NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Newton, NJ

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9 public K-12 schools in Newton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
3,299
Students
54.8/100
Avg Resource Index
9.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Newton has more public-school enrollment than 33% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Newton lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Newton's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 30-point gap between Long Pond School and Merriam Avenue School shows the range hidden by Newton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 67%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
95th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Kittatinny Regional High School accounts for 22.2% of all Newton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Newton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Newton school enrollment varies 6.1× across entities

Newton school enrollment ranges from 121 students (lowest) to 733 students (highest), a spread of 612 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Newton operates 6 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Newton student-teacher ratio is 9.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Long Pond School 70
2. Florence M. Burd 61
3. Fredon Township School 61
4. Kittatinny Regional High School 59
5. Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School 59
6. Halsted Middle School 58
7. Marian E. Mckeown Elementary School 44
8. Newton High School 41
9. Merriam Avenue School 40

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Newton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Merriam Avenue School 62.9/100
  2. 2 Halsted Middle School 60.8/100
  3. 3 Newton High School 57.3/100
  4. 4 Long Pond School 49.8/100
  5. 5 Florence M. Burd 43.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Newton?

Which Newton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Long Pond School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Newton schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Newton, NJ? ▼

Newton has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,299 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 9.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.