The Hope Academy

Located at 1000 Eddy Street, in Providence, Rhode Island, The Hope Academy is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that works with 320 students (grades K through 8), part of The Hope Academy.

The Hope Academy is a school of The Hope Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, The Hope Academy reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 7% White. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Providence County's rate of about 64%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Providence County) records that median household earnings sit near $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Providence County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), of which The Hope Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: 360 High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Hope Academy.

The Hope Academy operates from an urban location. The Hope Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. The Hope Academy's enrollment has increased 124% since 2018, when it stood at 143 (now 320). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 2% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.