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If you could change one rule at Newton Sr High, what would it be?
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Enrollment
932
High
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON·NCES 200996000796
Newton Sr High
900 West 12th, Newton, KS 67114 · (316) 284-6280 · Harvey County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL932 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Kansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
482 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 257 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 217 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 228 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 230 | 25% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Newton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
26.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
16.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.8% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 10.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sr High
Newton Sr High's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Sr High this school | 932 | 51.7% | 18.5% |
| Arkansas City High Arkansas City | 885 | 51.0% | 14.6% |
| Campus High Haysville Wichita | 1,803 | 51.0% | 19.8% |
| Salina High Central Salina | 934 | 58.7% | 20.9% |
| Scott City High Scott City | 302 | 52.0% | 29.0% |
| Salina High South Salina | 1,046 | 55.4% | 29.3% |
Matched among Kansas high 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 Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Harvey County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #228 of 262 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #242 of 262 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #224 of 262 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 932 | #58 of 332 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #74 of 172 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #42 of 172 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #89 of 263 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #51 of 100 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
932
-55 (-6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 933
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 932 | 74.6 | 12.5:1 | 52% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 982 | 69.5 | 14.1:1 | 52% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 956 | 78.1 | 12.2:1 | 51% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | 79 | 12.5:1 | 46% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 1,004 | 81.2 | 12.4:1 | 50% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 1,082 | 83 | 13.0:1 | 50% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 1,015 | 70 | 14.5:1 | 46% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 1,167 | 80 | 14.6:1 | 26% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 933 | 59 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newton Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,004 to 932); teachers down 8% (81.2 to 74.6).
About Newton Sr High
At 900 West 12th in Newton, Kansas, Newton Sr High operates as a large high school. The school had 932 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Kansas) has about 410 students.
The Newton system has 8 schools and 2,943 students.
Newton Sr High's enrollment is 60% White. Other groups include 30% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Harvey County residents are about 84% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Newton Sr High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Staffing totals 74.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. High schools in Kansas average about 11.9:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Newton Sr High is 52%. That is close to the 52% average for public schools in Harvey County.
allk12 grades Newton Sr High a D. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Newton Sr High is in the bottom 10% of Kansas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.4%. The school's actual rate is 18.5%, 19.0 points lower.
In Harvey County (population about 33,756), median household income is about $74,368, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Newton Sr High is one of 18 public schools in Harvey County, which together enroll about 5,012 students.
Opportunity Academy is the public school closest to Newton Sr High, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Newton Sr High places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 987 in 2020-21 and 932 in 2024-25, a decrease of 55 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Harvey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,756
Census ACS
Median income
$74,368
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,012 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton
- Santa Fe 5/6 CenterMiddle · 440 students
- Chisholm Middle SchoolMiddle · 422 students
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 345 students
- South Breeze ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Slate Creek ElementaryElementary · 236 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 199 students
Other schools in Newton
- Santa Fe 5/6 CenterMiddle · 440 students
- Chisholm Middle SchoolMiddle · 422 students
- Northridge ElementaryElementary · 345 students
- South Breeze ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Slate Creek ElementaryElementary · 236 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 199 students
Other Newton Senior High schools
One other US public school is named Newton Senior High. Newton Sr High is the largest of the 2.
- Newton Senior High SchoolNewton, IA · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Opportunity Academy0.5 mi · 53
- Sunset Elementary0.7 mi · 199
- Northridge Elementary0.9 mi · 345
- Santa Fe 5/6 Center1.1 mi · 440
- Slate Creek Elementary2.0 mi · 236
- Chisholm Middle School2.1 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Newton Sr HighHow many students attend Newton Sr High?
Newton Sr High enrolls approximately 932 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Newton Sr High serve?
Newton Sr High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Newton Sr High have?
Newton Sr High employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newton Sr High?
At Newton Sr High, the student body is approximately 60% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Newton Sr High in?
Newton Sr High is part of Newton.
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