Middle · Indiana
South Newton Middle School
Free meals for allSouth Newton Middle School, a public middle school in Kentland, Indiana: grades 6–8, 191 students, 13.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Newton School Corp.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 191
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.5
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in Indiana
Median 14.8 · 334 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of middle schools in Indiana
Median 527 · 335 schools compared
Smaller than 87% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Indiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Indiana: 41%36%proficient
+0.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 55% of middle schools in Indiana
Median 38% · 335 middle schools compared
186 students tested, grades 3–8 · ILEARN; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Indiana: 42%32%proficient
+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Indiana
Median 36% · 335 middle schools compared
186 students tested, grades 3–8 · ILEARN; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- South Newton School Corp
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Newton School Corp.
Location
- Address
- 13100 S 50 E, Kentland, IN 47951
- Phone
- (219)474-5167
- County
- Newton County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Donovan Jr High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 54 | 6.8 |
Rensselaer Central Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 363 | 15.8 |
Watseka Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 202 | 11.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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