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Enrollment
611
High
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050784000498
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL
1700 SOUTH MAIN, HOPE, AR 71801 · (870) 777-3451 · Hempstead County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Arkansas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
6.6:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
611 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 162 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 160 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 143 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 144 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
17.8%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 18.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HOPE HIGH SCHOOL
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 611 | 100.0% | 14.7% |
| WARREN HIGH SCHOOL WARREN | 480 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| HOT SPRINGS WORLD CLASS HIGH SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 759 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL NASHVILLE | 444 | 99.3% | 28.8% |
| NORTH LITTLE ROCK CENTER OF EXCELLENCE NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 472 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
| LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL MABELVALE | 2,045 | 99.9% | 5.3% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HOPE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #247 of 272 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #246 of 280 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #74 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.6:1 | #75 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #8 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #31 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #93 of 105 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
611
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
6.6:1
was 6.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 611 | 93 | 6.6:1 | 100% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 85.3 | 7.1:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 106.6 | 5.5:1 | 100% (590) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 91 | 6.8:1 | 100% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 59.6 | 10.0:1 | 67% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 56 | 13.1:1 | 100% (734) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 55 | 11.6:1 | 69% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 60 | 13.3:1 | 27% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 49 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOPE HIGH SCHOOL.
About HOPE HIGH SCHOOL
In HOPE, Arkansas, HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school. It teaches 611 students in grades 9 through 12.
A total of 6 schools make up HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,212 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at HOPE HIGH SCHOOL, 40%, is Black. The rest of enrollment is 35% Hispanic and 23% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Hempstead County's population at about 29%. The diversity index for HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 6.6 students per teacher. Compared with the 8.8:1 average for high schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 100% of students at HOPE HIGH SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Hempstead County, the average eligibility rate is 90%.
Among Arkansas public high schools, HOPE HIGH SCHOOL outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 22.7% for a school in Arkansas with HOPE HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. HOPE HIGH SCHOOL posts 14.7%.
Hempstead County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $46,787 a year, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hempstead County number 11, with about 3,212 students.
BERYL HENRY UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. HOPE HIGH SCHOOL places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 616 to 611.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hempstead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,508
Census ACS
Median income
$46,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,212 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WM. JEFFERSON CLINTON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 929 students
- HOPE ACADEMY OF PUBLIC SERVICEMiddle · 217 students
- BERYL HENRY UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 198 students
- YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 188 students
- CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOLCombined · 69 students
Other schools in HOPE
- WM. JEFFERSON CLINTON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 929 students
- SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 348 students
- SPRING HILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 273 students
- HOPE ACADEMY OF PUBLIC SERVICEMiddle · 217 students
- BERYL HENRY UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 198 students
- YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 188 students
Other Hope High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hope High. HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Hope High SchoolProvidence, RI · 775 students
- Hope High SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 155 students
- Hope HighHope, KS · 33 students
- Hope High SchoolPORT LAVACA, TX · 21 students
Nearby schools
- BERYL HENRY UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 198
- YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 188
- CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL0.7 mi · 69
- HOPE ACADEMY OF PUBLIC SERVICE0.9 mi · 217
- WM. JEFFERSON CLINTON PRIMARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 929
- SPRING HILL HIGH SCHOOL6.0 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About HOPE HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend HOPE HIGH SCHOOL?
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 611 students in grades 09-12.
Is HOPE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOPE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 6.6:1 (93 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HOPE HIGH SCHOOL?
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 23% White, 35% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HOPE HIGH SCHOOL?
HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Hempstead County.
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