KIPP Generations Academy

KIPP Generations Academy is an one-room-style elementary school in Gardena, California, one of the schools within KIPP Generations Academy District. The school caters to 164 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.

KIPP Generations Academy District is the operating authority for KIPP Generations Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, KIPP Generations Academy lists that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, KIPP Generations Academy has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) records that median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which KIPP Generations Academy is one.

Robert E. Peary Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting. As a public charter, KIPP Generations Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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