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Newton County High Other School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

16255 Hwy 503

Decatur MS, 39327, Newton County

Phone: 601-635-4261

Ranking:

(154 out of 672, top 23%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12

School District: Newton County School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	60		60		64		59		57		57		57
Total Students:	993		985		999		988		982		1,000		1,019
Grade 6:	148	14.9%	140	14.2%	158	15.8%	171	17.3%	142	14.5%	141	14.1%	167	16.4%
Grade 7:	145	14.6%	142	14.4%	162	16.2%	149	15.1%	152	15.5%	151	15.1%	147	14.4%
Grade 8:	146	14.7%	178	18.1%	153	15.3%	136	13.8%	150	15.3%	153	15.3%	165	16.2%
Grade 9:	172	17.3%	143	14.5%	133	13.3%	151	15.3%	145	14.8%	176	17.6%	162	15.9%
Grade 10:	132	13.3%	129	13.1%	138	13.8%	139	14.1%	155	15.8%	127	12.7%	131	12.9%
Grade 11:	110	11.1%	123	12.5%	117	11.7%	128	13.0%	111	11.3%	120	12.0%	121	11.9%
Grade 12:	124	12.5%	111	11.3%	122	12.2%	99	10.0%	104	10.6%	116	11.6%	100	9.8%
Ungraded:	16	1.6%	19	1.9%	16	1.6%	15	1.5%	23	2.3%	16	1.6%	26	2.6%
Student By Gender:
Male:	497	50.1%	507	51.5%	530	53.1%	536	54.3%	510	51.9%	524	52.4%	540	53.0%
Female:	496	49.9%	478	48.5%	469	46.9%	452	45.7%	472	48.1%	476	47.6%	475	46.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	26	2.6%	26	2.6%	30	3.0%	22	2.2%	18	1.8%	24	2.4%	27	2.6%
Asian:	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	4	0.4%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	15	1.5%	16	1.6%	13	1.3%	16	1.6%	15	1.5%	11	1.1%	13	1.3%
Black:	215	21.7%	220	22.3%	225	22.5%	215	21.8%	221	22.5%	236	23.6%	263	25.8%
White:	731	73.6%	718	72.9%	725	72.6%	733	74.2%	727	74.0%	726	72.6%	715	70.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	421	42.4%	438	44.5%	452	45.2%	434	43.9%	433	44.1%	390	39.0%	389	38.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	92	9.3%	80	8.1%	104	10.4%	93	9.4%	90	9.2%	105	10.5%	103	10.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.61		16.47		15.70		16.82		17.17		17.50		17.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	149.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	150.5	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	151.2	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	152.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	153.4	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	153.5	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	152	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	149.5	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.2	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	150.6	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.4	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	153.4	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.2	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	153.9	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.8	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	153.9	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	153.4	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	155.6	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	150.3	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	154	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.4	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	154	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	154.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	154.7	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	149.3	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	148.7	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	151.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	153.1	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	154	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	152.7	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	151.2	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	150.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	153.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	154.7	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.7	156.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.7	156.7	154.6
MST
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	48.8%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	67.1%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.3%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	64.0%
SATP2
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.7%	98.7%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.8%	96.8%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.5%	91.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.2%	94.2%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75%	75%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	67.7%	67.7%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.3%	92.3%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.1%	92.1%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.6%	92.6%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.8%	94.8%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.6%	94.6%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.5%	92.5%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.4%	92.4%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	91%	91%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.7%	87.7%	86.2%
2011	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	N/A	67.5%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.5%	89.5%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86%	86%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	95.6%	95.6%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	91%	91%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	87.3%	87.3%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	86.1%	86.1%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	77.2%	77.2%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	76.6%	76.6%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	68.1%	68.1%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	59%	59%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	79.2%	79.2%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	77.9%	77.9%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	95.5%	95.5%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	99%	99%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.3%	98.3%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	100%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	96.3%	96.3%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	96.6%	96.6%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	90.8%	90.8%	81.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	16.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	83.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,157.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,034.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,181.0

* Newton County High Other School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.