages of 41.1%, 41.8%, and 42.6% in ELA and 38.1%, 33.9%, and 31.4% in Math for grades 6-8, respectively. This suggests the school is struggling to provide effective instruction and support for its students.
Additionally, the school faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, with 30.1% of students missing a significant amount of school in the 2022-2023 school year. This is a concerning issue that likely contributes to the low academic performance. The school also serves a predominantly low-income population, with 61.26% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.8, the data indicates that resources may not be effectively allocated or utilized to drive academic improvements. Addressing these multifaceted challenges will require a comprehensive and targeted approach to support the students and improve outcomes at New Castle Middle School.
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