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Newton County School District

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Newton County School District is located close to the center of Mississippi. Newton County School District has 405.12 square miles of land area and 1.15 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Newton County School District population is 11,963. Newton County School District median household income is $39,286 in 2010-2014. Newton County School District median house value is $72,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Newton County School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(24 out of 148, top 16%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	11,963 (2010-2014), rank #86
Population Growth	-1.89% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	29.45/sq mi, rank #104
Median Household Income:	$39,286 at 2010-2014—1.74% increase since 2005-2009, rank #36
Median House Price:	$72,200 at 2010-2014—-1.63% increase since 2005-2009, rank #102
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	405.12 sq mi, rank #58
Water Area:	1.15 sq mi (0.28%), rank #97
State:	Mississippi
County:	Newton County
City:	Newton, Chunky, Hickory, Enterprise, Decatur, Lawrence, Lake, Conehatta, Union, Little Rock, Collinsville
Zip:	39345, 39323, 39332, 39330, 39327, 39336, 39092, 39057, 39365, 39337, 39325
Area:	Meridian, MS

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Newton County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

15305 Hwy 15 South

Decatur MS, 39327, Newton County

Phone: 601-635-2317

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,859	1,846	1,882	1,897	1,928	1,916	1,934
English Language Learner Students:	0	64	25	23	25	16	14
Total Teachers:	131.30	141.00	137.55	137.18	127.72	128.30	125.70
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	8.50	9.50	8.74	8.04	5.49	8.80	8.10
Elementary:	51.14	51.24	51.19	51.93	50.23	49.10	48.30
Secondary:	52.74	60.25	57.00	56.36	55.46	52.10	52.10
Ungraded:	18.92	20.01	20.62	20.85	16.54	18.30	17.20
Total Other Staff:	127.90	137.70	144.89	139.09	145.10	156.10	142.10
Instructional Aides:	35.46	38.35	39.42	38.17	40.99	44.00	41.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.56	1.40	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	4.88	5.00	5.00	5.00	8.80	4.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	3.88	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.90	3.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.40	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.70	1.70
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	6.14	5.91	5.91	5.91	6.90	6.00	5.50
District Administrative Support:	5.50	6.50	7.00	6.00	6.00	6.50	5.40
School Administrators:	7.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	9.00	8.00	8.00	7.86	8.70	7.00
Student Support Services:	11.07	14.69	17.16	12.00	15.06	17.30	13.80
Other Support Services:	43.17	47.97	50.40	52.01	51.29	53.10	52.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.16	13.09	13.68	13.83	15.10	14.93	15.39

Schools

East Central Alternative School	Grade 3 to Grade 12	Railroad St, Decatur MS 39327
Newton Co Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	15881 Hwy 15, Decatur MS 39327
Newton County High	Grade 6 to Grade 12	16255 Hwy 503, Decatur MS 39327
Newton County Vocational Complex	Grade 9 to Grade 12	15935 Hwy 15 North, Decatur MS 39327

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.2	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.7	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.2	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.2	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.1	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.7	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.8%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.7%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.8%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.2%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82.3%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	67.7%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.3%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.1%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.4%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.6%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.8%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.6%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.5%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.4%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	91%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.7%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.5%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	95.6%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	91%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	87.3%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	86.1%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	77.2%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	76.6%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	68.1%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	59%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	79.2%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	77.9%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	95.5%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	99%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.3%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	96.3%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	96.6%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	73.7%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	90.8%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,923,000	$8,461		$15,738,000	$8,296		$15,824,000	$8,207
Federal:	$2,537,000	$1,348	15.9%	$2,813,000	$1,483	17.9%	$2,654,000	$1,377	16.8%
State:	$9,362,000	$4,974	58.8%	$8,807,000	$4,643	56.0%	$8,999,000	$4,668	56.9%
Local:	$4,024,000	$2,138	25.3%	$4,118,000	$2,171	26.2%	$4,171,000	$2,163	26.4%
Total Expenditures:	$15,410,000	$8,188		$14,795,000	$7,799		$15,172,000	$7,869
Total Current Expenditures:	$14,774,000	$7,850		$14,161,000	$7,465		$14,522,000	$7,532
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,974,000	$4,768	60.7%	$8,538,000	$4,501	60.3%	$8,703,000	$4,514	59.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,490,000	$792	10.1%	$1,359,000	$716	9.6%	$1,341,000	$696	9.2%
Administration:	$1,456,000	$774	9.9%	$1,477,000	$779	10.4%	$1,433,000	$743	9.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,854,000	$1,516	19.3%	$2,787,000	$1,469	19.7%	$3,045,000	$1,579	21.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$467,000	$248		$461,000	$243		$513,000	$266
Construction:	$14,000	$7		$14,000	$7		$82,000	$43
Total Other:	$149,000	$79		$143,000	$75		$98,000	$51
Interest on Debt:	$20,000	$11		$30,000	$16		$39,000	$20

Total Salary:	$9,244,000	$4,912		$8,915,000	$4,700		$9,029,000	$4,683
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,310,000	$3,353	68.3%	$6,076,000	$3,203	68.2%	$6,106,000	$3,167	67.6%
Other Salary:	$2,934,000	$1,559	31.7%	$2,839,000	$1,497	31.8%	$2,923,000	$1,516	32.4%
Total Benefit:	$2,785,000	$1,480		$2,631,000	$1,387		$2,730,000	$1,416
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,877,000	$997	67.4%	$1,769,000	$933	67.2%	$1,805,000	$936	66.1%
Other Benefit:	$908,000	$482	32.6%	$862,000	$454	32.8%	$925,000	$480	33.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	29.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.1%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	14.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	22.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	4.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,647.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,504.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,810.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$39,336.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,160.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$45,260.0

* Newton County School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.