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New Castle Schools At The Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
10892 N In 140
Knightstown, IN 46148
Phone
(877) 860-0003
District
New Castle Community School Corp
County
RUSH COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
75
Classroom Teachers
4

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

2

(10 is best)

Better than 10.7% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

New Castle Schools At The Hoosier Youth Challenge Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
13%
37%
22%
50%
3%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
12
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 2 2.7%
Grade 10 22 29.3%
Grade 11 32 42.7%
Grade 12 19 25.3%
Total 75 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.6% 91.0% 66.7%
Black 15.3% 2.2% 14.3%
Hispanic 4.2% 5.9% 15.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.9% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 4.0% 52.9% 48.2%
Free lunch eligible 4.0% 49.3% 42.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 3.6% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,795 6,862,199
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 396.2 190
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.3% 20.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.2% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 19.5% 16.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,099 2,681,537
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.1% 90.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.1% 28.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.1% 15.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.0% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 13.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 23.8% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.4% 16.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.0% 11.0%
$15,000 or less 10.6% 8.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,825 $23,077,000 48.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $692 $2,042,000 4.3%
Staff $622 $1,835,000 3.8%
General Administration $213 $629,000 1.3%
School Administration $791 $2,332,000 4.9%
Operation $1,428 $4,212,000 8.8%
Transportation $537 $1,583,000 3.3%
Other $377 $1,112,000 2.3%
Total Support $4,661 $13,745,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,743 $11,037,000 23.1%
Total Expenditures $16,229 $47,859,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,851 $7,075,542,000 45.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $728 $751,765,000 4.8%
Staff $595 $614,487,000 4.0%
General Administration $257 $265,847,000 1.7%
School Administration $793 $818,899,000 5.3%
Operation $1,403 $1,448,931,000 9.3%
Transportation $685 $707,574,000 4.6%
Other $437 $451,574,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,899 $5,059,077,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,300 $3,408,304,000 21.9%
Total Expenditures $15,050 $15,542,923,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%