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What advice would you give to incoming students at Newton High School?
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Enrollment
680
High
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341140005384
Newton High School
44 RYERSON AVENUE, NEWTON, NJ 07860 · (973) 383-7573 · Sussex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of New Jersey public high schools
- C+Test 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 New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
199 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 157 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 171 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 162 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 190 | 28% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · 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 Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 30.8% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for New Jersey 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 High School
Newton High School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton High School this school | 680 | 29.3% | 31.2% |
| Hackettstown High School HACKETTSTOWN | 868 | 30.1% | 45.8% |
| Saddle Brook Middle/High School SADDLE BROOK | 806 | 30.9% | 41.5% |
| Pompton Lakes High School POMPTON LAKES | 610 | 24.9% | 41.0% |
| Boonton High School BOONTON | 646 | 32.5% | 47.4% |
| Butler High School BUTLER | 482 | 27.8% | 47.9% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #245 of 397 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #261 of 400 ▼ 71 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #204 of 395 ▲ 69 | #6 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #269 of 442 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #115 of 388 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #166 of 389 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #235 of 405 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #137 of 200 | #7 of 8 |
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
680
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 680 | 61.1 | 11.1:1 | 29% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 60 | 12.1:1 | 24% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 60 | 12.0:1 | 12% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 61 | 11.8:1 | 21% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 67.5 | 10.7:1 | 19% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 68 | 11.2:1 | 20% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 56 | 14.1:1 | 16% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 5% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 57 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newton High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (719 to 680); teachers down 9% (67.5 to 61.1).
About Newton High School
A low-enrollment high school in NEWTON, New Jersey, Newton High School is part of Newton Public School District. The school enrolls 680 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in New Jersey enroll around 929, and this school is 27% below that mark.
Newton Public School District has 1,443 students spread across 3 schools.
More than half of the students at Newton High School are White (57%). The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Sussex County overall, about 82% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school lists 61.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 29% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Newton High School lands at C, ahead of 26% of New Jersey public high schools.
Newton High School is a bottom-10% school in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.2% against a predicted 50.1%.
In Sussex County, home to about 145,807 people, median household income comes to about $116,186, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 46 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,579, Newton High School among them.
Merriam Avenue School is about 0.5 miles from Newton High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Newton High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 48.7% proficiency; Newton High School posts 31.2%.
Federal data place Newton High School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 719 to 680, a 5% decline.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton Public School District
- Merriam Avenue SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Halsted Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
Other schools in NEWTON
- Kittatinny Regional High SchoolHigh · 733 students
- Merriam Avenue SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Marian E. McKeown Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Florence M. BurdElementary · 288 students
- Halsted Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
- Fredon Township SchoolElementary · 203 students
Other Newton High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Newton High. Newton High School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Newton High SchoolCovington, GA · 2,499 students
- Newton High SchoolPleasant Hill, OH · 291 students
- Newton High SchoolNEWTON, TX · 283 students
- Newton High SchoolNewton, MS · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Merriam Avenue School0.5 mi · 483
- Halsted Middle School0.5 mi · 280
- Florence M. Burd3.0 mi · 288
- Long Pond School3.0 mi · 189
- Fredon Township School3.1 mi · 203
- Kittatinny Regional High School4.0 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Newton High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Newton High School?
Newton High School enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 09-12.
Is Newton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Newton High School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Newton High School.
How diverse is Newton High School?
Newton High School reports a student body of 57% White, 31% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Newton High School public or private?
Newton High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.