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What's one thing Newton Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
781
Middle
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531000885
Newton Middle School
4001 EAST ARAPAHOE ROAD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122 · (303) 347-7900 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Colorado public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
98 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 50%
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 | 252 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 274 | 35% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 64.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 School
Newton Middle School's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Middle School this school | 781 | 12.5% | 66.2% |
| Manning Options School LAKEWOOD | 685 | 12.3% | 66.4% |
| Ranch View Middle School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 829 | 15.8% | 58.7% |
| Sagewood Middle School PARKER | 816 | 17.0% | 44.4% |
| Louisville Middle School LOUISVILLE | 626 | 18.5% | 62.9% |
| Nevin Platt Middle School BOULDER | 483 | 14.7% | 53.7% |
Matched among Colorado 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 School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #12 of 241 | #2 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #8 of 244 ▼ 1 | #1 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #20 of 246 ▲ 2 | #2 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 781 | #36 of 278 | #12 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #214 of 227 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #208 of 227 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #241 of 246 | #23 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.6% | #10 of 55 | N/A |
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
781
+162 (+26%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 814
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 781 | 40 | 19.5:1 | 13% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 784 | 42.1 | 18.6:1 | 12% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 42.5 | 18.6:1 | 8% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 32.5 | 19.4:1 | 12% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 32 | 19.0:1 | 14% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 37 | 18.1:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 839 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 12% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 814 | 46 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (632 to 781); teachers up 23% (32.5 to 40).
About Newton Middle School
Newton Middle School is a large middle school in CENTENNIAL, Colorado. The school had 781 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Colorado) has about 462 students.
Littleton Public Schools (20 schools, 13,109 students) runs Newton Middle School.
About 82% of the student body at Newton Middle School is White. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Arapahoe County's population at about 59%. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Newton Middle School was 19.5:1. On average, middle schools in Colorado have 15.9:1, compared with 19.5:1 here. Newton Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 13%. It compares with 50% for public schools in Arapahoe County.
Newton Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Colorado public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Newton Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.2%, compared with a predicted 59.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Arapahoe County census figures show that the median household income is $101,087, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Arapahoe County is home to 176 public schools and about 115,502 public school students.
The nearest public school is Lois Lenski Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Newton Middle School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Newton Middle School as City: Mid-size.
2024-25 enrollment was 781, a 26% gain from 619 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 19.5 students per teacher, compared with 17.2 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Newton Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Littleton Public Schools
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Littleton High SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Euclid Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other schools in CENTENNIAL
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Aspen Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Mountain Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other Newton Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Newton Middle. Newton Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Newton MiddleHacienda Heights, CA · 565 students
- Newton Middle SchoolNEWTON, TX · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Lois Lenski Elementary School0.6 mi · 509
- Ford Elementary0.8 mi · 653
- Sandburg Elementary School0.8 mi · 495
- Arapahoe High School1.6 mi · 1,748
- Gudy Gaskill Elementary1.6 mi · 508
- Heritage Elementary School1.6 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Newton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Newton Middle School?
Newton Middle School enrolls approximately 781 students in grades 06-08.
Is Newton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Newton Middle School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Newton Middle School.
How diverse is Newton Middle School?
Newton Middle School reports a student body of 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Newton Middle School?
Newton Middle School is overseen by Littleton Public Schools in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.