Spring Hope Elementary

Spring Hope Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Spring Hope, North Carolina, overseen by Nash County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 378 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Nash County Public Schools runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 14,587 students. Spring Hope Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spring Hope Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 31% Black, 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Spring Hope Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spring Hope Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Across the wider county, Nash County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,426 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Nash County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,285 students), of which Spring Hope Elementary is one.

Southern Nash Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spring Hope Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Spring Hope Elementary's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 378). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 20% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the Spring Hope Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.