Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 050006201526
KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
1124 MOULTRIE DR., BLYTHEVILLE, AR 72315 · (870) 776-8833 · Mississippi County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
292 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 113% larger than its 6th grade class (23).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY→KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
20.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
29.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 11.9% | 14.6% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY this school | 292 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 315 | 99.0% | 12.9% |
| ROCKEFELLER EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER LITTLE ROCK | 317 | 99.1% | N/A |
| LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE VILLAGE | 292 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 283 | 100.0% | 6.8% |
| CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 265 | 98.9% | 14.0% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Mississippi County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #407 of 461 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #306 of 465 ▲ 108 | #6 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #387 of 465 ▲ 55 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #403 of 531 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #431 of 480 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.7% | #371 of 480 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #15 of 513 | #2 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
292
+63 (+28%) vs 2020
+363% since 2010-11, when it was 63
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 292 | 15.5 | 18.8:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 16 | 19.1:1 | 100% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 16 | 16.2:1 | 100% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 16 | 14.3:1 | 100% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 98 | 8.8 | 11.1:1 | 56% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 100% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 63 | 4 | 15.8:1 | 86% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY.
About KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is a small elementary school in BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas, (ZIP code 72315). The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 292 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Arkansas) has about 418 students.
KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS enrolls 1,231 students, and its 5 schools include KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY.
About 88% of the student body at KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is Black. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Among people living in Mississippi County, the Black share is about 34%. KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. That is higher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. The average for public schools in Mississippi County is 84%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.7% at KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.9%.
Across Mississippi County, the median household income is $52,548, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. In all, Mississippi County has 22 public schools and roughly 6,930 students.
The next-closest public school is BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area. NCES lists KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY as a charter school.
Federal data show a 28% enrollment increase, from 229 in 2020-21 to 292 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.3:1 to 18.8:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Mississippi County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,126
Census ACS
Median income
$52,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,930 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KIPP DELTA ELEMENTARY LITERACY ACADEMYElementary · 463 students
- KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 181 students
- KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOLMiddle · 163 students
- KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 132 students
Other schools in BLYTHEVILLE
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 369 students
- BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 307 students
- ARMOREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
- ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 204 students
- BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 172 students
Nearby schools
- BLYTHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 369
- BLYTHEVILLE CHICKASAW PREPARATORY ACADEMY (BCPA)0.6 mi · 104
- BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 172
- BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 307
- KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 132
- BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORYWhat is the total enrollment at KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY?
KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY enrolls approximately 292 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY serve?
KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is approximately 18.8:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY?
At KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, the student body is approximately 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 88% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY in?
KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY is part of KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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