Newton High School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Newton High School
Set in Pleasant Hill, Ohio, Newton High School is an intimate 9-12 campus, overseen by Newton Local. It caters to 291 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.
Within Newton Local, which oversees 2 schools and 650 students, Newton High School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Newton High School reports that nearly all students (96%) are White.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Newton High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, Newton High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.5%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,817 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Miami County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,719 students), of which Newton High School is one.
Newton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Newton High School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 277 (now 291).
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