Newton Public Schools Email Format
Education Administration ProgramsMassachusetts, United States1001-5000 Employees
Newton Public Schools is a full-inclusion district in Newton, Massachusetts, serving more than 12,000 students across fifteen elementary schools, four middle schools, and two high schools. The district emphasizes excellence, equity, respect for differences, and strong professional development, with high levels of communication among students, staff, parents, and the broader community. It promotes a collaborative culture that provides pathways for staff to learn, grow, and lead, including mentorship, ties to local colleges, tuition credits and reimbursement, and leadership opportunities within schools. Newton Public Schools maintains a rigorous, standards-based curriculum with broad programming, and its students perform at high levels of achievement and participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities, while scoring well above the national average on standardized measures. The district benefits from substantial parent and community involvement, and a 2026 collaboration with Green Newton aims to implement a district-wide waste-diversion initiative in NPS kitchens.