A Statewide Crisis: Minnesota’s Education Achievement Gaps (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2019); National Center for Education Statistics: Public High School Graduation Rates (nces.ed.gov); Minnesota Report Card (rc.education.mn.gov); Generation Z and the Future of Faith in America (Survey Center on American Life, March 2022).
Hope Academy regularly surveys students and families for continued feedback and improvement. 97% of all Hope Academy seniors have graduated on time since our first graduating class in 2012. Graduates have together been awarded millions of dollars in college scholarships to places like Augsburg, Bethel, Dunwoody, Emory, North Central, the UMN, Northwestern-St. Paul, and more. Alumni are now living, working, and investing in our community as nurses, pastors, social workers, engineers, mechanics, mentors, and other meaningful roles.