Newton High School
1 Ram Way
Covington GA, 30014, Newton County
Phone: 770-787-2250
Ranking: 
(216 out of 392, bottom 45%)*
(216 out of 392, bottom 45%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 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: | 106 | 110 | 110 | 125 | 135 | 128 | 124 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 2,129 | 1,937 | 1,916 | 2,026 | 2,270 | 2,149 | 2,257 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 665 | 31.2% | 639 | 33.0% | 586 | 30.6% | 614 | 30.3% | 730 | 32.2% | 671 | 31.2% | 756 | 33.5% |
| Grade 10: | 590 | 27.7% | 495 | 25.6% | 520 | 27.1% | 507 | 25.0% | 572 | 25.2% | 638 | 29.7% | 610 | 27.0% |
| Grade 11: | 456 | 21.4% | 438 | 22.6% | 420 | 21.9% | 453 | 22.4% | 516 | 22.7% | 444 | 20.7% | 428 | 19.0% |
| Grade 12: | 418 | 19.6% | 365 | 18.8% | 390 | 20.4% | 452 | 22.3% | 452 | 19.9% | 396 | 18.4% | 463 | 20.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 1,050 | 49.3% | 981 | 50.6% | 964 | 50.3% | 1,025 | 50.6% | 1,137 | 50.1% | 1,035 | 48.2% | 1,108 | 49.1% |
| Female: | 1,079 | 50.7% | 956 | 49.4% | 952 | 49.7% | 1,001 | 49.4% | 1,133 | 49.9% | 1,041 | 48.4% | 1,097 | 48.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.0% | 4 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 16 | 0.8% | 15 | 0.8% | 24 | 1.3% | 31 | 1.5% | 26 | 1.1% | 26 | 1.2% | 23 | 1.0% |
| Hispanic: | 118 | 5.5% | 123 | 6.4% | 104 | 5.4% | 110 | 5.4% | 122 | 5.4% | 87 | 4.0% | 88 | 3.9% |
| Black: | 1,642 | 77.1% | 1,460 | 75.4% | 1,440 | 75.2% | 1,496 | 73.8% | 1,671 | 73.6% | 1,563 | 72.7% | 1,557 | 69.0% |
| White: | 292 | 13.7% | 277 | 14.3% | 297 | 15.5% | 339 | 16.7% | 389 | 17.1% | 405 | 18.8% | 536 | 23.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 60 | 2.8% | 60 | 3.1% | 49 | 2.6% | 48 | 2.4% | 57 | 2.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,335 | 62.7% | 1,158 | 59.8% | 1,118 | 58.4% | 1,192 | 58.8% | 1,266 | 55.8% | 1,012 | 47.1% | 936 | 41.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 195 | 9.2% | 175 | 9.0% | 203 | 10.6% | 151 | 7.5% | 251 | 11.1% | 280 | 13.0% | 246 | 10.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.05 | 17.63 | 17.39 | 16.20 | 16.79 | 16.80 | 18.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 48% | 61% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 57.6% | 61.6% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 47% | 52.6% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 29.9% | 27.4% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 70% | 72% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 65.8% | 68.7% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.2% | 75.3% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.3% | 78% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.7% | 80.8% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.1% | 83.9% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.1% | 87.1% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80% | 81.2% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 60% | 64% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 49.4% | 56.7% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 55.5% | 59.6% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 48.3% | 54.2% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 45.5% | 58.3% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 62.9% | 65.1% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 74.2% | 75.2% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 67.5% | 72% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 14.3% | 19.4% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 56% | 63% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 62.4% | 68.8% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 75.6% | 67.5% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 67.1% | 69.2% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 63.7% | 69.9% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.8% | 76.4% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 77.4% | 83.9% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 87.7% | 88.6% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 45% | 52% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 50.7% | 54.5% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 49.4% | 49.2% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 38.6% | 41.1% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 39.6% | 48.4% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 33.1% | 44.8% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 56.1% | 60.2% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 14.3% | 17.3% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 30.4% | 36.6% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 36.4% | 41% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 42.4% | 48.2% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 53.4% | 58.9% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 60% | 63% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 68.5% | 65.4% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 69.4% | 69.2% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.3% | 72% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 70.8% | 74.9% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.3% | 80.6% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.1% | 84.5% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.4% | 86.2% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 51% | 54% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 60.4% | 58.9% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 52.1% | 56.7% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56.6% | 45.8% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 70.5% | 74.3% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75% | 79.9% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.8% | 84.1% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.3% | 87.4% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 66% | 68% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 55.8% | 58.3% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 39.5% | 45.2% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 48% | 49.3% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 60.3% | 64% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 78.4% | 74.1% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75.1% | 73.7% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81.7% | 78.2% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87.3% | 90.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91.47% | 91.5% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87% | 89.5% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94% | 92% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 76% | 78% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 79.9% | 85.6% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 90.7% | 89.4% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 88.7% | 91.1% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95% | 94% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 75% | 79.4% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 85% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 97.5% | 97.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91.9% | 93.6% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 92% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94.21% | 94% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 92% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 69% | 72% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 70.6% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88% | 87% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 86.7% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83% | 86% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.47% | 89% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Newton High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.