KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL

As a minimally staffed high school in BLYTHEVILLE, Arkansas, KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL instructs 132 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 510.

KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,231 students; KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder is composed of 10% Hispanic, 8% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Mississippi County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Mississippi County) records that median household income runs about $52,548, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mississippi County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,930 students), of which KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. As a public charter, KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 45% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 132). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 88% to 80%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 3.5:1 in 2025.

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