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What's something New Hope Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 437 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370348002313
New Hope Elementary
1900 New Hope Church Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 · (919) 942-9696 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of North Carolina 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.
- BBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
523 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
45.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Elementary
New Hope Elementary's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Elementary this school | 528 | 99.1% | 55.6% |
| Salemburg Elementary Salemburg | 502 | 99.4% | 43.2% |
| Deep River Elementary Sanford | 557 | 96.8% | 60.1% |
| Knollwood Elementary Salisbury | 585 | 99.5% | 28.0% |
| Broadway Elementary Broadway | 490 | 96.9% | 39.3% |
| Jackson Park Elementary Kannapolis | 476 | 99.4% | 63.6% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #644 of 1,297 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #500 of 1,296 | #15 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #785 of 1,300 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #535 of 1,485 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #58 of 1,377 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #525 of 1,379 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #623 of 1,414 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #470 of 937 | #7 of 15 |
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
528
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 528 | 45.5 | 11.6:1 | 99% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 47.1 | 11.4:1 | 76% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 43.2 | 12.7:1 | 73% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 46 | 11.4:1 | 59% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 47.9 | 12.7:1 | 61% (374) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 50 | 12.7:1 | 63% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 54% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 49 | 12.5:1 | 35% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Hope Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (610 to 528); teachers down 5% (47.9 to 45.5).
About New Hope Elementary
In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, part of Orange County, New Hope Elementary is an elementary school. Enrollment stands at 528 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Orange County Schools counts 13 schools and 6,982 students, including New Hope Elementary.
The share of Hispanic students at New Hope Elementary is 52%, a majority. Smaller groups are 27% White, 12% Black, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 11% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
New Hope Elementary has 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 3.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 99% at New Hope Elementary. That rate is above the 40% average among public schools in Orange County.
On the allk12 Grade, New Hope Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For New Hope Elementary, the prediction is 48.6% and the result is 55.6%.
In Orange County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,089, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 62% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Orange County number 38, with about 19,582 students.
A L Stanback Middle, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of New Hope Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, New Hope Elementary ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
New Hope Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 526 to 528, a small change.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
149,678
Census ACS
Median income
$90,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orange County Schools
- Orange HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Cedar Ridge HighHigh · 1,148 students
- A L Stanback MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Efland Cheeks ElementaryElementary · 532 students
- River Park ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Orange MiddleMiddle · 514 students
Other schools in Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,608 students
- East Chapel Hill HighHigh · 1,419 students
- Smith MiddleMiddle · 763 students
- Margaret B. Pollard MiddleMiddle · 736 students
- McDougle MiddleMiddle · 659 students
- Culbreth MiddleMiddle · 632 students
Other New Hope Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named New Hope Elementary. New Hope Elementary is the 6th largest of the 11.
- New Hope ElementaryGastonia, NC · 571 students
- New Hope ElementaryWilson, NC · 460 students
- New Hope ElementaryHenderson, NC · 130 students
- New Hope ElementaryCOLUMBUS, MS · 1,191 students
- New Hope Elementary SchoolComming, GA · 1,175 students
Nearby schools
- A L Stanback Middle0.5 mi · 648
- Partnership Academy3.1 mi · 40
- Grady Brown Elementary3.6 mi · 406
- Cedar Ridge High3.7 mi · 1,148
- The Expedition School4.0 mi · 380
- Morris Grove Elementary4.0 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About New Hope ElementaryHow large is New Hope Elementary?
New Hope Elementary enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does New Hope Elementary serve?
New Hope Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Hope Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Hope Elementary is approximately 11.6:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Hope Elementary?
At New Hope Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 52% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees New Hope Elementary?
New Hope Elementary is overseen by Orange County Schools in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.