Newton High School

1 Ram Way

School District

Newton County
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:19
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 27, 2023

This school is horrible. Does not care for none of their students unless they are athletes. hints on why this school is only recognize for its sport teams. Horrible staff members that do not care about students' wellbeing or education. I would not recommend this school unless you are a d1 or d2 athlete. only way this school would care about you or you education because it's all about making their school look better from the outside .
Submitted by other on September 28, 2019

Excellent faculty, but students feel entitled if they have even some intelligence. Unfortunately, solving problems with violence seems the norm for most of the kids and of course, phones out to record it no matter how badly someone is being hurt!
Submitted by student on February 19, 2017

Newton high school is very organized, and have SOME great teachers but the way they handle things with fights and bullying is not great at all. For me..I take bullying serious. I will not let someone just sit there an hit me and push me around. I will fight back, which is called defense. you can tell the assistant principal so many times that someone is picking on you but they keep letting them off with a warning...so the next step is to defend yourself....but when you want to defend yourself you the one who gets wrote up, iss and oss when all you wanted to do is defend yourself. They should really work on that and listen to their students ...probably there wouldn't be as much fights.....
Submitted by student on July 26, 2016

I am currently an enrolled student at Newton High School. I will be going to the Newton College and Career Acadamy for my sophomore year though. I didn't enjoy my Freshaman year at all because of the lack of support from the teachers, staff and students. Majority of the students could care less about learning, most of them are only their for their friends, girlfriends/boyfriends, sports, drama, gossip etc. Most of the kids are awfully rude and discriminative towards others. There are some good teachers there though, but I still didn't feel comfortable enough to have a conversation with them. There was only one teacher who I felt actually cared about the students. The teachers also have their favorite students, and by the end of the first semester, a few of them get lazy. The school is full of drama, and there are too many fights!! The principal takes away our right to use the restroom because the ill-mannered students keep fighting. And sometimes I feel that the teachers are only there for their paychecks. I found it very difficult to learn and grow academically because of the negative energy I was surrounded by. So, I'm taking a chance at the Career Academy.
Submitted by other on July 22, 2016

Just tried to register, don't want to but this is where we are zoned :(. Posted signs everywhere state that registration is between 12:30 and 2:30. Got there at 12:40 and the door was locked, two people sitting in a dark office. Without explanation was told to come back at 1:30. Very unprofessional, and a bad omen about this place if they can't even do their jobs correctly for registration.
Submitted by parent on June 05, 2015

My daughter has loved attending Newton High School. The faculty and staff are very happy and enjoy working with the students. The ALANHS program has offered a very rigorous program for students who have an interest in a strong liberal arts courses. The students are happy. The teachers are working hard to get students ready for whatever they want to do after high school. Several students have been GATES Millennium Scholars. Good Job Newton High School!
Submitted by parent on April 16, 2015

This school is a joke!! It's so sad that our children are not being taught the things that are necessary for their future! I have tried to contact the principal many times and have not gotten a reply. And you can't communicate with people if they don't care! I regret moving to this district! Its sad!
Submitted by other on July 30, 2014

Just don't, they got a new building but the school still sucks, just don't, that's all
Submitted by student on April 30, 2014

Newton High is one of the schools to where they really don't care about anything... i have been going here for the last 3 years. and they haven't really improved on anything.... and to be honest with you this is the worst school for any parent to put your child in... and remember that im a student that's saying this.
Submitted by other on May 17, 2013

i have gone to this school inmy 9th grade year before i had moved from down there. it was really crowed and the students were horrible and the teachers were just not that great either. i mean some teachers were okay but majority of them were not teacher accessible.