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WEST Academy Alternative School, Newton, IA

CEP schoolWEST Academy Alternative School is a public high school in Newton, part of Newton Comm School District. It enrolled 51 students in 2024-25, with 10.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
51
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Students per teacher
10.2
Grades
10 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.4 lower than the district figure of 14.6. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.2
District14.6
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
1302 1st Avenue West, Newton, IA 50208
Phone
(641)792-0335
District
Newton Comm School District
County
Jasper County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
192061002052
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
26
Reduced-price lunch
2
Free or reduced-price lunch
2854.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Newton Comm School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.