📍 1302 1st Avenue West, Newton, Jasper County, 50208
WEST Academy Alternative School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Newton, Jasper County. The school has 61 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laura Selover. It is part of the Newton Comm School District school district. It serves grades 10–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 6.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.8:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 64%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
WEST Academy Alternative School enrolls 61 students across grades 10–12. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 6.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 50 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 6.6% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
49 of the school's 61 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 39 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
WEST Academy Alternative School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 IA-10, state senate district 15, state house district 29.
WEST Academy Alternative School is one of 7 schools in Newton Comm School District, based in Newton, Iowa. The district serves 2,693 students district-wide and employs 203 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 61 students, WEST Academy Alternative School is smaller than the district average of about 385 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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