New Hampstead K-8 School

New Hampstead K-8 School is a well-populated elementary-level community in Bloomingdale, Georgia, one of the schools within Savannah-Chatham County. The school caters to 1,118 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 85% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

New Hampstead K-8 School is one of 58 schools operated by Savannah-Chatham County, a district that instructs 36,355 students overall.

On demographics, New Hampstead K-8 School lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Black, 12% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Hampstead K-8 School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Chatham County shows median household earnings sit near $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), New Hampstead K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

New Hampstead High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, New Hampstead K-8 School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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