Elementary Schools in Hope Leadership Academy

Summary:

Hope Leadership Academy is the sole elementary school located in the Hope Leadership Academy district in Kansas City, Missouri, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 96 students. Based on the available data, this school appears to be consistently underperforming compared to other elementary schools in the state.

Hope Leadership Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom tier of Missouri elementary schools, with a ranking of 896 out of 900 schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school has also been rated 0 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating poor overall performance. Academically, the school struggles, with only 5.4% of 4th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics and 6.7% of 3rd-grade and 5.4% of 4th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, all well below the state averages.

Additionally, Hope Leadership Academy has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 42.7%, significantly higher than the state average. The school also serves a population with a high level of economic disadvantage, with 96.88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite the higher-than-average spending per student of $14,783, the school's poor academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates suggest that the resources may not be effectively allocated or utilized to support student learning and engagement.

District Detail

2800 Linwood Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64128-1544

(816) 921-1213

SchoolDigger Rank:
366^th of 367 Missouri districts

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Grades served: K-5
Students: 108

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				MAP Mathematics (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hope Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2800 E. Linwood Blvd.	Kansas City	64128	Jackson County	Hope Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 921-1213	108	13	8.0	100.0%	2 (1.9%)	101 (93.5%)	5 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3.2	896^th of 900 public elementary schools	0.4%					(n/a)	5.4	6.7	5.4	$21,732	$1,145	$20,587

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kansas City 33	0.45 mi	33	305^th
Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy	0.99 mi	1	356^th
Mo Schls For The Sev Disabled	1.11 mi	35
Delasalle Charter School	1.33 mi	2	361^st
Academie Lafayette	1.51 mi	4	71^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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