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Newton Municipal School is located close to the center of Mississippi. Newton Municipal School has 137.17 square miles of land area and 0.19 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Newton Municipal School population is 6,782. Newton Municipal School median household income is $38,081 in 2010-2014. Newton Municipal School median house value is $70,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Newton Municipal School is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(115 out of 148, bottom 22%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	6,782 (2010-2014), rank #124
Population Growth	-7.63% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	49.38/sq mi, rank #69
Median Household Income:	$38,081 at 2010-2014—28.74% increase since 2005-2009, rank #45
Median House Price:	$70,900 at 2010-2014—6.78% increase since 2005-2009, rank #106
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	137.17 sq mi, rank #100
Water Area:	0.19 sq mi (0.14%), rank #136
State:	Mississippi
County:	Newton County
City:	Newton, Lawrence, Lake, Decatur
Zip:	39345, 39336, 39092, 39327

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Newton Municipal School Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

205 School St

Newton MS, 39345, Newton County

Phone: 601-683-2451

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	978	993	982	1,032	1,018	1,013	1,046
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	66.87	79.46	75.30	77.10	86.61	87.30	86.00
Prekindergarten:	0.50	0.50	0.25	0.26	0.29	0.30	0.40
Kindergarten:	4.00	3.39	5.13	4.73	5.00	4.10	4.30
Elementary:	21.04	25.82	26.73	25.95	33.01	31.90	37.80
Secondary:	31.44	38.83	30.81	29.14	35.05	35.00	33.30
Ungraded:	9.89	10.92	12.38	17.02	13.26	16.00	10.20
Total Other Staff:	82.36	86.09	86.23	85.16	91.77	97.30	86.50
Instructional Aides:	14.70	14.14	11.18	13.18	14.70	11.80	10.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.93	0.00	0.36	1.56	1.50	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.89	2.77	2.77	2.91	3.90	6.80	3.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.36	0.86	0.86	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.53	1.91	1.91	1.91	2.90	2.90	2.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	3.40	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.90	3.00
Library/Media Support:	1.75	0.63	0.84	1.48	0.57	0.60	0.60
District Administrators:	6.13	7.38	7.00	6.78	4.77	4.90	4.00
District Administrative Support:	5.82	6.33	5.44	5.50	6.50	5.90	4.90
School Administrators:	5.63	5.97	5.10	4.00	4.11	4.00	4.70
School Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	6.30	5.40	5.00
Student Support Services:	8.88	11.09	11.98	11.77	14.76	14.90	11.00
Other Support Services:	31.63	32.78	35.56	31.98	31.66	38.10	37.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.63	12.50	13.04	13.39	11.75	11.60	12.16

Schools

N H Pilate Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	531 East Church St, Newton MS 39345
Newton Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	301 West Tatum St, Newton MS 39345
Newton High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 West First St, Newton MS 39345
Newton Municipal Career Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	203 West First St, Newton MS 39345

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.1	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.8	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.6	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.1	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.2	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.9	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.1	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.2	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.6	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.7	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	13.8%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.7%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.9%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.3%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.4%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.2%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.2%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.3%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.6%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	78.3%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	40%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	41.8%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68.5%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71.8%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	51.3%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	58.6%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.1%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.9%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.6%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.4%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.6%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	77.4%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	81.3%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	65.3%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	48.4%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	83.6%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	73.7%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	69.7%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	73.1%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	51.6%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	43.5%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	71.9%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	74.6%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	68.9%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	63.5%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	95.3%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	92.5%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	97.2%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	94.7%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	94.3%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	98.3%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	94.6%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	71.7%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	92.2%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$9,294,000	$9,464		$9,706,000	$9,405		$10,552,000	$10,365
Federal:	$1,785,000	$1,818	19.2%	$2,563,000	$2,484	26.4%	$2,543,000	$2,498	24.1%
State:	$5,382,000	$5,481	57.9%	$5,014,000	$4,859	51.7%	$5,162,000	$5,071	48.9%
Local:	$2,127,000	$2,166	22.9%	$2,129,000	$2,063	21.9%	$2,847,000	$2,797	27.0%
Total Expenditures:	$9,404,000	$9,576		$9,229,000	$8,943		$10,068,000	$9,890
Total Current Expenditures:	$9,137,000	$9,304		$8,967,000	$8,689		$9,627,000	$9,457
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,841,000	$4,930	53.0%	$4,768,000	$4,620	53.2%	$5,226,000	$5,134	54.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,381,000	$1,406	15.1%	$1,340,000	$1,298	14.9%	$1,431,000	$1,406	14.9%
Administration:	$1,151,000	$1,172	12.6%	$1,192,000	$1,155	13.3%	$1,258,000	$1,236	13.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,764,000	$1,796	19.3%	$1,667,000	$1,615	18.6%	$1,712,000	$1,682	17.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$204,000	$208		$168,000	$163		$352,000	$346
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$12,000	$12		$34,000	$33		$24,000	$24
Interest on Debt:	$51,000	$52		$60,000	$58		$65,000	$64

Total Salary:	$5,563,000	$5,665		$5,489,000	$5,319		$5,976,000	$5,870
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,183,000	$3,241	57.2%	$3,102,000	$3,006	56.5%	$3,436,000	$3,375	57.5%
Other Salary:	$2,380,000	$2,424	42.8%	$2,387,000	$2,313	43.5%	$2,540,000	$2,495	42.5%
Total Benefit:	$1,729,000	$1,761		$1,702,000	$1,649		$1,868,000	$1,835
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$997,000	$1,015	57.7%	$997,000	$966	58.6%	$1,089,000	$1,070	58.3%
Other Benefit:	$732,000	$745	42.3%	$705,000	$683	41.4%	$779,000	$765	41.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	69.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	21.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	52.1%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	12.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	16.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	17.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$36,972.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,299.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,037.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$39,018.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,617.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Newton Municipal School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.