KIPP Academy of Innovation

KIPP Academy of Innovation is a cozy middle school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools within KIPP Academy of Innovation District. The school serves 476 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Operationally, KIPP Academy of Innovation answers to KIPP Academy of Innovation District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, KIPP Academy of Innovation reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), KIPP Academy of Innovation is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Extera Public School No. 2, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. KIPP Academy of Innovation operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.