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Schools in New Castle

New Castle’s public schools

Henry County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Castle. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Kentucky’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kentucky’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
35%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.5K
▼ 9% vs KY $14.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.6
KY 15.4
Schools in town
2
1,464 students on the public path
In brief

New Castle’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of New Castle’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s 1,177 public schools. Henry County High School places highest (better than 56%); Henry County Middle School lowest (47%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in New Castle, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5New Castle Elementary SchoolHenry County School DistrictB
6–8Henry County Middle SchoolHenry County School DistrictB−
9–12Henry County High SchoolHenry County School DistrictB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Henry County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Henry County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,984 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 15.6 per teacher (KY 15.4)
$13,470KY $14,752 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 44.7% · 1014 students tested
Math35%
State average 37.8% · 1015 students tested

New Castle vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kentucky towns that share New Castle’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Castle—Henry County

Every school in New Castle

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kentucky’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in New Castleby address
Henry County Early Childhood
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
109 students22:1Rate it →
New Castle Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
B
326 students16:1Rate it →
Also serving New Castlein other towns
Henry County Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
B−
421 students15:1Rate it →
Henry County High School
High · Grades 9–12
B
608 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about New Castle’s schools

Are New Castle’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Castle. Henry County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Castle. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kentucky’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Castle in?

Henry County School District.

Where do New Castle kids go to high school?

Henry County High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.