Hope School
Hope · AK · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District · Public · K-12 combined
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South Anchorage High School → Grace Christian School Elementary → Grace Christian School Secondary → Service High School → FOCUS Homeschool → Polaris K-12 School → Dimond High School → S.A.V.E. High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Hope School compares for families
What families should know about Hope School.
- ▸ LocallyAK sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: South Anchorage High School, Grace Christian School Elementary, Grace Christian School Secondary and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 21 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Anchorage High School Anchorage |
Public | 14.1 | 1,239 | -4.3% |
| Grace Christian School Elementary Anchorage |
Private | 14.6 | 546 | — |
| Grace Christian School Secondary Anchorage |
Private | 14.6 | 546 | — |
| Service High School Anchorage |
Public | 16.2 | 1,518 | +0.7% |
| FOCUS Homeschool Anchorage |
Public | 16.9 | 152 | +10.9% |
| Polaris K-12 School Anchorage |
Public | 18.7 | 141 | +2.9% |
| Dimond High School Anchorage |
Public | 18.7 | 1,373 | -3.2% |
| S.A.V.E. High School Anchorage |
Public | 19.3 | 156 | -11.9% |