Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Newton County welcomed 1,726 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 68.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the six schools in Newton County, Newton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 246 students.
Texas is found to be one of the least educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.
More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.
| School name | % of white students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Elementary School | 62.1 | 396 |
| Newton Middle School | 53.9 | 308 |
| Deweyville Elementary School | 91.1 | 269 |
| Deweyville High School | 89.7 | 261 |
| Newton High School | 53.5 | 260 |
| Burkeville School | 67.2 | 232 |
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