Santa Fe 5/6 Center

Santa Fe 5/6 Center is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in Newton, Kansas, operated by Newton, with 440 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6.

Santa Fe 5/6 Center is one of 8 schools operated by Newton, a district that hosts 2,943 students overall.

On demographics, Santa Fe 5/6 Center shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Harvey County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 65% of students at Santa Fe 5/6 Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harvey County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Santa Fe 5/6 Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.2%; this one delivers 26.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harvey County) records that median household earnings sit near $74,368, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Fe 5/6 Center is one of 18 public schools in Harvey County (combined enrollment of about 5,012 students).

The closest other public school is Opportunity Academy, roughly 0.9 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Santa Fe 5/6 Center at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

Santa Fe 5/6 Center operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 566 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.