Regular local school district · Jasper County
Newton Comm School District, IA: schools, enrollment and spending
Newton Comm School District runs 6 public schools with 2,693 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Iowa figure of 14.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,693
- Teachers (FTE)
- 184
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- IA: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1302 1st Ave W, Newton, IA 50208
- Phone
- (641)792-5809
- County
- Jasper County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1920610
- State district ID
- IA-504725 000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 403
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 385 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.6
Iowa14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,865), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $25.4 million
- Local revenue
- $15.6 million
- Total spending
- $39.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,873
- Salaries
- $20.7 million52.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.1%
- State: 55.7%
- Local: 34.2%
Iowa overall
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 40.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,873
Iowa$15,206
United States$16,826
Schools in Newton Comm School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Berg Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 790 | 14.1 |
| Emerson Hough Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 336 | 12.4 |
| Newton Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 806 | 16.8 |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 380 | 14.6 |
| WEST Academy Alternative SchoolCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 51 | 10.2 |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 306 | 16.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jasper County
- PCM Comm School District 1,077 students
- Colfax-Mingo Comm School District 686 students
- Lynnville-Sully Comm School District 551 students
- Baxter Comm School District 471 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.