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Kansas City, Missouri - 1 schools
At $14,814 per pupil, Hope Leadership Academy ranks #110 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Hope Leadership Academy operates 1 public schools serving 101 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,814 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 14.9% local, 56.3% state, and 28.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 108:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.5% African American, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Hope Leadership Academy, enrolling 108 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Hope Leadership Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Hope Leadership Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hope Leadership Academy a distant remainder — means Hope Leadership Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Hope Leadership Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Hope Leadership Academy student-counselor ratio is 108:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Hope Leadership Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 53.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Hope Leadership Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 101 students.
How much does Hope Leadership Academy spend per student?
Hope Leadership Academy spends $14,814 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Hope Leadership Academy?
Hope Leadership Academy students are 93.5% African American, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.