Newton Public School District
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| Newton Public School District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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57 Trinity Street
, Sussex County, New Jersey, 07860United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°03′26″N 74°44′56″W / 41.057229°N 74.748882°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | Joseph S. Piccirillo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | James Sekelsky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 1,586 (as of 2021–22)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 137.0 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 11.6:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Newton Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Newton, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district's enrollment includes high school students from Andover Borough and Andover and Green townships, who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.[3][4]
As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,586 students and 137.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[5] Despite its District Factor Group, Newton has been considered the top school district in Sussex County, registering the highest test scores in the county.[6]
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9][10]
- Elementary school
- Middle school
- High school
- Newton High School[15] with 710 students in grades 9–12
- Jeffrey Waldron, principal[16]
