NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Pre-K 57
- Kindergarten 132
- Grade 1 129
- Grade 2 122
- Grade 3 126
- Grade 4 109
- Grade 5 102
- Grade 6 105
- Grade 7 112
- Grade 8 124
- Grade 9 125
- Grade 10 154
- Grade 11 135
- Grade 12 118
By race/ethnicity
- White 68%
- Black or African American 22%
- American Indian or Alaska Native 5%
- Hispanic/Latino 3%
- Two or more races 1%
- Asian 1%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.
Free and reduced-price lunch
- Free lunch 46%
- Reduced-price lunch 9%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.
Spending and revenue
Spending per student
- Instruction $7,138
- Support services $4,323
- Other (food service, etc.) $959
Where the money comes from
- Local 23%
- State 62%
- Federal 15%
Total revenue $23.2 milliontotal spending $22.7 million
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.
District details
Grades served
PK to 12
Locale (NCES)
Rural: Remote
Total staff (FTE)
235
District office
15305 HWY 15, Decatur MS 39327
Phone
County
Newton County
Official website
NCES District ID
2803150
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About NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
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