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Enrollment
604
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280273001128
New Hope Middle School
3419 New Hope Rd, Columbus, MS 39702 · (662) 244-4740 · Lowndes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Mississippi public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
414 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 184 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 211 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 61.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Middle School
New Hope Middle School's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Middle School this school | 604 | 68.5% | 52.9% |
| West Harrison Middle Gulfport | 650 | 72.8% | 64.3% |
| Neshoba Central Middle School Philadelphia | 645 | 70.2% | 72.0% |
| Grenada Middle School GRENADA | 793 | 76.3% | 57.9% |
| North Pike Junior High Summit | 350 | 69.1% | 44.6% |
| Southeast Middle School Meridian | 371 | 71.2% | 65.0% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #73 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #74 of 181 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #86 of 181 ▼ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #40 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #76 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #52 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #133 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #113 of 119 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
604
-64 (-10%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 604 | 46 | 13.1:1 | 69% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 46.7 | 13.1:1 | 66% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 46.7 | 13.1:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 100% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 46.4 | 13.3:1 | 56% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 62% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 53 | 12.3:1 | 51% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 50% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 31 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Hope Middle School.
About New Hope Middle School
New Hope Middle School is a middle school in Columbus, Mississippi, reachable at (662) 244-4740. The school reports 604 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Mississippi is about 452 students.
New Hope Middle School is part of Lowndes County School District, where 8 schools serve 5,261 students.
A majority of students at New Hope Middle School, 51%, are White. The remaining shares are 43% Black and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 49% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at New Hope Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Federal data list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers at New Hope Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.1:1. Middle schools in Mississippi have a similar average ratio of 13.7:1. The lunch program counts 69% of students at New Hope Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades New Hope Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, New Hope Middle School would score about 59.9%. It scores 52.9%, 7.1 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Lowndes County this way: median household income is about $53,812, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 20 public schools in Lowndes County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,512.
The closest public school, New Hope Elementary, is about 0.2 miles from New Hope Middle School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, New Hope Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for New Hope Middle School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students declined from 668 to 604 over 4 years.
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Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,838
Census ACS
Median income
$53,812
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County School District
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 1,191 students
- Caledonia ElementaryElementary · 1,070 students
- New Hope High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Caledonia High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Caledonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- West Lowndes ElementaryElementary · 276 students
Other schools in Columbus
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 1,191 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 865 students
- New Hope High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Cook Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Stokes Beard Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other New Hope Middle schools
One other US public school is named New Hope Middle. New Hope Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- New Hope Middle SchoolDalton, GA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- New Hope Elementary0.2 mi · 1,191
- New Hope High School0.2 mi · 787
- Fairview Elementary School4.8 mi · 244
- Sale Elementary School5.1 mi · 290
- Columbus High School5.4 mi · 865
- Stokes Beard Elementary School6.0 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About New Hope Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Hope Middle School?
New Hope Middle School enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does New Hope Middle School serve?
New Hope Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at New Hope Middle School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at New Hope Middle School.
What is the student diversity at New Hope Middle School?
Student demographics at New Hope Middle School are roughly 51% White, 2% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees New Hope Middle School?
New Hope Middle School is overseen by Lowndes County School District in Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.