New Castle Middle School
601 Parkview Dr
New Castle IN, 47362, Henry County
Phone: 765-521-7230
Ranking: 
(980 out of 1,567, bottom 37%)*
(980 out of 1,567, bottom 37%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: New Castle Community School Corporation
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 40 | 40 | 41 | |||
| Total Students: | 605 | 589 | 568 | |||
| Grade 6: | 5 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.9% |
| Grade 7: | 303 | 50.1% | 303 | 51.4% | 263 | 46.3% |
| Grade 8: | 297 | 49.1% | 281 | 47.7% | 300 | 52.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 295 | 48.8% | 296 | 50.3% | 286 | 50.4% |
| Female: | 273 | 45.1% | 259 | 44.0% | 263 | 46.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 7 | 1.2% | 5 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.2% |
| Black | 3 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.8% | 7 | 1.2% |
| White: | 565 | 93.4% | 550 | 93.4% | 533 | 93.8% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 284 | 46.9% | 221 | 37.5% | 200 | 35.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 49 | 8.1% | 51 | 8.7% | 44 | 7.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.09 | 14.80 | 13.90 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ECA | ||||||
| 2010 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 95% | 55% | 61% |
| 2011 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 98.1% | 68.6% | 72.4% |
| ISTEP+ | ||||||
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 69% | 66% | 69% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 69% | 67% | 68% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 70% | 68% | 68% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 71% | 71% | 70% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 68% | 68% | 67% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 71% | 71% | 72% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 80.2% | 77% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 80.4% | 75% |
| 2005 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 72% | 73% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71% | 70% | 76% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76% | 74% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 83% | 79% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70% | 69% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 72% | 72% | 73% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 73.5% | 75% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 84.3% | 78% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 62% | 62% | 57% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 61% | 61% | 68% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 75.4% | 71% |
| 2004 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | 58% | 65% |
| 2005 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 76% | 71% | 68% |
| 2006 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 72% | 68% |
| 2007 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 67% | 67% |
| 2008 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70% | 69% |
| 2009 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 61% | 61% | 65% |
| 2010 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 66% | 66% | 69% |
| 2011 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 67.6% | 72% |
| 2012 | English/Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 74% | 74% | 73% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 69% | 66% | 71% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 77% | 72% | 72% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 70% | 65% | 72% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67% | 63% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72% | 72% | 74% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 61% | 61% | 66% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 62% | 62% | 72% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 72.1% | 77% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 75.6% | 80% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* New Castle Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.