Hopewell Elementary School

Hopewell Elementary School is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Trinity, North Carolina, part of Randolph County School System, instructing 679 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Hopewell Elementary School sits 45% above that benchmark.

Randolph County School System runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 14,994 students. Hopewell Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hopewell Elementary School shows that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Randolph County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Hopewell Elementary School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Randolph County's rate of about 84%.

With demographic context factored in, Hopewell Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.4%; Hopewell Elementary School posts 72.4%, +23.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Randolph County put the typical household earns roughly $61,022 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Randolph County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,656 students), Hopewell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Trinity Middle School, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hopewell Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hopewell Elementary School has ticked up 11%, going from 610 students in 2018 to 679 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 88% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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