📍 14110 Highway 36, Covington, Newton County, 30014
Heard-Mixon Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Covington, Newton County. The school has 427 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newton County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Heard-Mixon Elementary School enrolls 427 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Black or African American, 37% White and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 185 | 43% |
| White | 160 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 9 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
363 of the school's 427 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 363 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Heard-Mixon Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 17, state house district 112.
Heard-Mixon Elementary School is one of 22 schools in Newton County, based in Covington, Georgia. The district serves 18,672 students district-wide and employs 1,152 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 427 students, Heard-Mixon Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 849 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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