Hope School

Hope School operates as an one-room-style combined-grade school in Hope, Alaska, operated by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 21 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 89% below the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 192 students.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 8,510 students; Hope School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hope School records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 10% Native American, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kenai Peninsula Borough) records that median household income runs about $80,538, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kenai Peninsula Borough runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students), of which Hope School is one.

The closest other public school is Bear Valley Elementary, roughly 12.3 miles away.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 24%: 17 students in 2018 compared to 21 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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