Regular local school district · Hempstead County
Hope School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Hope School District runs 6 public schools with 2,212 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,212
- Teachers (FTE)
- 205
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 117 East Second, Hope, AR 71801
- Phone
- (870)722-2700
- County
- Hempstead County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0507840
- State district ID
- AR-2903000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 398
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 316 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,386), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $29.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.0 million
- State revenue
- $15.5 million
- Local revenue
- $7.2 million
- Total spending
- $27.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,647
- Salaries
- $13.4 million48.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $20.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 23.7%
- State: 52.1%
- Local: 24.2%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,647
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Hope School District
By level: 1 high, 3 middle, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beryl Henry Upper Elementary SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 198 | 13.2 |
| Creative Action Team SchoolCEP school | Other | 2 to 12 | 69 | 7.7 |
| Hope Academy of Public ServiceCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 217 | 12.8 |
| Hope High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 611 | 6.6 |
| Wm. Jefferson Clinton Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 929 | 17.9 |
| Yerger Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 188 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hempstead County
- Spring Hill School District 621 students
- Blevins School District 379 students
- Ua Hope Texarkana Technical Center 0 students
- Southwest Arkansas Education Cooperative
More in Arkansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.