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If you had an hour of school board time for New Hope Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282003417
New Hope Elementary
1655 New Hope Rd, Locust Grove, GA 30248 · (770) 898-7362 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
365 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.5pp since 2021
Math
47.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 45.2% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.2% | 40.5% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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
New Hope Elementary's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Elementary this school | 621 | 58.8% | 45.2% |
| Saint Marys Elementary School Saint Marys | 623 | 59.1% | 61.2% |
| Park Elementary School Hamilton | 628 | 58.8% | 49.2% |
| C. A. Roberts Elementary School Dallas | 668 | 54.5% | 43.8% |
| Lee County Primary School Leesburg | 635 | 62.4% | N/A |
| Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary Rockmart | 637 | 61.9% | 43.1% |
Matched among Georgia 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #432 of 1,208 | #2 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #449 of 1,215 ▲ 48 | #3 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #333 of 1,215 ▲ 161 | #2 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #289 of 1,183 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #547 of 1,324 | #13 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #710 of 1,301 | #9 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #472 of 1,301 | #8 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #957 of 1,312 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #467 of 854 | #12 of 19 |
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
621
-66 (-10%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 621 | 45.6 | 13.6:1 | 59% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 45.7 | 14.1:1 | 60% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 42.5 | 14.9:1 | 38% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 34% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 38% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 38% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 35% (242) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Hope Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (705 to 621); teachers down 14% (53 to 45.6).
About New Hope Elementary
New Hope Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Locust Grove, Georgia. In all, 621 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
New Hope Elementary is one school in a 53-school district, Henry County, which enrolls 43,012 students.
The share of White students at New Hope Elementary is 57%, a majority. Smaller groups are 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Henry County is roughly 34% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
There are 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at New Hope Elementary, giving a ratio of 13.6:1. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A total of 365 students, or 59%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, New Hope Elementary lands at B, ahead of 60% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, New Hope Elementary's results are 1.8 points below predicted: 45.2% against 47.0%.
In Henry County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $83,146 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Henry County number 54, with about 43,102 students.
Rock Spring Elementary is about 2.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Ranked by average proficiency, New Hope Elementary places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put New Hope Elementary in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
From 687 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 621 by 2024-25.
The discussion board for New Hope Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in Locust Grove
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Luella High SchoolHigh · 1,236 students
- Locust Grove MiddleMiddle · 1,010 students
- Unity Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 882 students
- Luella Middle SchoolMiddle · 849 students
- Bethlehem Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
Other New Hope Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named New Hope Elementary. New Hope Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 11.
- New Hope Elementary SchoolComming, GA · 1,175 students
- New Hope Elementary SchoolDalton, GA · 511 students
- New Hope ElementaryCOLUMBUS, MS · 1,191 students
- New Hope ElementaryGastonia, NC · 571 students
- New Hope Elementary SchoolNew Hope, AL · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Spring Elementary2.7 mi · 654
- Ola Elementary School2.9 mi · 866
- Ola High School3.3 mi · 1,586
- Ola Middle School3.4 mi · 1,039
- Unity Grove Elementary School3.5 mi · 882
- Locust Grove High3.9 mi · 1,572
Frequently asked questions
About New Hope ElementaryHow large is New Hope Elementary?
New Hope Elementary enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does New Hope Elementary serve?
New Hope Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Hope Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Hope Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is New Hope Elementary?
New Hope Elementary reports a student body of 57% White, 11% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees New Hope Elementary?
New Hope Elementary is overseen by Henry County in Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.