Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Data showed that Newton County welcomed 1,726 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 4.6% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the six schools in Newton County, Newton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 21 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 Hispanic students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Elementary School | 5.3 | 396 |
| Newton Middle School | 1.9 | 308 |
| Deweyville Elementary School | 4.5 | 269 |
| Deweyville High School | 6.9 | 261 |
| Newton High School | 4.6 | 260 |
| Burkeville School | 4.7 | 232 |
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