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Newton Middle

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Newton Middle ranks 1286 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

1286^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 53% of California middle schools

Summary

Newton Middle is a public middle school serving 565 students in grades 6-8 within the Hacienda la Puente Unified School District in Hacienda Heights, CA, currently ranked in the middle of all California middle schools.

Within its own district, Newton Middle stands out as the highest-performing middle school, achieving better test scores in English and Math and having lower chronic absenteeism than peers like Grandview College Preparatory Academy, Sierra Vista Middle, Sparks Middle, and Orange Grove Middle. The school shows particular strength in supporting English learners and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Interestingly, it accomplishes this with a higher student-teacher ratio and lower per-student spending than several of these district schools, suggesting efficient use of resources.

When compared to schools in neighboring districts, Newton's performance is more mixed; it is outperformed by schools like East Whittier Middle and Alvarado Intermediate but performs better than others such as Walter F. Dexter Middle. A key area for improvement is mathematics, where proficiency is notably below the state average, a challenge shared by other schools in the Hacienda la Puente Unified district. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, indicating a focus on achieving more consistent academic results.

565

Students ?

23.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,295

Per pupil spending ?

67.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

15616 Newton St.
Hacienda Heights, CA 91745-4141

(626) 933-2400

District: Hacienda la Puente Unified

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

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.4%

Asian:

11.5%

White:

2.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 74th percentile in 2013 → 53rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified

✓Above the California median (53rd percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 21 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 23 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school36%

District avg43%

California avg41%

1,286^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 47%▼ down 9 pts since 2015

From top 37% (2015) to top 47% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 4Middle Schools in the Hacienda la Puente Unified

777^th of 1,543Hacienda la Puente Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.4	1286 of 2761	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.5	1235 of 2783	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.6	770 of 2781	72.3%	★★★★☆
2022	58.1	940 of 2740	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.3	886 of 2715	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.3	718 of 2480	71.0%	★★★★☆
2017	64.4	791 of 2508	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2016	67.1	711 of 2497	71.5%	★★★★☆
2015	57.0	919 of 2477	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2013	69.0	626 of 2379	73.7%	★★★★☆
2012	77.8	358 of 2259	84.2%	★★★★☆
2011	68.5	602 of 2236	73.1%	★★★★☆
2010	74.4	444 of 2179	79.6%	★★★★☆
2009	69.7	521 of 2063	74.7%	★★★★☆
2008	68.7	511 of 2005	74.5%	★★★★☆
2007	65.6	579 of 1999	71.0%	★★★★☆
2006	66.1	519 of 1804	71.2%	★★★★☆
2005	63.3	559 of 1777	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2004	73.6	366 of 1769	79.3%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	593 of 739	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.5	560 of 743	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	61.2	317 of 715	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.5	437 of 733	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.2	402 of 745	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	61.2	325 of 700	53.6%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	53.1	508 of 1531	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.9	399 of 1491	73.2%	★★★★☆
2018	58.2	380 of 1369	72.2%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	50.0	444 of 1478	70.0%	★★★★☆
2023	56.2	335 of 1521	78.0%	★★★★☆
2022	60.5	289 of 1540	81.2%	★★★★☆
2019	59.7	306 of 1442	78.8%	★★★★☆
2018	73.4	183 of 1364	86.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.9	1162 of 2533	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.9	1061 of 2551	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.8	691 of 2531	72.7%	★★★★☆
2022	57.3	876 of 2509	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.9	797 of 2380	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.2	560 of 2262	75.2%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.7	836 of 2395	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.4	793 of 2388	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	74.2	421 of 2374	82.3%	★★★★☆
2022	68.5	537 of 2359	77.2%	★★★★☆
2019	66.5	557 of 2213	74.8%	★★★★☆
2018	69.6	462 of 2072	77.7%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.7	210 of 477	56.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.8	1018 of 2542	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.1	1105 of 2579	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.4	665 of 2531	73.7%	★★★★☆
2022	61.6	701 of 2458	71.5%	★★★★☆
2019	60.7	711 of 2369	70.0%	★★★★☆
2018	70.2	473 of 2230	78.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.9	1289 of 2534	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.4	1247 of 2552	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.4	760 of 2538	70.1%	★★★★☆
2022	57.5	867 of 2527	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.0	851 of 2407	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.3	859 of 2273	62.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	49.5	581 of 1566	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.3	855 of 1552	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	58.6	410 of 1531	73.2%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	54.4	712 of 1602	55.6%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)70th percentile+14 vs school

Disabled (2022)67th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)65th percentile+12 vs school

Special Education (2025)63rd percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)60th percentile+7 vs school

Homeless (2025)56th percentile+3 vs school

White (2019)56th percentile-12 vs school

Female (2025)54th percentile~ school

Male (2025)49th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)20th percentile-34 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy49%~ state avg

