Newton Middle

Summary:

Newton Middle is a public middle school located in Hacienda Heights, California, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 575. It is part of the Hacienda la Puente Unified School District, which is ranked 782 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Newton Middle consistently performs above the district and state averages in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, with 49.91% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024 compared to 48.59% for the district and 47.04% for the state. However, the school lags behind in mathematics, with only 25.31% of students proficient or better, compared to 36.92% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Newton Middle's performance in science is also below the district and state, with only 18.69% of students proficient or better. The school's Asian and Hispanic student subgroups perform relatively well, but the performance for English Language Learners, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students is more mixed.

Comparing Newton Middle to nearby schools, the nearby Sierra Vista Middle and Sparks Middle within the Hacienda la Puente Unified District generally perform lower than Newton Middle in academic assessments and have higher chronic absenteeism rates. However, the East Whittier Middle, which is in a different district (East Whittier City Elementary), outperforms Newton Middle across multiple academic measures and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 15616 Newton St.
       Hacienda Heights, CA  91745-4141


(626) 933-2400

District: Hacienda la Puente Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1231st of 2,777 California Middle Schools


Students who attend Newton Middle usually attend:

High:    Los Altos High

Feeder schools for Newton Middle:

Elementary:    Kwis Elementary
    Los Altos Elementary
    Los Molinos Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  22.6 Help
Number of students:  571

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.3%
Asian:
8.6%
White:
2.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.1% Help


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Compare Details Newton Middle ranks better than 55.7% of middle schools in California. It also ranks first among 4 ranked middle schools in the Hacienda la Puente Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.53. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Newton Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Hacienda la Puente Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.3%), Asian (8.6%), White (2.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Hacienda la Puente Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Newton Middle is 22.6. 2 middle schools in the Hacienda la Puente Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Newton Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Newton Middle 1231st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Newton Middle in the ranking list.)

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Hacienda la Puente Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Hacienda la Puente Unified 782nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Newton Middle

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Rank History for all students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 73.62 366th 1769 79.3%
2005 63.35 559th 1777 68.5%
2006 66.06 519th 1804 71.2%
2007 65.61 579th 1999 71.0%
2008 68.74 511th 2005 74.5%
2009 69.73 521st 2063 74.7%
2010 74.39 444th 2179 79.6%
2011 68.45 602nd 2236 73.1%
2012 77.82 358th 2259 84.2%
2013 69.05 626th 2379 73.7%
2015 57.04 919th 2477 62.9%
2016 67.07 711th 2497 71.5%
2017 64.43 791st 2508 68.5%
2018 66.34 718th 2480 71.0%
2019 61.26 886th 2715 67.4%
2022 58.09 940th 2740 65.7%
2023 65.57 773rd 2802 72.4%
2024 47.53 1231st 2777 55.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.42 183rd 1364 86.6%
2019 59.69 306th 1442 78.8%
2022 60.48 289th 1540 81.2%
2023 56.21 335th 1529 78.1%
2024 50.01 444th 1477 69.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 58.62 411th 1538 73.3%
2024 37.30 853rd 1550 45.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.20 473rd 2230 78.8%
2019 60.71 711th 2369 70.0%
2022 61.62 701st 2458 71.5%
2023 63.38 667th 2549 73.8%
2024 48.08 1102nd 2575 57.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.15 560th 2262 75.2%
2019 61.86 797th 2380 66.5%
2022 57.34 876th 2509 65.1%
2023 66.76 694th 2547 72.8%
2024 49.91 1057th 2546 58.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.18 380th 1369 72.2%
2019 59.92 399th 1491 73.2%
2022 53.10 508th 1531 66.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.28 859th 2273 62.2%
2019 57.98 851st 2407 64.6%
2022 57.48 867th 2527 65.7%
2023 62.39 763rd 2558 70.2%
2024 43.43 1244th 2547 51.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.20 325th 700 53.6%
2019 53.15 402nd 745 46.0%
2022 48.53 437th 733 40.4%
2023 61.19 320th 718 55.4%
2024 28.55 558th 741 24.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.57 462nd 2072 77.7%
2019 66.46 557th 2213 74.8%
2022 68.48 537th 2359 77.2%
2023 74.16 423rd 2391 82.3%
2024 57.41 791st 2383 66.8%
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Rank History for White students at Newton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 54.37 712th 1602 55.6%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Newton Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 171 11 121 171 7 n/a n/a 0 481
1989 151 10 133 168 3 n/a n/a 0 465
1990 136 11 133 174 1 n/a n/a 0 455
1991 127 7 137 177 2 n/a n/a 0 450
1992 119 11 153 172 1 n/a n/a 0 456
1993 96 10 162 179 1 n/a n/a 0 448
1994 73 10 149 175 1 n/a n/a 0 408
1995 87 10 128 183 2 n/a n/a 0 410
1996 87 10 128 183 2 n/a n/a 0 410
1997 79 11 151 175 2 n/a n/a 0 418
1998 99 12 237 279 1 n/a n/a 0 628
1999 87 17 234 285 2 n/a n/a 0 625
2000 115 13 248 345 1 n/a n/a 0 722
2001 97 12 233 329 3 n/a n/a 0 674
2002 76 8 217 341 0 n/a n/a 0 642
2003 76 8 217 341 0 n/a n/a 0 642
2004 67 8 208 381 0 n/a n/a 0 664
2005 59 12 203 393 0 n/a n/a 0 667
2006 68 12 199 403 1 n/a n/a 0 683
2007 68 15 166 417 2 n/a n/a 0 668
2008 57 11 130 444 3 n/a n/a 0 645
2009 55 10 120 433 1 2 2 0 623
2010 53 7 93 442 2 4 2 0 603
2011 56 10 93 444 2 5 2 0 612
2012 49 7 81 438 1 3 8 0 587
2013 41 9 80 439 0 3 8 0 580
2014 42 10 74 461 1 3 6 0 597
2015 39 5 70 426 1 4 4 0 549
2016 31 8 89 451 2 2 3 0 586
2017 39 4 97 461 1 3 4 0 609
2018 32 4 99 471 0 6 4 0 616
2019 27 4 79 460 0 7 4 0 581
2020 26 3 73 470 1 5 6 0 584
2021 26 6 73 476 0 0 3 0 584
2022 22 4 63 497 0 0 5 0 591
2023 18 4 53 493 0 0 7 0 575
2024 14 6 49 493 0 0 8 1 571

