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About this school
New Hope Middle School is
a rural public school
in Columbus, Mississippi that is part of Lowndes County School District.
It serves 612 students
in grades 6 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
Its teachers have had one project funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
43%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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