📍 955 N Illinois St, Decatur, Macon County, 62521
Hope Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Decatur, Macon County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tasia Burks. It is part of the Decatur SD 61 school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. 2% of students are proficient in reading. 1% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hope Academy enrolls 563 students across grades K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Black or African American, 21% White and 14% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 350 | 62% |
| White | 116 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 77 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 3.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
494 of the school's 563 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hope Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 48, state house district 96.
Hope Academy is one of 17 schools in Decatur SD 61, based in Decatur, Illinois. The district serves 7,840 students district-wide and employs 434 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Hope Academy is larger than the district average of about 461 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small