Regular local school district · Hancock County
New Palestine Community Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
New Palestine Community Schools runs 6 public schools with 3,959 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.2 students per teacher is 1.7 higher than the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,959
- Teachers (FTE)
- 230
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4711 S 500 W, New Palestine, IN 46163
- Phone
- (317)861-4463
- County
- Hancock County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1810710
- State district ID
- IN-3115
- Total staff (FTE)
- 508
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 990 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.2
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,728), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $40.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $25.5 million
- Local revenue
- $13.0 million
- Total spending
- $39.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,620
- Salaries
- $19.6 million49.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $65.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.5%
- State: 62.6%
- Local: 31.9%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,620
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in New Palestine Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brandywine Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 338 | 14.1 |
| New Palestine Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 579 | 17.5 |
| New Palestine High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,254 | 17.4 |
| New Palestine Intermediate School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 605 | 20.2 |
| New Palestine Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 606 | 16.4 |
| Sugar Creek Elementary Sch | Elementary | PK to 4 | 577 | 17.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hancock County
- Mt Vernon Community School Corp 4,940 students
- Greenfield-Central Com Schools 4,370 students
- Eastern Hancock Co Com Sch Corp 1,219 students
- Geist Montessori Academy 291 students
More in Indiana
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.