📍 700 N 4th Ave East, Newton, Jasper County, 50208
Emerson Hough Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newton, Jasper County. The school has 224 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tara Zehr. It is part of the Newton Comm School District school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Emerson Hough Elementary School enrolls 224 students across grades K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 150 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 8% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
155 of the school's 224 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 140 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Emerson Hough Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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.
Emerson Hough Elementary 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 224 students, Emerson Hough Elementary 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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