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What's something Newton Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
565
Middle
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFIED·NCES 061632502058
Newton Middle
15616 Newton St., Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 · (626) 933-2400 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
381 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 181 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 36% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
27.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.7% | 31.9% | 25.4% | 26.1% |
| Math | 14.8% | 12.9% | 23.2% | 49.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 59.9% | 33.3% |
| 2021-22 | 54.2% | 30.7% |
| 2018-19 | 60.0% | 35.2% |
| 2017-18 | 59.7% | 41.4% |
| 2016-17 | 60.3% | 36.5% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 29.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Newton Middle
Newton Middle's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Middle this school | 565 | 67.4% | 37.8% |
| Muwekma Ohlone Middle San Jose | 587 | 68.7% | 20.9% |
| Rio Vista Middle Oxnard | 637 | 65.1% | 22.1% |
| Macy Intermediate Monterey Park | 576 | 76.0% | 44.5% |
| Parkway Heights Middle South San Francisco | 573 | 58.3% | 25.0% |
| Montgomery Middle San Diego | 734 | 63.5% | 26.5% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Newton Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #566 of 1,224 | #125 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #649 of 1,227 ▲ 5 | #143 of 248 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #525 of 1,227 ▼ 81 | #116 of 248 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.3pp | #87 of 1,214 | #8 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #829 of 1,377 | #188 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #977 of 1,279 | #204 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #955 of 1,278 | #175 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #755 of 1,329 | #229 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #712 of 930 | #171 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
565
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 25.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 565 | 24.5 | 23.1:1 | 67% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 25.2 | 22.6:1 | 65% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 24.9 | 23.1:1 | 53% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 23 | 25.4:1 | 49% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 23.6 | 26.1:1 | 59% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 23 | 25.5:1 | 59% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | N/A | N/A | 61% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 26 | 25.9:1 | 35% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 18 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newton Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (616 to 565); teachers up 4% (23.6 to 24.5).
About Newton Middle
Newton Middle is a public medium-sized middle school in Hacienda Heights, California. The school enrolls 565 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Hacienda la Puente Unified is responsible for 35 schools, Newton Middle included, with 16,260 students in all.
At Newton Middle, Hispanic students make up 83% of the student body. Other students are 12% Asian and 3% White. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 48% Hispanic. Newton Middle has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Newton Middle operates with 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 23.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. About 67% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Los Angeles County, the average is about the same, 70%.
Newton Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Newton Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.8% and a predicted 40.0%.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Los Angeles County number 2,244 and enroll about 1,265,907.
The nearest public school is Kwis Elementary, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Newton Middle places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 565, 3% below the 584 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 23.1:1, from 25.4:1.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified
- Los Altos HighHigh · 1,592 students
- Glen A. Wilson HighHigh · 1,456 students
- Mesa RoblesElementary · 1,246 students
- Cedarlane AcademyElementary · 878 students
- La Puente HighHigh · 813 students
- Fairgrove AcademyElementary · 749 students
Other schools in Hacienda Heights
- Los Altos HighHigh · 1,592 students
- Glen A. Wilson HighHigh · 1,456 students
- Mesa RoblesElementary · 1,246 students
- Cedarlane AcademyElementary · 878 students
- Wedgeworth ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Grazide ElementaryElementary · 606 students
Other Newton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Newton Middle. Newton Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Newton Middle SchoolCENTENNIAL, CO · 781 students
- Newton Middle SchoolNEWTON, TX · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Kwis Elementary0.2 mi · 305
- Los Altos Elementary0.7 mi · 391
- Los Altos High0.7 mi · 1,592
- Mesa Robles0.8 mi · 1,246
- Puente Hills High0.9 mi · 154
- Valley Community Day0.9 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Newton MiddleHow many students attend Newton Middle?
Newton Middle enrolls approximately 565 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Newton Middle serve?
Newton Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Newton Middle have?
Newton Middle employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Newton Middle?
Student demographics at Newton Middle are roughly 3% White, 83% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Newton Middle public or private?
Newton Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hacienda la Puente Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.