We have some great news: Last night, the SRC voted to approve three new charter schools – Esperanza, KIPP and Russell Byers (all PSP grantees) – giving 2,000 more families the opportunity for a high-quality education. The latest votes also underscore the importance of our continued fight to put quality schools above political interests. The SRC denied nine other …
Esperanza Academy
School Spotlight: Esperanza Academy Charter School
Esperanza Academy Charter School Esperanza Academy Charter School was founded in 2000 by Esperanza, Inc, in its quest to provide quality education to the North Philadelphia community. Esperanza Academy started out on one floor of a building with one group of ninth graders. Today, the school has a two-building campus serving more than 1400 students …
Philadelphia Inquirer: Esperanza gets $2M grant to form middle school
A North Philadelphia charter high school is set to add a 635-pupil middle school to its burgeoning population by next year, thanks to a $2 million grant from the Philadelphia School Partnership.
Esperanza Academy, founded in 2000, already serves 750 students in North Philadelphia's Hunting Park neighborhood. About 17 percent of the majority-Hispanic student body speaks English as a second language, and while anyone in the city can apply to attend Esperanza, the school largely serves lower-income students in and around Hunting Park.