Public School Academy
Hope Academy of West Michigan
Hope Academy of West Michigan is a public school academy in Kent County, Michigan. In the 2024–25 school year it reported $4.6 million in general fund spending, or $16,270 per pupil.
School finances, 2024–25 school year
General fund figures, as published by the Michigan Department of Education.
Pupils
281
full-time equivalent
General fund spending
$4.6M
the main operating fund
Spending per pupil
$16,270
general fund
Average teacher salary
$0
21 teachers (full-time equivalent)
Spending
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Basic instruction | $1,797,605 | $6,399 |
| Added needs instruction | $530,794 | $1,889 |
| Adult education instruction | $0 | |
| Total instruction | $2,328,399 | $8,288 |
| Instructional staff support | $606,531 | $2,159 |
| Administration | $972,054 | $3,460 |
| Operations and maintenance | $361,652 | $1,287 |
| Transportation | $35,734 | $127 |
| Total support services | $1,975,971 | $7,033 |
| Current operating spending | $4,304,370 | $15,321 |
| Facilities acquisition | $0 | $0 |
| Total general fund spending | $4,570,812 | $16,270 |
Revenue
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Local | $511,000 | $1,819 |
| State | $3,716,675 | $13,229 |
| Federal | $626,073 | $2,228 |
| Total general fund revenue | $5,077,461 | $18,073 |
Salaries
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Instructional salaries | $0 | $0 |
| Support service salaries | $0 | $0 |
| Teacher salaries, basic instruction | $0 |
Taxable value in the district
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Primary homes (homestead) | $0 | $0 |
| Rentals, second homes and businesses (non-homestead) | $0 | $0 |
Every figure, including each per-pupil figure, is the publisher's own. Total instruction is the three instruction lines above it, and current operating spending is total instruction plus total support services. Total support services and total revenue can also include amounts the bulletin does not list separately. Adult education and teacher salaries have no per-pupil figure here, because the bulletin does not divide them by the pupil count. Pupils per teacher: 14.
Source: Bulletin 1014: Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information, data export, Michigan Department of Education, retrieved September 26, 2026.
Transparency checks
What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.
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Required by law
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Found: Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)
The transparency page (homepage link "Budget and Salary/Compensation Transparency Reporting") posts "2024-2025 Audited Financial Report", opened 2026-09-27: the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025. Posted on the school's site, which the publisher's rule of 2026-09-27 counts as filed.
MCL 388.1618 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)
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Not found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
The FOIA page links "FOIA Guidelines", which is the Written Public Summary (opened 2026-09-27; the same text as Lighthouse Academy's), a fee itemization, a request form and "FOIA Board Policy 8310 - Public Records", a board policy on public records, but no FOIA procedures and guidelines.
MCL 15.234(4) · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
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Found: Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions
"2026-2027 Approved Budget", with the 2025-2026 original, final and revised budgets.
MCL 388.1618(2)(a) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions
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Found: Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts
"2024-2025 Personnel Expenditures" and "2024-2025 Operating Expenditures".
MCL 388.1618(2)(b) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts
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Found: Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register
States there are no bargaining agreements or medical benefit plan bids "Because our staff is hired through a third party vendor"; posts the 2025-2026 employee benefits booklet, the 2024-2025 audited financial report, the 2026-2027 procurement policy, the travel and board reimbursement policies, and the 2024-25 check register.
MCL 388.1618(2)(c) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register
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Found: Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000
"2024-25 School Year Employee Compensation Information" and "2024 Calendar Year Employee Compensation Information".
MCL 388.1618(2)(d) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000
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Found: Transparency page: association dues
States "No Association Dues were paid by the school."
MCL 388.1618(2)(e) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: association dues
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Found: Transparency page: lobbying spending
States "No Lobbying Costs were paid by the school."
MCL 388.1618(2)(f) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: lobbying spending
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Found: Transparency page: district credit cards
"2025-26 District Credit Card Information".
MCL 388.1618(2)(h) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: district credit cards
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Found: Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips
States "There was no out-of-state travel to report in 2024-2025."
MCL 388.1618(2)(i) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips
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Found: Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer
The homepage footer lists "Integrity Educational Services, Educational Management Organization" and "Ferris State University, Authorizing Body"; the page posts the 2024-2025 Educational Service Provider expenditure reports and the 2025-2026 ESP agreement.
MCL 380.503c; MCL 380.503 · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer
Good practice
0 found · 0 not found · 11 not read yet
11 checks not read yet
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Current budget posted
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Budgets for the past three years posted
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Latest audit posted
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Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file
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Regular meeting schedule for the year posted
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Agendas posted for the past 12 months
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Minutes posted for the past 12 months
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Members' names and a way to contact them posted
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Check register (payments) posted
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Employee pay or salary schedule posted
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Current contracts posted
About
- Type
- Public School Academy
- County
- Kent County
- Website
- hopeacademywm.org
- Notes
- Website from its authorizer's school listing (Ferris State University), checked in a reading 2026-09-27. NCES lists hopeacad.org, which on 2026-09-27 redirected to an unrelated gambling site.
Codes
- Michigan CEPI code
- 41926
- Michigan Treasury unit code
- 414926
- NCES district ID
- 2600988
Sources
Where this page's facts come from.
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Educational Entity Master public data set: ISD, LEA and PSA districts and colleges
Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) · 2026-09-24 export
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Treasury Document Search, Kent County local units
Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division · queried 2026-09-24
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Bulletin 1014: Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information, data export
Michigan Department of Education · 2024-25 (Last-Modified 2026-08-13)
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Charter school checks (L6, W1, W2, W3), Kent County
Open Government Project · read 2026-09-27