The Newton County School District is a public school district based in Decatur, Mississippi (USA).
In addition to Decatur, the district also serves the towns of Hickory, Chunky,[1] Little Rock,[citation needed] the community of Conehatta, and much of the Newton County portion of Lake.
The gender makeup of the district was 47% female and 53% male.
The racial makeup of the district was 23.88% African American, 72.00% White, 2.54% Native American, 1.32% Hispanic, and 0.26% Asian.
[2] 38.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.