New Hampstead K-8, 1700 Highgate Blvd.: pre-K to 8, 1,256 students in 2025, CCRPI 58.6. Feeds New Hampstead High.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the New Hampstead K-8 website, 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 and the federal NCES school directory.
New Hampstead K-8 School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System school for pre-K through eighth grade on Highgate Boulevard in the New Hampstead area of west Savannah. The Census Bureau’s geocoder places it inside the city; the school lists a Savannah address with the 31302 ZIP code that Bloomingdale also uses.
- Address: 1700 Highgate Blvd., Savannah, GA 31302
- Phone: 912-395-6200
- Grades: Pre-K to 8
- Website: nhk8.sccpss.com
Who to call
- New Hampstead K-8 front office: 912-395-6200
- Register a new student: the district’s online registration, or the Student and Family Service Center, 400 E. Broad St., 912-395-5584
- Bus routes: the district’s Transportation Department, 912-395-5591; find a stop with Find My School
- District main line: 912-395-5600
- Is this your school? Enter an address in Find My School
Principal
Principal Kimberly Dozier, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 1,256 students at New Hampstead K-8 in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 848 students and 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.2 students per teacher.
State report card
New Hampstead K-8’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 58.6, according to the state’s School Grades data. It was 78.7 in 2023 and 82.1 in 2024. For its elementary grades the 2025 score was 59.4, against 78.6 for Georgia elementary schools, and for its middle grades 57.2, against 78.4 for Georgia middle schools. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s New Hampstead K-8 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-grade tests in grades three to five, 2025, share of tested students scoring at the Proficient and Distinguished levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 21.7% | 3.2% |
| Math | 23.6% | 10.2% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 27.8% | 6.5% |
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests in grades six to eight, 2025, share of tested students scoring at the Proficient and Distinguished levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 26.7% | 3.7% |
| Math | 18.9% | 3.7% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 17.7% | 9.8% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 11.8% | 4.9% |
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. 27 of them (3%) were zoned for New Hampstead K-8. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):
- High school: New Hampstead High (100%)
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.
Under Phase 1 of the district’s Long-Range Facilities Plan, adopted by the Board of Education in January 2024, some students were moved into New Hampstead K-8 from Gould Elementary and West Chatham Middle, and some New Hampstead K-8 students were moved to Godley Station, starting in 2024-25, according to the district’s zone maps and grandfathering page.
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 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 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 8:20 a.m., breakfast is served from 8:20 to 8:40 a.m., and buses leave at 3:50 p.m.
More
- The school’s website
- The district’s map of schools, with every Savannah-Chatham County Public School System school
- The state’s report card for New Hampstead K-8
- Every public school that serves Savannah, with zones and scores: our Savannah public schools guide
- District calendar, registration, graduation rates and the school board: our Savannah schools guide
Frequently asked questions
Which high school does New Hampstead K-8 feed into?
New Hampstead High, for every Savannah home in our sample zoned for New Hampstead K-8.
What is New Hampstead K-8’s CCRPI score?
58.6 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data: 59.4 for its elementary grades and 57.2 for its middle grades. It was 82.1 in 2024.
What time does New Hampstead K-8 start?
Classes run 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s approved bell times.
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