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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at New Hope Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570002450
New Hope Elementary School
1175 New Hope Rd NW, Dalton, GA 30720 · (706) 673-3180 · Whitfield County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
462 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
43.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
44.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 54.2% |
| 2022-23 | 51.4% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.9% | 44.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 School
New Hope Elementary School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Elementary School this school | 511 | 90.4% | 46.8% |
| Youngs Grove Elementary School Cedartown | 490 | 96.1% | 33.3% |
| Demorest Elementary School Demorest | 548 | 94.3% | 52.8% |
| Calhoun Early Learning Academy Calhoun | 503 | 91.7% | N/A |
| Alto Park Elementary School Rome | 429 | 83.9% | 39.7% |
| Belwood Elementary School Calhoun | 530 | 98.9% | 36.1% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #401 of 1,208 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #534 of 1,215 ▼ 184 | #10 of 19 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #392 of 1,215 ▼ 104 | #5 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #399 of 1,183 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #832 of 1,324 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #789 of 1,301 | #19 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #597 of 1,301 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #576 of 1,312 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #333 of 854 | #6 of 16 |
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
511
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 511 | 36.9 | 13.8:1 | 90% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 34.9 | 14.1:1 | 73% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 39.4 | 13.0:1 | 64% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 54% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 40.6 | 15.0:1 | 56% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 59% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 58% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 33 | 19.2:1 | 48% (302) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Hope Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (609 to 511); teachers down 9% (40.6 to 36.9).
About New Hope Elementary School
New Hope Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Dalton, Georgia. Enrollment stands at 511 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
New Hope Elementary School falls under Whitfield County, which has 22 schools enrolling 11,942 students.
The share of White students at New Hope Elementary School is 56%, a majority. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show Whitfield County is about 65% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.8:1. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Of all students at New Hope Elementary School, 90% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, New Hope Elementary School outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, New Hope Elementary School is in the top 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.8% is 16.1 points above the 30.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Whitfield County show the median household earns about $67,070 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting New Hope Elementary School, Whitfield County has 33 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, New Hope Middle School is about 0.3 miles from New Hope Elementary School. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, New Hope Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, New Hope Elementary School enrolled 536 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 511.
The discussion board for New Hope Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
Other New Hope Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named New Hope Elementary. New Hope Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 11.
- New Hope Elementary SchoolComming, GA · 1,175 students
- New Hope ElementaryLocust Grove, GA · 621 students
- New Hope ElementaryCOLUMBUS, MS · 1,191 students
- New Hope ElementaryGastonia, NC · 571 students
- New Hope Elementary SchoolNew Hope, AL · 534 students
Nearby schools
- New Hope Middle School0.3 mi · 454
- Northwest Whitfield County High School0.7 mi · 1,098
- North Whitfield Middle School2.5 mi · 731
- Varnell Elementary School2.9 mi · 350
- Pleasant Grove Elementary School3.7 mi · 451
- Tunnel Hill Elementary School3.9 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About New Hope Elementary SchoolHow many students attend New Hope Elementary School?
New Hope Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does New Hope Elementary School serve?
New Hope Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Hope Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Hope Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at New Hope Elementary School?
Student demographics at New Hope Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 34% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is New Hope Elementary School public or private?
New Hope Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.