Summary:
Zip code 62448 has one listed elementary school, Newton Elementary School, serving grades 1–6 and enrolling 476 students. With no other listed schools, comparisons are with state results and differences among grades. The most important finding is that in 2025–2026 Newton was above the state in both all-grades subjects: 60% in English language arts (ELA) versus 56% statewide, and 48% in mathematics versus 40%.
Newton is the only school in the area, so there is no school-to-school leader or last-place school; results vary notably by grade. Sixth-grade ELA was a standout at 76%, 17 percentage points above the state, and fourth-grade math was 57%, 15 points above. Fifth grade was the main exception: ELA was 48%, 7 points below the state, and math was 34%, 2 points below. Fifth-grade science was also above the state, at 51% versus 48%.
Recent trends are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 3 points to 60%, while math fell 6 points to 48%; the state’s math result rose 1 point, narrowing Newton’s advantage. Fifth-grade science increased 4 points to 51%, but the state rose 7 points, so Newton’s lead narrowed to 3 points. SchoolDigger gave Newton a 2025–2026 rank of 776 of 1,737 schools, at the 55th percentile, with 3 stars; the prior year it was at the 70th percentile with 4 stars. These relative ratings differ from test-score changes. Chronic absenteeism was 11%, below the district’s 17% and the state’s 24%. As context, 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 12.8:1 that year.
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