Regular local school district · Harvey County
Newton School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Newton School District runs 8 public schools with 2,965 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.9 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Newton".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,965
- Teachers (FTE)
- 250
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 308 East First, Newton, KS 67114
- Phone
- (316)284-6200
- County
- Harvey County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2009960
- State district ID
- KS-D0373
- Total staff (FTE)
- 552
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 741 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.9
Kansas13.8
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 (3,317), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $55.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.3 million
- State revenue
- $34.7 million
- Local revenue
- $15.4 million
- Total spending
- $51.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,535
- Salaries
- $27.8 million53.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 62.6%
- Local: 27.8%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,535
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Newton School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chisholm Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 422 | 11.7 |
| Newton Senior High | High | 9 to 12 | 932 | 12.6 |
| Northridge Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 345 | 19.2 |
| Opportunity Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 53 | 13.2 |
| Santa Fe 5/6 Center | Middle | 5 to 6 | 440 | 13.3 |
| Slate Creek Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 236 | 11.8 |
| South Breeze Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 316 | 13.7 |
| Sunset Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 199 | 11.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Harvey County
- Hesston School District 853 students
- Halstead School District 786 students
- Sedgwick Public Schools 521 students
- Burrton School District 109 students
- Harvey Co. Sp. Ed. Coop.
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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.