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What's something North Newton Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON CONOVER CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370336001405
North Newton Elementary
221 West 26th St, Newton, NC 28658 · (828) 464-2631 · Catawba County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
385 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Students here typically continue to
North Newton Elementary→Newton-Conover Middle
Based on grade levels within Newton Conover City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
59.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
76.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 North Newton Elementary
North Newton Elementary's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Newton Elementary this school | 388 | 99.2% | 67.0% |
| Shuford Elementary Conover | 402 | 96.3% | 64.4% |
| South Newton Elementary Newton | 328 | 99.1% | 52.2% |
| Webb A Murray Elementary Hickory | 380 | 99.2% | 47.7% |
| John J Blair Elementary Wilmington | 451 | 99.1% | 48.9% |
| North Belmont Elementary Belmont | 371 | 99.2% | 65.7% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 North Newton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Catawba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #297 of 1,297 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #178 of 1,296 | #2 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #354 of 1,300 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #938 of 1,485 | #16 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #504 of 1,377 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #45 of 1,379 | #5 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #476 of 1,414 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #193 of 937 | #4 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
388
-48 (-11%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 388 | 27.5 | 14.1:1 | 99% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 28.5 | 13.7:1 | 79% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 30.5 | 14.6:1 | 74% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 63% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 75% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 78% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 80% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 60% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 26 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Newton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (507 to 388); teachers down 11% (31 to 27.5).
About North Newton Elementary
North Newton Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Newton, North Carolina. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 388 students.
Across its 7 schools, Newton Conover City Schools enrolls 2,654 students. North Newton Elementary is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at North Newton Elementary, about 37 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 30% White, 12% Black, 11% multiracial, and 10% Asian. For comparison, the population of Catawba County is roughly 12% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
North Newton Elementary has 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. That rate is above the 86% average among public schools in Catawba County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, North Newton Elementary outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
North Newton Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 18.5 points (67.0% versus 48.5%), a top-10% result in North Carolina on BeatsExpectations.
In Catawba County, the median household earns about $67,864 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Catawba County, 44 public schools serve about 22,392 students.
Among nearby public schools, Discovery High School is closest at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of North Newton Elementary. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, North Newton Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count decreased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Catawba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,573
Census ACS
Median income
$67,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton Conover City Schools
- Newton-Conover HighHigh · 724 students
- Newton-Conover MiddleMiddle · 559 students
- Shuford ElementaryElementary · 402 students
- South Newton ElementaryElementary · 328 students
- Discovery High SchoolHigh · 146 students
- Conover Special EducationCombined · 107 students
Other schools in Newton
- Fred T Foard HighHigh · 930 students
- Newton-Conover HighHigh · 724 students
- Balls Creek ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- Startown ElementaryElementary · 540 students
- Blackburn ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Jacobs Fork MiddleMiddle · 482 students
Nearby schools
- Discovery High School0.7 mi · 146
- Newton-Conover High0.8 mi · 724
- Conover Special Education1.0 mi · 107
- South Newton Elementary2.3 mi · 328
- Shuford Elementary2.7 mi · 402
- Newton-Conover Middle2.9 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About North Newton ElementaryHow many students attend North Newton Elementary?
North Newton Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades KG-05.
Is North Newton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Newton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does North Newton Elementary have?
North Newton Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at North Newton Elementary?
Student demographics at North Newton Elementary are roughly 30% White, 37% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is North Newton Elementary in?
North Newton Elementary is part of Newton Conover City Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.