New Hope High School

Located at 2920 NEW HOPE ROAD, in COLUMBUS, Mississippi, New Hope High School is a medium-sized senior high that caters to 787 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Lowndes County School District. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so New Hope High School sits 21% above that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Lowndes County School District (5,261 students total), New Hope High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Hope High School shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 45% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Lowndes County's rate of about 75%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Hope High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Lowndes County shows median household earnings sit near $53,812, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lowndes County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,512 students), of which New Hope High School is one.

New Hope Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Hope High School has ticked up 4%, going from 759 students in 2018 to 787 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 54% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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