Hope Elementary School

Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 8 · Hope, Maine

Hope Elementary School in Hope, Maine enrolled 140 students in 2024-25 with 17.5 full-time teachers, 8.0 students per teacher against the Maine elementary-school median of 10.6. It ran a targeted Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).

NCES school recordCCD 2024-25
230661000980
Official name
Hope Elementary School
Level
Elementary, pre-kindergarten to grade 8
District
Hope Public Schools 2306610
Address
34 Highfield Road, Hope, ME 04847
Phone
(207) 785-4081
Type
Traditional public school
Status
Open in 2024-25
From the NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 directory. Open it in the NCES school search.

Grades offered in 2024-25

Grades offered in 2024-25: PK to 8
Students, 2024-25140-5 since 2022-23
Students per teacher8.0Maine median 10.6
Free lunch qualified27.1%plus 5.0% reduced-price (2024-25)

Title I, 2021-22: Hope Elementary School ran a targeted assistance Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status. Meals, 2024-25: It takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).

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Enrollment fell 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 2%

145 students in 2022-23, 137 students in 2023-24, 140 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 17.9 to 17.5.

Students enrolled at Hope Elementary School by school year2022-23: 145, 2023-24: 137, 2024-25: 1400501001502022-231452023-241372024-25140
Students enrolled at Hope Elementary School by school year2022-23: 145, 2023-24: 137, 2024-25: 1400501001502022-231452023-241372024-25140
Students enrolled at Hope Elementary School by school year2022-23: 145, 2023-24: 137, 2024-25: 1400501001502022-231452023-241372024-25140
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2314517.98.1
2023-2413718.07.6
2024-2514017.58.0

8.0 students per teacher: fewer than 88 of every 100 Maine elementary schools

Among the 341 Maine elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 10.6; the national median is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, Maine elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.6 to 16.7; Hope Elementary School 8.0; state median 10.6.05101520students per full-time teacherHope Elementary School 8.0state median 10.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Maine elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.6 to 16.7; Hope Elementary School 8.0; state median 10.6.05101520students per full-time teacherHope Elementary School 8.0state median 10.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Maine elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.6 to 16.7; Hope Elementary School 8.0; state median 10.6.05101520students per full-time teacherHope Elementary School 8.0state median 10.6U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 137 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Hope Elementary School enrolled 137 students and had 1.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 137 of the 137 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions0
  • Chronically absent36.4% (2021-22)

Who attends

100.0% of students were White in 2024-25.

  1. White100.0%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2021-22; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

Questions about Hope Elementary School

How many students attend Hope Elementary School?

140 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 145 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Hope, ME.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Hope Elementary School?

8.0 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Maine median for elementary schools is 10.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Is Hope Elementary School a Title I school?

Hope Elementary School ran a targeted assistance Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.

What district is Hope Elementary School in?

Hope Public Schools, NCES district ID 2306610. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 230661000980 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2021-22: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22