New Hope Elementary

Located at 10199 NC 39 Hwy N, in Henderson, North Carolina, New Hope Elementary is a micro-enrollment K-5 school that caters to 130 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Vance County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

Vance County Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 5,205 students. New Hope Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, New Hope Elementary logs that Black students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Hope Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Vance County shows median household income runs about $50,465, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Vance County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,495 students), of which New Hope Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Stovall-Shaw Elementary, roughly 7.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Hope Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Hope Elementary has contracted 24%, going from 170 students in 2018 to 130 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 82% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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