New Hampstead High, 2451 Little Neck Road: grades 9-12, 1,205 students in 2025, CCRPI 73.9, 89.1% graduation rate in 2026.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the New Hampstead High website, its athletics page, the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System’s map of schools, bell times and 2026-27 calendar, the district’s Find My School lookup, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data, the Georgia High School Association and the federal NCES school directory.

New Hampstead High School is the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System high school on Little Neck Road in the New Hampstead area of west Savannah, serving ninth through 12th grade. The school uses a Bloomingdale mailing address, but the Census Bureau’s geocoder places it inside the city of Savannah. Its teams are the Phoenix.

Who to call

Principal

Principal Arlethia Brown-Hall, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 1,205 students at New Hampstead High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,487 students and 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students per teacher.

State report card

New Hampstead High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 73.9, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and the district’s was 68.6. It was 72.2 in 2023 and 77.9 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 91.2% in 2025, against 87.2% for Georgia and for the district. The district’s own figure for the class of 2026 is 89.1%, according to its graduation announcement. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s New Hampstead High report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones end-of-course tests, 2025, share of tested students scoring at the Proficient and Distinguished levels:

Subject Proficient Distinguished
English (American literature) 24.8% 3.2%
Math (algebra) 32% 4.2%
Science (biology) 35.1% 9.5%
Social studies (U.S. history) 43.7% 15%

Attendance zone

We ran 900 Savannah homes, chosen at random from Chatham County’s parcel records for the city, through the district’s Find My School lookup on Oct. 6, 2026. 41 of them (4.6%) were zoned for New Hampstead High. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):

Our New Hampstead guide found every home we checked there zoned for New Hampstead K-8 and New Hampstead High. Check any address in Find My School.

In January 2024 the Board of Education adopted new zones under Phase 1 of the district’s Long-Range Facilities Plan. Starting in 2024-25, students in Berwick, Southbridge and nearby streets between Interstate 16 and Ogeechee Road were moved to Beach High, and students in The Farms, Hunt Club, Forest Lakes, Copper Brook and other Benton Boulevard communities to Groves High; students already enrolled could choose to stay, according to the district’s grandfathering page.

Sports and activities

New Hampstead plays in Region 3-AAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment, with Harlem, Liberty County, Long County, Southeast Bulloch, West Laurens and Windsor Forest. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

The school’s athletics page says a list of sports is coming; its events calendar carries football, junior varsity football, flag football, volleyball and cross country.

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar, approved May 7, 2025 (all dates on the district calendar page):

  • Thursday, Oct. 8: staff planning day, no school for students
  • Friday, Oct. 9: fall holiday
  • Monday, Oct. 12: Columbus Day, no school
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: remote-learning half-day; students learn from home
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21-31: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, 2027, is a staff planning day with no school for students
  • March 26 to April 2, 2027: spring break
  • Friday, May 21, 2027: last day of school

Bell times

Classes run 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times, approved by the Board of Public Education on April 8, 2026. Buses arrive at 7 a.m., breakfast is served from 7 to 7:20 a.m., and buses leave at 2:40 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

Which middle school feeds New Hampstead High School?

New Hampstead K-8 and Southwest Middle. In our sample of Savannah homes zoned for New Hampstead High, 66% were zoned for New Hampstead K-8 and 34% for Southwest Middle.

What is New Hampstead High School’s CCRPI score?

73.9 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 77.9 in 2024.

What is New Hampstead High School’s graduation rate?

89.1% for the class of 2026, according to the district. The state’s 2025 figure was 91.2%.

What time does New Hampstead High School start?

Classes run 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s approved bell times.