New Hope Elementary

Located at 137 Stowe Road, in Gastonia, North Carolina, New Hope Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community that caters to 571 students (grades K through 5), operated by Gaston County Schools. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Within Gaston County Schools, which oversees 56 schools and 30,995 students, New Hope Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, New Hope Elementary lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Gaston County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at New Hope Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gaston County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, New Hope Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.4%, the actual is 73.0%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Gaston County shows median household income runs about $67,478, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gaston County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,898 students), of which New Hope Elementary is one.

Cramerton Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Hope Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Hope Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. New Hope Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 571). The White share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 71% over that span.

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