HOPE HIGH SCHOOL

HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized senior high in HOPE, Arkansas, overseen by HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 611 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 6 schools in HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,212 students total), HOPE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HOPE HIGH SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 35% Hispanic, 23% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, HOPE HIGH SCHOOL lists 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting HOPE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hempstead County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, HOPE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 15.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hempstead County indicate median household income runs about $46,787, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Hempstead County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,212 students), of which HOPE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BERYL HENRY UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOPE HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 598 students in 2018 compared to 611 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 46% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 today.

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