How Hope fits
West Virginia's Hope Scholarship, run by the West Virginia Hope Scholarship Board, is $5,435.62 for a full 2026-27 year for any K-12 student. A family applying from Sep 16 to Nov 30, 2026 receives half that for this year.
On the Hope Scholarship participating-school list (Hope Scholarship Board participating-school list, Oct 2026). That means Sacred Heart Grade School can bill a student's Hope account through the portal. Ask the office for its published tuition and fee schedule and how billing lines up with the quarterly deposits.
Sacred Heart Grade School also serves preschoolers. Hope starts at kindergarten, so ask about the county's free Universal Pre-K and state child care assistance for the younger years.
Hope can also cover uniforms a participating Catholic school requires and its lunch fees, which tuition aid does not.
Sacred Heart Grade School is on the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston list of Catholic schools, so families can apply for diocesan tuition assistance through FACTS.
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What public records show
The U.S. Department of Education's Private School Survey (2021-22) shows 206 students, 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a 7.5:1 student-teacher ratio and grades PK-5, with a Catholic religious orientation.
The school is also on the West Virginia Department of Education's list of accredited and registered nonpublic schools (page updated Nov 18, 2025).
Questions for the school office
- Is the school on the Hope list this year, and how does it bill the Hope portal?
- What is tuition for my child's grade, and which fees can Hope cover?
- Do you offer church-member, sibling or payment-plan options for any balance?
After grade 5: nearby schools that continue
Sacred Heart Grade School ends at grade 5. These schools serve grade 6 through 12 and are among the closest of the same tradition:
- Charleston Catholic High School: grades 6-12, about 0 mi away · Hope list
- New Hope Christian School: grades K-12, about 3 mi away · Hope list
- Cross Lanes Christian School: grades K-12, about 10 mi away · Hope list
- Elk Valley Christian School: grades PK-12, about 11 mi away · Hope list
Nearby schools with profiles
- Charleston Catholic High School: Catholic School, grades 6-12, 0.1 mi · Hope list
- Mountaineer Montessori School: Independent School, grades PK-8, 1.1 mi · Hope list
- Charleston Montessori: Independent School, grades PK-6, 2.1 mi · Hope list
- New Hope Christian School: Christian School, grades K-12, 3.3 mi · Hope list
- IAWV Elementary School: Jewish & Islamic School, grades PK-6, 3.6 mi · Hope list
- Cross Lanes Christian School: Christian School, grades K-12, 10.3 mi · Hope list
We list 5 private schools in Charleston, and 5 of them are on the Hope list.