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Newton Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 481 19.0 25.3 n/a
1989 465 19.1 24.3 n/a
1990 455 19.0 23.9 n/a
1991 450 18.2 24.7 n/a
1992 456 18.5 24.6 14
1993 448 19.1 23.5 15.6
1994 408 17.1 23.9 19.9
1995 410 16.0 25.6 16.3
1996 410 16.0 25.6 16.3
1997 418 18.2 23.0 29.2
1998 628 24.1 26.1 30.9
1999 625 24.4 25.6 34.9
2000 722 25.0 28.9 32.8
2001 674 26.1 25.8 35
2002 642 28.0 22.9 49.4
2003 642 28.0 22.9 49.4
2004 664 26.1 25.4 37.8
2005 667 30.1 22.2 37.3
2006 683 28.1 24.3 37.9
2007 668 28.1 23.8 46
2008 645 31.2 20.7 48.8
2009 623 26.0 21.2 49.9
2010 603 27.2 22.1 61
2011 612 n/a n/a 61.3
2012 587 25.5 23.0 n/a
2013 580 26.0 22.3 64
2014 597 25.5 23.4 63.5
2015 549 24.0 22.8 62.8
2016 586 23.0 25.4 59.4
2017 609 23.9 25.4 57.1
2018 616 23.6 26.1 59.1
2019 581 23.5 24.7 60.9
2020 584 n/a n/a 59.9
2021 584 23.5 24.7 49.3
2022 591 26.1 22.6 57.4
2023 575 24.8 23.1 52.9
2024 571 25.2 22.6 65.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Newton Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 481 19.0 25.3 n/a
1989 465 19.1 24.3 n/a
1990 455 19.0 23.9 n/a
1991 450 18.2 24.7 n/a
1992 456 18.5 24.6 14
1993 448 19.1 23.5 15.6
1994 408 17.1 23.9 19.9
1995 410 16.0 25.6 16.3
1996 410 16.0 25.6 16.3
1997 418 18.2 23.0 29.2
1998 628 24.1 26.1 30.9
1999 625 24.4 25.6 34.9
2000 722 25.0 28.9 32.8
2001 674 26.1 25.8 35
2002 642 28.0 22.9 49.4
2003 642 28.0 22.9 49.4
2004 664 26.1 25.4 37.8
2005 667 30.1 22.2 37.3
2006 683 28.1 24.3 37.9
2007 668 28.1 23.8 46
2008 645 31.2 20.7 48.8
2009 623 26.0 21.2 49.9
2010 603 27.2 22.1 61
2011 612 n/a n/a 61.3
2012 587 25.5 23.0 n/a
2013 580 26.0 22.3 64
2014 597 25.5 23.4 63.5
2015 549 24.0 22.8 62.8
2016 586 23.0 25.4 59.4
2017 609 23.9 25.4 57.1
2018 616 23.6 26.1 59.1
2019 581 23.5 24.7 60.9
2020 584 n/a n/a 59.9
2021 584 23.5 24.7 49.3
2022 591 26.1 22.6 57.4
2023 575 24.8 23.1 52.9
2024 571 25.2 22.6 65.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Newton Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 886th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 773rd of 2802 Middle schools
 5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newton Middle)51.556.5
 5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hacienda la Puente Unified)51.846.3
 5.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Newton Middle)36.436.5
 0%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Hacienda la Puente Unified)39.434.2
 5.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newton Middle)64.261.9
 2.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hacienda la Puente Unified)57.448.5
 8.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Newton Middle)30.433.5
 3.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Hacienda la Puente Unified)37.128.9
 8.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Newton Middle)61.561.2
 0.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Hacienda la Puente Unified)57.647.6
 10%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Newton Middle)3929.9
 9.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Hacienda la Puente Unified)40.327.4
 12.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Newton Middle)36.227.7
 8.5%
   8th Grade Science (Hacienda la Puente Unified)33.424.3
 9.1%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students581575
 1%
African American44
American Indian00
Asian7953
 32.9%
Hispanic460493
 7.2%
Pacific Islander70
 100%
White2718
 33.3%
Two or More Races47
 75%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.9%52.9%
 8.1%


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Students who attend Newton Middle usually go on to attend Los Altos High

Students at Newton Middle are 86% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 2% White, 1% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Newton Middle ranks 1231st of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 571 students attended Newton Middle.


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