KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL

As a rural-scale high school in HELENA, Arkansas, KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL serves 181 students from grades 9 through 12, run under KIPP DELTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. That puts it 65% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (93%) are Black; the rest consists of 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 61% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.5:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 11.3%, a residual of -11.0 points.

In the broader community, Phillips County reports that the typical household earns roughly $40,134 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Phillips County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,669 students), of which KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 17.5%.

The school occupies a town-center site. As a public charter, KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIPP:DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 13%, going from 209 students in 2018 to 181 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 3.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.