HOPE – Students at three of the five campuses of the Hope Public Schools demonstrated sufficient academic growth levels in ACT Aspire Math and English Language Arts from the 2017-2018 administration of the test to put them in the top five schools in southwest Arkansas. Beryl Henry Elementary School was the top performer overall and in each category across Southwest Arkansas, according to the University of Arkansas Office for Education Policy.\r\n
\r\nBHE, Yerger Middle School, and Hope Academy of Public Service were three of the top five student growth performers across the region, according to the UA report released Nov. 14.\r\n
\r\n“We are very proud of the efforts of our students, parents and staff,” Hope Superintendent Dr. Bobby Hart said. “The growth and improved outcomes for these campuses are a direct result of the hard work and commitment that all three groups have done. They are just one more example of how HPS is moving forward.”\r\n
Yerger Middle School was No. 3 across southwest Arkansas overall with a content growth score of 80.54. YMS serves grades seven and eight.\r\n
\r\nYMS was fourth across the region in math growth with an 80.00 score and fifth in southwest Arkansas in ELA content growth at 81.05, and was tied with HAPS in that category. The HAPS campus serves students across grades five through nine.\r\n
