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West Newton Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1137^th

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of 1,219 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

West Newton Elementary School in Covington, GA, serves approximately 698 students in grades PK through 5 within the Newton County School District. The school has a 100% free/reduced-price lunch population, reflecting the high-poverty nature of the community it serves.

West Newton currently ranks in the bottom 10% of Georgia elementary schools, with a 7th percentile statewide ranking and a 0-star rating. Mathematics proficiency is a significant concern—only 19.9% of 3rd graders, 23.1% of 4th graders, and 16.9% of 5th graders met proficiency standards. These numbers trail most nearby schools, including Oak Hill Elementary School, where 5th grade math proficiency reaches 40.3%, and Honey Creek Elementary School at 37.9%. Science proficiency (20.8% in 5th grade) is a relative bright spot, though still well below the state average of 44.2%. Chronic absenteeism has improved from 33.1% to 24.7% over four years, but remains above the state average of 17.7% and is nearly double Oak Hill's rate of 13.6%.

Despite these challenges, there are encouraging signs. The school's work with Hispanic students ranks in the 24th percentile—its strongest subgroup performance—and 5th grade ELA proficiency in 2024–2025 (29.3%) nearly matched the district average. Per-pupil spending of $14,806 is lower than most comparable schools, including Livingston Elementary School ($18,261) and Porterdale Elementary School ($17,800). The stark contrast with Oak Hill—just 3.67 miles away, serving a similar demographic but ranking in the 30th percentile—suggests improvement is achievable. Parents should know that while West Newton faces real obstacles, the school has demonstrated pockets of progress and the capacity for growth.

698

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,806

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13387 Brown Bridge Rd
Covington, GA 30016

(770) 385-6472

District: Newton County

Students who attend West Newton Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Veterans Memorial Middle School
High:	Newton High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

72.3%

Hispanic:

18.2%

White:

5.0%

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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 26th percentile in 2016 → 7th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (20% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (25% vs 18% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school20%

District avg27%

Georgia avg47%

1,137^th of 1,219

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 20 pts since 2016

From bottom 26% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)

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12^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Newton County

165^th of 201Newton County among Georgia 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	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	11.1	1137 of 1219	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.2	1068 of 1238	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	1098 of 1236	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	979 of 1223	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.4	907 of 1220	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.7	979 of 1214	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	902 of 1234	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.7	999 of 1209	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.7	994 of 1205	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.9	908 of 1233	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	28.9	877 of 1240	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	46.8	790 of 1231	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	39.7	875 of 1225	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	42.7	819 of 1201	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	21.9	1036 of 1212	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	27.3	969 of 1183	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.5	937 of 1133	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	22.0	972 of 1134	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	25.0	930 of 1125	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	39.3	767 of 1101	30.3%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	17.1	754 of 828	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	25.7	699 of 892	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	721 of 879	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.7	532 of 870	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.7	474 of 876	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	265 of 317	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	11.8	1107 of 1186	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.9	1071 of 1224	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	1147 of 1223	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	949 of 1212	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	961 of 1206	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	27.9	380 of 503	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.1	457 of 583	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	482 of 565	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.4	379 of 535	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.3	412 of 516	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	12.3	1091 of 1183	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	18.8	1023 of 1225	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.0	1005 of 1220	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	987 of 1210	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.4	829 of 1209	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	23.3	387 of 465	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Hispanic (2026)24th percentile+18 vs school

Special Education (2026)17th percentile+10 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)16th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2026)9th percentile~ school

Male (2026)8th percentile~ school

Female (2026)7th percentile~ school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Science21%-23 vs state

Mathematics20%-27 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, January 31, 2022

This is my daughters first year in west Newton elementary. Literally 1st year my daughter attended school and was the worst experience! My daughter is a bus rider . We’re literally half way done with school and they have the audacity to loose my child and sends her in a different bus route ! While I was waiting for her I notice she doesn’t come out her bus ! I ask the bus driver ! She say she doesn’t know . I call the school. They don’t pick up the phone . I call my husband and he is calling as well and they never answer . Luckily I had my husbands car at the time . I go to school and i notice there is about four women in the office . But yet no answer ! I ask in the front door where is my daughter . A teacher comes out saying that her teacher mrs . Watkins assumed she was in the Latino bus 317 just because of my daughters ethnicity! So they were going to send my daughter to a trailer park across the street because of her being Latina. How can someone assume that of a child and why are teachers assuming where the kids live by the color of their skin? Mr. Lindsay asked me if I needed Mrs. Watkins to come talk to me! I told him no I don’t need her to say anything to me and proceeded to leave ! This School should be ashamed of theirselves nobody has reached out to me the principal hasn’t reached out to me or anything has been done! Literally the worst experience in my life and I wouldn’t want this to ever happen to any mother ! Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, April 1, 2016

