Summary:
Hope Leadership Academy is the sole elementary public charter school serving grades K-5 in the Hope Leadership Academy District, which is ranked 366 out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. With a total enrollment of 96 students, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Missouri elementary schools over the past decade, indicating persistent struggles to provide quality education to its students.
The school faces significant challenges, including a chronic absenteeism rate of 42.7%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's proficiency rates on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests are extremely low, with only 5.4% of 4th-grade students proficient or better in mathematics and 6.7% and 5.4% of 3rd and 4th-grade students, respectively, proficient or better in English Language Arts. Despite the school's higher-than-average spending per student ($14,783) and low student-teacher ratio (8.4 to 1), these resources have not translated into improved academic outcomes for the students, 96.88% of whom receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.
Overall, the data suggests that Hope Leadership Academy is a struggling school that is not meeting the academic needs of its students. Significant improvements in areas such as instructional quality, student engagement, and targeted support for economically disadvantaged students may be necessary to turn the school around and improve student outcomes.
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