Newton County

Georgia · 22 schools · 18,661 students

15.9%
Chronic Absence %
11.5%
Peer Benchmark
Rank #651
Priority: 18/100
147,612
Recoverable Days
4.4 pts
Gap to Peers
14.3pp
Subgroup Disparity
22
Schools

Explanation

This school's chronic absenteeism rate is 15.9%, but peers in similar contexts achieve 11.5%. Closing this 4.4% gap across 18,661 students would recover approximately 147,612 attendance days per year.

Subgroup disparity score of 14.3% indicates meaningful differences in chronic absenteeism across student demographics.

Priority Score Breakdown

Trend Over Time

Schools in this District

Rank School Enrollment CA Rate Recoverable Days
1734 Newton High School 2,472 23.2% 62,382
3840 Alcovy High School 1,991 22.5% 41,134
4594 Clements Middle School 754 38.3% 37,108
5380 West Newton Elementary School 638 40.6% 34,003
5549 Middle Ridge Elementary School 577 42.8% 33,414
7321 Eastside High School 1,621 19.2% 28,165
10320 Rocky Plains Elementary School 585 31.8% 22,281
11800 South Salem Elementary School 852 24.2% 20,230
14316 Veterans Memorial Middle School 637 26.1% 17,282
15078 Oak Hill Elementary School 648 25.2% 16,525
18381 East Newton Elementary School 565 23.4% 13,613
26820 Heard-Mixon Elementary School 427 21.8% 8,369
61841 Fairview Elementary 552 2.5% 0
61842 Cousins Middle School 654 1.2% 0
61843 Porterdale Elementary School 417 1.7% 0
61844 Mansfield Elementary School 391 0.5% 0
61845 Flint Hill Elementary 852 1.8% 0
61846 Livingston Elementary School 402 0.5% 0
61847 Indian Creek Middle School 814 1.1% 0
61848 Live Oak Elementary 891 0.7% 0
61849 Newton County Theme School at Ficquett 977 0.1% 0
61850 Liberty Middle School 944 0.5% 0