NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Newton, NC

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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
4,708
Students
37.9/100
Avg Resource Index
15.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Newton has more public-school enrollment than 53% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Newton sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 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 16-point gap between North Newton Elementary and Blackburn Elementary 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 47%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
37th percentile
Teacher staffing
46th percentile

Fred T Foard High accounts for 19.8% of all Newton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Newton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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 6.4× across entities

Newton school enrollment ranges from 146 students (lowest) to 930 students (highest), a spread of 784 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 student-teacher ratio is 15.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Newton is typically wider than the Newton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. North Newton Elementary 49
2. Discovery High School 42
3. South Newton Elementary 39
4. Newton-Conover High 37
5. Startown Elementary 37
6. Fred T Foard High 35
7. Jacobs Fork Middle 35
8. Balls Creek Elementary 34
9. Blackburn Elementary 33

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 North Newton Elementary 73.7/100
  2. 2 South Newton Elementary 70.8/100
  3. 3 Newton-Conover High 69.4/100
  4. 4 Startown Elementary 65.1/100
  5. 5 Blackburn Elementary 62.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Newton?

Which Newton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

North Newton Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Newton schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Newton, NC? ▼

Newton has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,708 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.7:1.

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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.