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Of the 3,431 students enrolled in Newton County schools in 2022-23 school year, 53.8% were white, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Newton County students.

This is a 1.8% decrease from the previous school year.

Countywide, Newton County Elementary School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.

A snapshot of Newton County schools showed that 53.8% of the students were white, 39.4% were Black or African American, 2.0% were Native American, 1.1% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.8% were multiracial.

There are eight schools within Newton County.

Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.

Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.

School	Asian %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Multiracial %	White %
Newton County Elementary School	1.8%	22.5%	2.1%	0%	70%
Newton County High School	0%	22.1%	2.5%	0%	67.6%
Newton Elementary School	0%	90.5%	0%	4.4%	3.6%
Union Elementary School	0%	28.3%	0%	0%	67.8%
Union High School	0%	23.2%	0%	0%	73.7%
Union Middle School	0%	19.8%	0%	0%	77%
Newton High School	0%	96%	0%	0%	0%
N.H. Pilate Middle School	0%	91.1%	0%	6.7%	0%