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Newton High School

44 Ryerson Avenue, Newton, NJ, 07860-1523 -

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Definition of Terms

Newton High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Sussex County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

901 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

67 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 226 students

Grade 10 - 210 students

Grade 11 - 207 students

Grade 12 - 235 students

Grade Not Listed - 23 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	2%	7%
% Hispanic	3%	15%
% Black	3%	17%
% White	92%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Newton Town School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	3	5
Number of Students Managed	1,742 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$23,521,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$24,027,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,502	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$13,793	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	89%	81%

H1N1 vaccine available; Flu may peak in Janurary (Newton Daily News)
posted on November 19, 2009 at 06:52:59 pm
There is good news and bad news concerning the H1N1 influenza virus in Jasper County. While there is now plenty of vaccine in the area to vaccinate everyone within the eligibility guidelines, officials are expecting the flu symptoms to peak in January.
Fanfare (The Newton Kansan)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 08:43:08 pm
LEAVENWORTH — The Tabor College football team ended a tough season with a 48-34 loss to the University of Saint Mary Saturday in Leavenworth. Tabor ends the season 0-10. The game was the last for head coach Mike Gottsch, who resigned earlier in the week. Saint Mary improves to 3-7.
Entertainment calendar (Daily Record)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 09:15:21 am
ABSTRACT PAINTINGS BY CHOICHUN LEUNG … Nov. 17 through Dec. 19 at Simon Gallery, 48 Bank St., Morristown. Opening reception is Nov. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery hours are: Tuesday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment.
Newton USD 373 school board meeting Monday (The Newton Kansan)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:49:03 am
The Newton school board will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at McKinley Administrative Center for a work session to discuss district goals. />It will meet in regular session at 7 p.m.
Newton coach wins award (The Newton Kansan)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:28:08 pm
Newton High School gymnastics coach JoAnne Thaw was awarded the National Association of Girls and Women in Sports Pathfinder award Oct. 29 at the Kansas Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance convention.

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Newton High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Newton, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Newton Public School District. Students from Andover Borough, and Andover and Green townships, attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 901 students and 67.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.3. The school has 226 students in 9th grade, 210 in 10th grade, 207 in 11th grade, 235 in 12th grade and 23 ungraded.
The school was the 160th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 168th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Extracurricular activities
The Newton High School Braves participate in the Sussex County Interscholastic League. The school is categorized by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) as North I, Group II.
The soccer team won the North I, Group II state sectional championship in 1999 with a 2-0 win over Hopatcong High School.
In 2001, the girls' basketball team took the North I, Group II title, edging Harrison High School 67-65. The 2002 team repeated the title, topping Indian Hills High School 62-56 in the tournament final. The team won for a third consecutive year in 2003, defeating Dumont High School 67-46.
The 2005 boys soccer team won the North I, Group II state sectional title with a 2-0 win against Glen Rock High School.
The 1985 boys baseball team won the Group II state championship.
Graduation rates
According to The New Jersey Herald, the graduation rate for Newton High School is 84.8%. This rate exceeds the national high school graduation rate of approximately 70%.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
James Tasker, Principal
Jeffrey Waldron, Assistant Principal
Kurt Walton, Assistant Principal
Notable alumnus
John C. Mather (born 1946), Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2006.
External links
Newton High School web pages
Data for the Newton Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics
SaveNHS.org

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