The Newton Municipal School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Newton

Newton, Mississippi

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, Mississippi

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 (USA

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Schools

• Newton High School
• N.H. Pilate Middle School
• Newton Elementary School
• Newton Career Center

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,046 students enrolled in the Newton Municipal School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48% female and 52% male. The racial makeup of the district was 90.54% African American, 9.08% White, 0.10% Hispanic, and 0.29% Asian. 76.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06	1,081	48%	52%	0.19%	90.19%	0.09%	–	9.53%
2004-05	1,048	49%	51%	–	87.31%	–	–	12.69%
2003-04	1,047	49%	51%	0.19%	87.58%	–	–	12.23%
2002-03	1,129	49%	51%	–	81.67%	0.27%	0.09%	17.98%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	1	0	0	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	0	0	1	0	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	3	2	2	3	3
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0