New Hope Elementary School

Located at 4810 Castleberry Road, in Comming, Georgia, New Hope Elementary School is a substantial elementary-level community that instructs 1,175 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Forsyth County. That puts it 94% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

New Hope Elementary School is one of 42 schools operated by Forsyth County, a district that enrolls 54,864 students overall.

On the student-mix side, New Hope Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Asian at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 20% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, New Hope Elementary School shows 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Hope Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Forsyth County indicate the typical household earns roughly $143,784 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Hope Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Forsyth County (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students).

George W. Whitlow Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Hope Elementary School. On composite proficiency, New Hope Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.5%.

New Hope Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

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