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Black student results in Newton County

Across 22 schools in Newton County, 21.9% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished. That is 7.7 points below the Georgia average for Black students.

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25.8%
All students
21.9%
Black
25.6%
Hispanic
31.2%
White

Average across the 22 schools in Newton County with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 22 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Newton County Theme School at Ficquett reports 63.1% of Black students meeting the standard. Indian Creek Middle School, in the same district, reports 11%. That is a 52.1-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Newton County

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient or distinguished. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Newton County Theme School at Ficquett 66.6% 63.1% 61.3% 70.1%
Oak Hill Elementary School 34.5% 32.1% 25.7% 42.1%
East Newton Elementary School 38.2% 31.6% 46.8% 40.5%
Veterans Memorial Middle School 28.6% 25.7% 30.6% 33%
Eastside High School 35.7% 25.2% 32.9% 51%
Porterdale Elementary School 26.4% 24.5% 19.1%
Heard-Mixon Elementary School 21.9% 22.6% 8% 26.6%
Livingston Elementary School 24.3% 21.5% 31.6% 10.7%
Mansfield Elementary School 49.9% 21.4% 50% 53.6%
Newton High School 21.3% 20.8% 18.3% 27.2%
South Salem Elementary School 21.5% 19.9% 27.9% 21.8%
Alcovy High School 20.5% 18.5% 21.1% 26.3%
Fairview Elementary 17.8% 18.1% 14.2% 23%
West Newton Elementary School 20.6% 18.1% 23.2% 30.7%
Cousins Middle School 18.9% 16.8% 18.1% 25.3%
Rocky Plains Elementary School 20.4% 16% 22.7% 21.3%
Middle Ridge Elementary School 19% 16% 19.5% 27.7%
Liberty Middle School 17.5% 15.8% 16.7% 25%
Clements Middle School 15.9% 15.1% 17.2% 34.2%
Live Oak Elementary 15.1% 14.9% 20% 15.4%
Flint Hill Elementary 17.3% 12.2% 21.5% 26.7%
Indian Creek Middle School 15.6% 11% 17.7% 22.3%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.

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