Schools in New Hope · Wayne County Public Schools
New Hope’s public schools score below 72% of North Carolina districts
The public schools New Hope’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 72% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
14%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
38%
▼ 9 pts vs NC 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
32%
▼ 10 pts vs NC 42%
2020–21
Graduate on time
81%
▼ 7 pts vs NC 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$11.9K
▼ 9% vs NC $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
17.8
NC 16.1
Schools
3
911 students
The School Grade
How New Hope compares
C Test scoresD Graduation
North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 28%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (333)Better than 14%
High confidence. Built on 8,995 tested students and a graduating class of 1,488; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of North Carolina only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve New Hope.
10 schools teach Pre-K in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Spring Creek Elementary, Brogden Primary, Meadow Lane Elementary and Rosewood Elementary and more.
12 schools teach K in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Spring Creek Elementary, Brogden Primary, Meadow Lane Elementary and Rosewood Elementary and more.
12 schools teach 1st grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Spring Creek Elementary, Brogden Primary, Meadow Lane Elementary and Rosewood Elementary and more.
12 schools teach 2nd grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Spring Creek Elementary, Brogden Primary, Meadow Lane Elementary and Rosewood Elementary and more.
12 schools teach 3rd grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Spring Creek Elementary, Brogden Primary, Meadow Lane Elementary and Rosewood Elementary and more.
12 schools teach 4th grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Spring Creek Elementary, Brogden Primary, Meadow Lane Elementary and Rosewood Elementary and more.
12 schools teach 5th grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Rosewood Elementary, Brogden Middle, Eastern Wayne Elementary and Spring Creek Middle and more.
11 schools teach 6th grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Norwayne Middle, Brogden Middle, Spring Creek Middle and Wayne School of Engineering and more.
11 schools teach 7th grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Norwayne Middle, Brogden Middle, Spring Creek Middle and Wayne School of Engineering and more.
11 schools teach 8th grade in New Hope’s district. Which one depends on your address: Norwayne Middle, Brogden Middle, Spring Creek Middle and Wayne School of Engineering and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–512 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
512 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–1211 schoolsDepends on your address
12Eastern Wayne HighWayne County Public Schools
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading38%
State average 47.2%
Math32%
State average 41.9%
Every school in New Hope
3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
High
Also serving New Hope · in other towns
Spring Creek Elementary
C804 students15:1Rate it →
Brogden Primary
C−689 students16:1Rate it →
Meadow Lane Elementary
B674 students15:1Rate it →
Rosewood Elementary
C650 students19:1Rate it →
Eastern Wayne Elementary
D597 students21:1Rate it →
Northwest Elementary
B−559 students17:1Rate it →
Tommy's Road Elementary
C545 students16:1Rate it →
Fremont STARS Elementary
B535 students16:1Rate it →
North Drive Elementary
498 students16:1Rate it →
Northeast Elementary
B+497 students16:1Rate it →
Carver Elementary
C−495 students14:1Rate it →
Grantham Elementary
B442 students17:1Rate it →
Private & other
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near New Hope
There’s no college in New Hope, but 7 are within 30 miles. The closest is Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, 3.5 miles away.
Wayne Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Goldsboro
3.5 mi1,672 students
University of Mount OliveUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Mount Olive
15.4 mi982 students
Lenoir Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Kinston
20.6 mi1,309 students
Wilson Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Wilson
24.3 mi1,024 students
Barton CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Wilson
24.6 mi1,041 students
Johnston Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Smithfield
26.2 mi2,839 students
Pitt Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Winterville
29.8 mi4,360 students
Straight-line distance from the center of New Hope. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within North Carolina. Stars are from neighbors.