Hope Leadership Academy

What Hope Leadership Academy does

Hope Leadership Academy, operating as St HOPE Leadership Academy, is a free public charter middle school serving grades 6-8 from a single campus at 222 West 134th Street in Harlem, New York City. The school enrolls scholars from across the NYC boroughs (Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan) via the SchoolMint application platform, provides MetroCards for transportation, and focuses on college readiness beginning in sixth grade. Its core academic offering combines standards-based grading (departing from a conventional 0-100 scale) with a daily Advisory Program built on Character Strong curriculum and the school's proprietary H.A.R.L.E.M. values character framework. The school is supported by approximately 41 staff members, including five guidance counselors, and offers a portfolio of supplementary programs: Special Education services (SETSS, ICT, and a Learning Center), athletics, clubs, scholarship programs ($25K in summer enrichment scholarships, four $10K annual alumni scholarships, and a $5K Journey Scholarship), and an Alumni Relations function that maintains post-graduation engagement.

The school's revenue model is per-pupil government funding as a New York State-authorized public charter school, with no tuition charged to families. There is no disclosed funding, venture capital, or equity financing — operating revenue flows from NYC charter per-pupil allocations. The organization is governed by an independent Board of Directors (no parent company) and the school's legal name is St HOPE Leadership Academy Charter School. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via a lottery-based admissions process, with marketing concentrated on campus tours, monthly open houses, community events such as the annual Family Fair, word-of-mouth referrals in the Harlem community, and multilingual (English/Spanish) enrollment support. The school has been recognized twice as a National School of Character (2016 and 2021) by the Character Education Partnership, and cites outcomes including 98% scholar-reported safety versus an 82% NYC average and outperformance of NYC and NYS averages on ELA and Math state exams.

Name

Hope Leadership Academy

Legal name

St HOPE Leadership Academy Charter School

Website

https://sthopeleadershipacademy.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hope Leadership Academy (St HOPE) is a free public charter middle school in Harlem, NYC, serving grades 6-8 with college preparatory academics, character development, and alumni support, funded by per-pupil government allocations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charter Middle School Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter College-Prep & Advanced Academics Schools (EDAJACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Charter Special Education & Inclusive Programs (EDAJACAF)

Keywords

• Charter middle school
• College preparatory education
• Character education program
• Special education services
• Public charter school

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Per-Pupil Government Funding: As a public charter school, St HOPE receives per-pupil funding from government sources. The school is free to attend, with no tuition charged to families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

St HOPE Leadership Academy operates a free public charter middle school serving grades 6-8 at its Harlem campus in New York City. The school delivers a comprehensive middle school education with an integrated high school and college preparatory program, character development through the H.A.R.L.E.M. values framework, and personalized learning. Supplemental offerings include special education services, athletics, extracurricular clubs, and alumni scholarship support.

Product overview

St HOPE Leadership Academy is a free public charter middle school (grades 6-8) in Harlem, NY. The core offering is a comprehensive middle school education program that integrates high school and college preparatory programming. The portfolio includes the Middle School Education Program as the foundation, supplemented by the High School & College Prep Program, Special Education Services (SETSS, ICT, Learning Center), Scholarship Programs (H.A.R.L.E.M. and Journey scholarships), Alumni Relations & Support, Athletics, Clubs and Activities, and The Learning Center for academic support. The school emphasizes a student-centered approach with standards-based grading, personalized learning, and character development through the H.A.R.L.E.M. values framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Middle School Education Program (Grades 6-8)

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of scholars report feeling safe at school vs 82% citywide average
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Harlem GrowncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partnership for urban farming and volunteer opportunities. St HOPE scholars participate in activities with Harlem Grown, learning about planting and making healthy food. This partnership supports the school's service learning and community engagement objectives.

Scale indicators5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• KIPP NYC: Part of the national KIPP charter network operating multiple NYC campuses through grade 12, with an explicit college-prep mission starting in middle school; comparable in mission (college readiness from middle grades) and operational model (per-pupil public funding).
• Uncommon Schools: Multi-state charter network with deep NYC presence operating K-12 campuses with extended-year, college-prep curricula; comparable as a college-prep charter operator with rigorous academic outcomes similar to St HOPE's reported state-beating ELA/Math results.
• Democracy Prep Public Schools: NYC-focused charter network operating grades K-12 with a strong civic/leadership identity and college-prep focus; comparable as a multi-site charter operator targeting urban families with character- and leadership-driven programming.
• Success Academy Charter Schools: NYC's largest charter network, operating K-12 schools across all five boroughs with a similar college-prep focus and lottery-based admissions; directly comparable as a charter operator serving NYC families seeking alternatives to traditional public middle schools.
• Achievement First: Northeast charter network with Brooklyn-rooted middle schools emphasizing college readiness, extended school day, and character development; comparable mission and middle-school focus to St HOPE's college-prep model.

Direct peers

• VOICE Charter School: Queens-based single-campus charter middle school emphasizing academic rigor, arts, and whole-child development; comparable mid-sized standalone charter middle school targeting urban families through lottery enrollment.
• The Equity Project Charter School (TEP): Single-site charter middle school in NYC serving grades 5-8 with a teacher-pay innovation model and intensive small-school environment; directly comparable as a standalone NYC charter middle school focused on Scholar outcomes and character development.
• Beginning with Children Charter School: Brooklyn-based independent charter school operating grades K-8 with a college-prep identity, character values, and small-school environment; closely comparable in scale, single-network mission, and middle-school focus to St HOPE.
• Harlem Village Academies: Charter school operator based in Harlem with similar college-prep mission and historically served middle-school grades; the closest geographic and mission-aligned peer to St HOPE Leadership Academy.

Regional players

• Harlem Children's Zone: Harlem-based cradle-through-college education and social services nonprofit running public charter schools including Promise Academy (K-12); comparable given shared Harlem geography, charter-school operation, and college-readiness mission targeting the same family demographic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StHOPELeaders

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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