New Hampstead High School

New Hampstead High School is a high school of mid-sized scale in Bloomingdale, Georgia, run under Savannah-Chatham County, teacheing 1,123 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Savannah-Chatham County, which oversees 58 schools and 36,355 students, New Hampstead High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, New Hampstead High School shows that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 16% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, New Hampstead High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 38.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Chatham County put median household earnings sit near $71,097, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. New Hampstead High School is one of 60 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students).

Nearest neighbor: New Hampstead K-8 School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around New Hampstead High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Hampstead High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. New Hampstead High School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,232 (now 1,123). The White share of enrollment shrank from 33% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.