New Hope Elem School

New Hope Elem School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Fairfield, Illinois, one of the schools within New Hope CCSD 6. Current enrollment sits at 204 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 46% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

New Hope Elem School is a school of New Hope CCSD 6, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, New Hope Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder breaks down as 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, New Hope Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.6%; New Hope Elem School posts 73.3%, +26.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household earnings sit near $55,521, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,404 students), New Hope Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fairfield Comm High School, around 4.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around New Hope Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Hope Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. New Hope Elem School's enrollment has expanded 23% since 2018, when it stood at 166 (now 204). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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