Newton Middle School

As a sizable intermediate school in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Newton Middle School instructs 781 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Newton Middle School sits 69% above that benchmark.

Newton Middle School is one of 20 schools operated by Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe, a district that serves 13,109 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newton Middle School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Newton Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Newton Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Newton Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Lois Lenski Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newton Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Newton Middle School's enrollment has climbed 24% since 2018, when it stood at 632 (now 781).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.