HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Set in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is a rural-scale K-5 school, operated by HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. It works with 108 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is the operating authority for HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY shows that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 53.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jackson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has contracted 4%, going from 113 students in 2018 to 108 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 88% to 94% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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