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What's the biggest difference between New Hope Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222000566
New Hope Elementary School
5300 Main Dr, New Hope, AL 35760 · (256) 851-3260 · Madison County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Alabama public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
252 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 44% smaller than its 6th grade class (108).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
50.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like New Hope Elementary School
New Hope Elementary School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Elementary School this school | 534 | 47.2% | 58.0% |
| FE Burleson Elementary School Hartselle | 452 | 47.1% | 80.2% |
| Mulkey Elementary School Geneva | 562 | 51.2% | 61.8% |
| Vinemont Elementary School Vinemont | 487 | 49.9% | 58.9% |
| Wacoochee Elementary School Salem | 574 | 42.9% | 63.3% |
| Perdido Elementary School Perdido | 572 | 50.5% | 47.9% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where New Hope Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #214 of 626 | #24 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #191 of 626 | #21 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #229 of 626 | #23 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #251 of 709 | #24 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #295 of 655 | #19 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #407 of 658 | #46 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #513 of 696 | #22 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #89 of 364 | #7 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
534
+43 (+9%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 534 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 47% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 52% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 36 | 16.2:1 | 51% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 40% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 48% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 39 | 18.1:1 | 51% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 51% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 42% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Hope Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (674 to 534); teachers down 20% (40 to 32).
About New Hope Elementary School
New Hope Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in New Hope, Alabama. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 534 students in pre-K through 6.
Besides New Hope Elementary School, Madison County runs 27 other schools. The district enrolls 20,691 students.
At New Hope Elementary School, White students make up 77% of the student body. Next come 8% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 63% White. New Hope Elementary School's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.7:1, with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Lunch subsidy eligibility at New Hope Elementary School is 47%.
allk12 grades New Hope Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Alabama, New Hope Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.0% actual against a predicted 49.7%.
In Madison County (population about 405,718), the median household income is $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 89 public schools in Madison County, enrolling about 55,800 students in all.
The shortest distance from New Hope Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to New Hope High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The nearest schools with test data average 48.1%, lower than New Hope Elementary School's 58.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment increase, from 491 in 2020-21 to 534 in 2024-25.
Discussions about New Hope Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Other New Hope Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named New Hope Elementary. New Hope Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 11.
- New Hope ElementaryCOLUMBUS, MS · 1,191 students
- New Hope Elementary SchoolComming, GA · 1,175 students
- New Hope ElementaryLocust Grove, GA · 621 students
- New Hope ElementaryGastonia, NC · 571 students
- New Hope ElementaryChapel Hill, NC · 528 students
Nearby schools
- New Hope High School0.2 mi · 598
- Owens Cross Roads School4.6 mi · 338
- GoldsmithSchiffman Elementary7.8 mi · 935
- Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle8.4 mi · 376
- Kate D Smith DAR Elementary School8.4 mi · 546
- Kate D Smith DAR High School8.4 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About New Hope Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Hope Elementary School?
New Hope Elementary School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does New Hope Elementary School serve?
New Hope Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at New Hope Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at New Hope Elementary School.
How diverse is New Hope Elementary School?
New Hope Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees New Hope Elementary School?
New Hope Elementary School is overseen by Madison County in Madison County.
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