Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH FORK LOCAL·NCES 390480203085
Newton Elementary School
6645 Mount Vernon Rd, Newark, OH 43055 · (740) 745-5982 · Licking County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
162 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 54% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.3pp since 2021
Math
51.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -10.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.8% | 60.4% |
| 2022-23 | 67.7% | 69.7% |
| 2021-22 | 67.4% | 62.2% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 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 Newton Elementary School
Newton Elementary School's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Elementary School this school | 347 | 46.7% | 63.2% |
| John E Gregg Elementary School Bergholz | 377 | 47.7% | 77.9% |
| Chippewa Intermediate School Doylestown | 336 | 44.6% | 87.0% |
| Triad Elementary School North Lewisburg | 354 | 44.4% | 78.8% |
| Greeneview Elementary School Jamestown | 412 | 48.1% | 82.7% |
| Russellville Elementary School Russellville | 295 | 47.5% | 79.9% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Newton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Licking County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #568 of 673 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,064 of 1,569 ▼ 191 | #23 of 26 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #932 of 1,569 ▼ 168 | #21 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #43 of 1,514 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #1,078 of 1,808 | #23 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #444 of 1,582 | #7 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #1,398 of 1,590 | #26 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #312 of 767 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #742 of 992 | #17 of 20 |
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
347
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 347 | 21.7 | 16.0:1 | 47% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 23.5 | 14.8:1 | 48% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 37% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 20 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 20.4 | 18.2:1 | 42% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 44% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 22 | 22.0:1 | 51% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 21% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 22 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (372 to 347); teachers up 6% (20.4 to 21.7).
About Newton Elementary School
Newton Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Newark, Ohio. It educates 347 students in kindergarten through 5.
North Fork Local, which runs Newton Elementary School, has 5 schools and 1,459 students.
Federal enrollment data show Newton Elementary School is 94% White. It is also 4% multiracial. Newton Elementary School's diversity index is 12%, against a US figure of 70%.
Newton Elementary School employs 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.0:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 47% in 2024-25.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Newton Elementary School is 8.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 63.2% actual, 71.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Newton Elementary School is located in Licking County, where the median household income is $84,426, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Newton Elementary School is one of 63 public schools in the county.
Hillview Elementary School is the closest public school, about 3.2 miles away in a straight line. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 342 in 2020-21 and 347 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.1:1 to 16.0:1 over the same years.
The Newton Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Licking County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
181,837
Census ACS
Median income
$84,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
29,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Fork Local
- Utica High SchoolHigh · 400 students
- Utica Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Utica Middle SchoolMiddle · 349 students
- North Fork Online AcademyHigh · 5 students
Other schools in Newark
- Newark High SchoolHigh · 1,369 students
- Licking Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 913 students
- Career and Technology Educational CentersHigh · 789 students
- Licking Valley High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Licking Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Legend ElementaryElementary · 475 students
Other Newton Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Newton Elementary. Newton Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Newton Elementary SchoolPleasant Hill, OH · 359 students
- Newton Elementary SchoolNewton, IL · 476 students
- Newton Elementary SchoolNewton, MS · 367 students
- Newton Elementary SchoolNEWTON, TX · 359 students
- Newton Elementary SchoolNewton, AL · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Hillview Elementary School3.2 mi · 407
- Career and Technology Educational Centers3.5 mi · 789
- Legend Elementary5.0 mi · 475
- Liberty Middle School5.1 mi · 456
- John Clem Elementary School5.5 mi · 386
- Newark High School5.9 mi · 1,369
Frequently asked questions
About Newton Elementary SchoolHow large is Newton Elementary School?
Newton Elementary School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Newton Elementary School serve?
Newton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Newton Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Newton Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Newton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Newton Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Newton Elementary School in?
Newton Elementary School is part of North Fork Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.