Mathematics28%-10 vs state

Science27%-6 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Newton Middle	Public	6-8	15616 Newton St.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-2400	565	24	23.0	67.4%	15 (2.7%)	4 (0.7%)	471 (83.4%)	65 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	46.4	1286^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.4%		47.5	1235^th of 2783 public middle schools	55.6%	51	26.5	26.5	42.9	52.7	50.0	48.6	27.3	26.5	29.1	27.7	$25,295	$23,490	$1,805
Orange Grove Middle	Public	6-8	14505 Orange Grove Ave.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-7000	287	14	21.0	82.9%	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	255 (88.9%)	17 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	29	1862^nd of 2761 public middle schools	32.6%		31	1769^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.4%	93	19.4	19.4	29.2	32.7	40.2	34.7	13.5	27.7	21.3	21.6	$28,351	$26,368	$1,983
Sierra Vista Middle	Public	6-8	15801 Sierra Vista Ct.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-4000	270	13	20.7	80.0%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	254 (94.1%)	11 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	34.5	1665^th of 2761 public middle schools	39.7%		30.6	1789^th of 2783 public middle schools	35.7%	124	16.9	16.9	24.0	46.6	35.4	35.9	13.5	45.5	20.5	27.4	$28,976	$27,114	$1,862
Sparks Middle	Public	6-8	15100 Giordano St.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-5001	600	24	25.3	78.0%	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	553 (92.2%)	30 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	30.3	1817^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.2%		22.5	2148^th of 2783 public middle schools	22.8%	331	13.0	13.0	31.2	44.0	43.2	39.7	18.8	22.3	20.5	20.6	$24,289	$22,326	$1,963
Grandview College Preparatory Academy	Public	6-8	795 North Grandview Ln.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-4901	388	20	19.0	84.8%	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.3%)	339 (87.4%)	29 (7.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	29.5				21.7	2189^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.3%	(n/a)	19.9	19.9	31.4	44.2	32.9	35.6	14.1	28.9	21.3	21.0	$29,946	$28,080	$1,866
East Whittier Middle	Public	6-8	14421 East Whittier Blvd.	Whittier	90605	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-7220	985	44	22.3	69.1%	81 (8.2%)	5 (0.5%)	866 (87.9%)	17 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.1%)	73.7	613^th of 2761 public middle schools	77.8%		74.8	594^th of 2783 public middle schools	78.7%	19	42.2	42.2	57.4	58.7	58.5	58.3	45.7	46.2	47.6	46.6	$2,856	$1,520	$1,336
Giano Intermediate	Public	7-8	3223 South Giano Ave.	West Covina	91792	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-2461	463	23	19.9	94.6%	7 (1.5%)	4 (0.9%)	422 (91.1%)	21 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	33.2	1708^th of 2761 public middle schools	38.1%		35	1626^th of 2783 public middle schools	41.6%	82	26.9	26.9		30.3	41.8	35.8		21.9	23.6	22.7	$17,144	$16,290	$854
Torch Middle	Public	6-8	751 North Vineland Ave.	City Of Industry	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-2700	345	16	21.8	90.1%	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	307 (89.0%)	30 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	34.9	1651^st of 2761 public middle schools	40.2%		34.8	1635^th of 2783 public middle schools	41.3%	16	20.2	20.2	39.3	44.4	36.4	39.9	22.6	26.1	24.6	24.6	$17,469	$13,492	$3,977
Alvarado Intermediate	Public	7-8	1901 South Desire Ave.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 964-2358	624	28	22.4	79.8%	9 (1.4%)	3 (0.5%)	299 (47.9%)	290 (46.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	20 (3.2%)	56.4	989^th of 2761 public middle schools	64.2%		60.7	867^th of 2783 public middle schools	68.8%	122	28.9	28.9		51.5	41.4	46.0		43.6	40.7	42.0	$15,835	$15,378	$457
Walter F. Dexter Middle	Public	6-8	11532 East Floral Dr.	Whittier	90601	Los Angeles County	Whittier City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-3090	610	29	21.3	86.7%	19 (3.1%)	3 (0.5%)	568 (93.1%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	27.3	1917^th of 2761 public middle schools	30.6%		28	1904^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.6%	13	20.2	20.2	30.2	42.4	33.0	35.2	16.1	25.1	14.8	18.7	$15,474	$11,742	$3,732

Frequently Asked Questions about Newton Middle

How many students attend Newton Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 565 students attended Newton Middle.

What high school do graduates of Newton Middle attend?

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

What district is Newton Middle in?

Hacienda la Puente Unified

Is Newton Middle a good school?

Newton Middle ranks 1286^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Newton Middle?

Students at Newton Middle are 83% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 3% White, 1% Two or more races.

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