EAST NEWTON HIGH

EAST NEWTON HIGH is a mid-sized high school in GRANBY, Missouri, one of the schools within EAST NEWTON CO. R-VI. The school teaches 445 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within EAST NEWTON CO. R-VI, which oversees 3 schools and 1,459 students, EAST NEWTON HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, EAST NEWTON HIGH shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 9% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Native American. Compared to Newton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting EAST NEWTON HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST NEWTON HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Newton County put the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Newton County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,567 students), of which EAST NEWTON HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: GRANBY, around 3.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, EAST NEWTON HIGH comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 4% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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