Schools · New Chicago

New Chicago, IN schools

New Chicago’s public schools score well below Indiana’s averages: 30% of students are proficient in reading against 42.6% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.9%. Kids attend Henry S Evans Elementary School or John I Meister Elementary School through grade 5, then River Forest Middle School and River Forest High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade

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New Chicago’s School Grade: C-

The public schools New Chicago’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Indiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresDGraduation

Indiana school districts we grade (390)Better than 24%

Lower resultsHigher results

Indiana towns with similar household incomes (817)Better than 4%

High confidence. Built on 808 tested students and a graduating class of 109; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Indiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Indiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Indiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where New Chicago kids go to school

Grades PK–5

CHenry S Evans Elementary School or C-John I Meister Elementary School Depends on your address River Forest Community School Corporation

Grades 6–8

DRiver Forest Middle School 369 students · Hobart River Forest Community School Corporation

Grades 9–12

CRiver Forest High School 565 students · Hobart River Forest Community School Corporation

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, River Forest Community School Corporation)30%

State average 42.6%

Math (grades PK–12, River Forest Community School Corporation)17%

State average 35.8%

Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate

87%

IN: 90.9%

Graduating class

109

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving New Chicago

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River Forest Community School CorporationGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,707 students

$11,634 per studentIN $13,688C-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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