Coupled with school for education and socialization, hope is an important facet of adolescent development. Hope can be a mitigating factor against negative outcomes, including poor academic achievement. However, little study has been done to examine how the school environment influences perceptions of hope. This study will examine the perceived aspects of the educational experience and climate that affect and predict scores of perceived hope for Midwestern adolescents. Data from a school-wide needs assessment were used to analyze a measure of perceived hope and perceptions of the school environment. Three regression models were run to identify aspects of the educational experience and environment that significantly predicted perceptions of hope. Ultimately four perceived aspects of the school environment were found to account for 56.4 percent of the variance in perceived hope. These findings indicate that hopefulness can be increased by addressing aspects within the educational environment.