The teachers are very young and don't seem to have any patients with the students. I attended a field trip with my child and they yelled at the students the entire time. That's not positive reinforcement at all. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
West Newton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13387 Brown Bridge Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 385-6472	698	45	15.4	100.0%	35 (5.0%)	505 (72.3%)	127 (18.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	24 (3.4%)	11.1	1137^th of 1219 public elementary schools	6.7%		16.2	1068^th of 1238 public elementary schools	13.7%	69	19.9	23.1	16.9	20.8	$14,806	$1,065	$13,741
South Salem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5335 Salem Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 787-1330	855	59	14.5	100.0%	114 (13.3%)	571 (66.8%)	111 (13.0%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (5.7%)	6.3	1192^nd of 1219 public elementary schools	2.2%		17.7	1034^th of 1238 public elementary schools	16.5%	158	17.7	15.8	8.3	14.1	$15,856	$1,184	$14,672
Livingston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3657 Highway 81 S	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 784-2930	357	29	12.1	100.0%	30 (8.4%)	249 (69.7%)	35 (9.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (11.2%)	23	950^th of 1219 public elementary schools	22.1%		21.8	977^th of 1238 public elementary schools	21.1%	27	38.9	17.2	23.6	32.8	$18,261	$1,530	$16,731
Live Oak Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Kirkland Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 625-6654	936	61	15.2	100.0%	27 (2.9%)	791 (84.5%)	62 (6.6%)	5 (0.5%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (4.8%)	11.4	1132^nd of 1219 public elementary schools	7.1%		10.4	1175^th of 1238 public elementary schools	5.1%	43	28.9	16.6	16.2	16.2	$14,030	$941	$13,089
Peek's Chapel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 Avalon Pkwy	Conyers	30013	Rockdale County	Rockdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 761-1842	591	37	15.9	100.0%	8 (1.4%)	485 (82.1%)	60 (10.2%)	10 (1.7%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.6%)	17.5	1040^th of 1219 public elementary schools	14.7%		19.1	1013^th of 1238 public elementary schools	18.2%	27	29.3	30.0	13.8	27.5	$15,212	$1,261	$13,951
Barksdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	596 Oglesby Bridge Rd SE	Conyers	30094	Rockdale County	Rockdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 483-9514	495	44	11.2	87.3%	52 (10.5%)	327 (66.1%)	74 (14.9%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.3%)	36.3	728^th of 1219 public elementary schools	40.3%		29.6	840^th of 1238 public elementary schools	32.1%	112	37.7	27.4	34.2	44.3	$17,456	$1,583	$15,872
Honey Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	700 Honey Creek Rd SE	Conyers	30094	Rockdale County	Rockdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 483-5706	471	40	11.9	86.4%	37 (7.9%)	324 (68.8%)	64 (13.6%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.3%)	36.7	723^rd of 1219 public elementary schools	40.7%		27.7	879^th of 1238 public elementary schools	29.0%	156	25.8	32.8	37.9	51.4	$18,078	$1,149	$16,928
Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3325 Fairview Rd	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 784-2959	591	44	13.4	100.0%	79 (13.4%)	360 (60.9%)	117 (19.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.9%)	13.2	1108^th of 1219 public elementary schools	9.1%		12.7	1137^th of 1238 public elementary schools	8.2%	29	14.1	27.0	20.0	23.0	$16,299	$1,168	$15,131
Oak Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6243 Highway 212	Covington	30016	Newton County	Newton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 385-6906	663	47	14.1	100.0%	114 (17.2%)	394 (59.4%)	94 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	5 (0.8%)	51 (7.7%)	28.7	850^th of 1219 public elementary schools	30.3%		39.4	695^th of 1238 public elementary schools	43.9%	155	23.9	27.9	40.3	39.0	$15,741	$887	$14,854
Flat Shoals Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1455 Flat Shoals Rd SE	Conyers	30013	Rockdale County	Rockdale County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 483-5136	639	50	12.7	91.1%	23 (3.6%)	475 (74.3%)	90 (14.1%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	41 (6.4%)	21.6	959^th of 1219 public elementary schools	21.3%		24.9	930^th of 1238 public elementary schools	24.9%	29	37.3	31.1	21.6	24.8	$17,581	$977	$16,604

Frequently Asked Questions about West Newton Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of West Newton Elementary School?

Students at West Newton Elementary School are 72% African American, 18% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% Two or more races.

Is West Newton Elementary School a good school?

West Newton Elementary School ranks in the bottom 6.7% of Georgia elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of West Newton Elementary School attend?

Students who attend West Newton Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Veterans Memorial Middle School
High : Newton High School

How many students attend West Newton Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 698 students attended West Newton Elementary School.

What district is West Newton Elementary School in?

Newton County

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