School district · Georgia

Newton County School District

Part of Griffin RESA. Overview, assessment, demographics, attendance and discipline from public state and federal files, each figure shown with its source and year.

21K
Enrollment
24.2%
Chronically absent %
90.49%
4-yr grad %
County system
System type
22
Schools listed

Overview

20,813
Enrollment
24.2%
Chronic absenteeism
90.49%
Four-year graduation rate
91.0%
Economically disadvantaged

Assessment

41.6%
Beginning Learner — EOG grades 3–8 — English Language Arts
37.6%
Beginning Learner — EOG grades 3–8 — Mathematics
33.3%
Beginning Learner — EOC — American Literature and Composition
39.4%
Beginning Learner — EOC — Algebra: Concepts and Connections

Demographics

91.0%
Economically disadvantaged
13.9%
Students with disabilities
6.0%
English learners
12.3%
Gifted

Attendance

24.2%
Chronic absenteeism
29.6%
Chronic absenteeism — Students with disabilities
23.3%
Chronic absenteeism — Students without disabilities

Discipline

10.6%
In-school suspension
13.6%
Out-of-school suspension
0.1%
Expulsion

Schools in this district

Every school Georgia publishes for this district, grouped by the grades it serves. Columns differ by band because the published measures do: a graduation rate for high schools, third-grade reading for elementary. All 22 schools as published — nothing averaged or estimated.

22 schools
Elementary schools 13
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedGr 3 readingELA BeginningMath Beginning
East Newton Elementary SchoolPK-0553274.016.4%6.0%92.0%33.3%31.9%16.9%
Fairview ElementaryPK-0563456.927.3%10.9%100.0%27.7%47.4%44.6%
Flint Hill ElementaryPK-0592758.129.2%9.3%100.0%32.0%48.9%47.2%
Heard-Mixon Elementary SchoolPK-0544367.721.9%6.9%98.0%16.9%40.9%38.9%
Live Oak ElementaryPK-0597158.121.5%7.4%100.0%23.0%49.0%47.1%
Livingston Elementary SchoolPK-0538262.719.6%4.8%100.0%27.3%47.3%39.0%
Mansfield Elementary SchoolPK-0537673.813.8%1.7%77.0%48.3%24.3%9.6%
Middle Ridge Elementary SchoolPK-0567558.532.6%16.8%100.0%13.8%56.6%44.5%
Oak Hill Elementary SchoolPK-0564682.518.4%3.2%100.0%32.7%26.7%20.6%
Porterdale Elementary SchoolPK-0541377.319.6%15.6%100.0%16.1%45.8%31.5%
Rocky Plains Elementary SchoolPK-0558467.516.8%7.9%100.0%31.6%47.0%42.8%
South Salem Elementary SchoolPK-0588474.024.9%6.5%100.0%30.7%46.1%41.2%
West Newton Elementary SchoolPK-0573368.527.7%3.2%100.0%23.8%46.4%33.0%
Middle schools 5
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedGr 8 readingELA BeginningMath Beginning
Clements Middle School06-0881353.731.6%29.3%100.0%31.4%50.4%48.5%
Cousins Middle School06-0865066.228.2%24.2%100.0%34.8%47.4%43.6%
Indian Creek Middle School06-0894457.625.4%19.8%99.0%31.9%48.0%42.0%
Liberty Middle School06-081,03462.527.8%29.0%100.0%40.0%46.9%50.4%
Veterans Memorial Middle School06-0872067.425.7%19.9%96.0%46.7%36.4%37.4%
High schools 3
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantaged4-yr grad %Am Lit BeginningAlgebra Beginning
Alcovy High School09-122,16771.930.6%22.1%93.0%86.27%36.9%41.8%
Eastside High School09-121,68083.219.3%11.6%69.0%93.53%24.6%29.1%
Newton High School09-122,75865.427.5%13.6%91.0%91.79%35.9%52.7%
Schools serving multiple bands 1
SchoolGradesEnrollmentCCRPIChronically absent %OSS %Economically disadvantagedELA BeginningMath Beginning
Newton County Theme School at FicquettKK-081,10388.95.3%4.4%52.0%7.5%4.8%

How Newton County compares

31 districts of comparable size statewide — Griffin RESA has too few for a useful comparison

Regional peers
31 districts of comparable size statewide — Griffin RESA has too few for a useful comparison
Reported values · 2024-25

This region has too few similarly-sized districts for a useful comparison, so the set has been widened to comparable districts statewide.

EnrollmentNewton County: 20,813
10,43940,286
Chronic absenteeismNewton County: 24.2%
11.8%32.8%
Four-year graduation rateNewton County: 90.49%
81.67%99.04%
Newton County Comparison district Median Middle 50%

Neighboring districts

Geographic neighbors, which may sit in other regions.

Sources & vintage

Every value on this page is drawn from public state and federal collections. Suppressed small cells are flagged, never imputed. Every figure here is a published value, reproduced as-is.