KIPP Compton Community

Set in Compton, California, KIPP Compton Community is a heavily attended elementary-level community, operated by KIPP Compton Community District. It teaches 783 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so KIPP Compton Community sits 68% larger than that benchmark.

KIPP Compton Community sits inside KIPP Compton Community District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP Compton Community reports that Black students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. KIPP Compton Community is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Centennial High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Compton Community.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. KIPP Compton Community is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the feed for KIPP Compton Community typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.