New Hope Charter

Set in Sacramento, California, New Hope Charter is an one-room-style primary school, overseen by New Hope Charter District. It works with 164 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so New Hope Charter sits 65% leaner than that benchmark.

New Hope Charter District is the operating authority for New Hope Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, New Hope Charter reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Black, 9% Asian, 5% White, 2% Native American. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, New Hope Charter has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting New Hope Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), New Hope Charter is one campus in the mix.

Glenwood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting. New Hope Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, members of the New Hope Charter community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.