Enrollment
163
Middle
DISTRICT 246 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 050006200659
KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL
514 MISSOURI ST., HELENA, AR 72342 · (870) 753-9444 · Phillips County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
163 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 59 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 25% |
Student demographics
11%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:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL→KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
24.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 24 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 33.2% |
% 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL
KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL this school | 163 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| LINCOLN ACADEMY FORREST CITY | 132 | 100.0% | 15.6% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 221 | 98.6% | 10.7% |
| BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 172 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
| FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORREST CITY | 270 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL DUMAS | 184 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
Matched among Arkansas middle 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:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #162 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #138 of 208 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #159 of 208 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #201 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #6 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #23 of 114 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
163
-80 (-33%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 163 | 15.4 | 10.6:1 | 100% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 14.2 | 13.9:1 | 100% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 182 | 13.7 | 13.3:1 | 100% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 16 | 15.2:1 | 100% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 212 | 15.7 | 13.5:1 | 40% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 18 | 17.2:1 | 100% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 89% (210) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL.
About KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL
Located in HELENA, Arkansas, KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL is a very small middle-grades school. The school counted 163 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 65% below the average of about 464 students for middle schools in Arkansas.
Besides KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL, KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 1,231 students.
Of every 100 students at KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL, about 94 are Black. After that, the student body is 3% White. Census figures show Phillips County is about 61% Black. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 10.6:1 is based on 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Arkansas is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Phillips County.
On BeatsExpectations, KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL is 4.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
The county, Phillips County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $40,134 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 25% of residents are in poverty. Phillips County has 9 public schools with about 2,669 students, including KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL.
KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within five miles. KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL's average proficiency of 26.7% compares with 24.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area. Charter status: KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL is a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 80 students, from 243 to 163. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.2:1 to 10.6:1.
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Phillips County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,450
Census ACS
Median income
$40,134
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,669 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KIPP DELTA ELEMENTARY LITERACY ACADEMYElementary · 463 students
- KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORYElementary · 292 students
- KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 181 students
- KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 132 students
Other schools in HELENA
- J.F. WAHL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 539 students
- KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 181 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 181
- J.F. WAHL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 539
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 439
- KIPP DELTA ELEMENTARY LITERACY ACADEMY2.9 mi · 463
- Dundee Elementary School7.7 mi · 138
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOLHow large is KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL?
KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL enrolls approximately 163 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL serve?
KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL.
How diverse is KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL?
KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL reports a student body of 3% White, 2% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL in?
KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL is part of KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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