KIPP Heartwood Academy

KIPP Heartwood Academy, a compact intermediate school in San Jose, California, one of the schools within KIPP Heartwood Academy District, enrolls 423 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so KIPP Heartwood Academy sits 36% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, KIPP Heartwood Academy logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 32% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household income runs about $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which KIPP Heartwood Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Kipp Prize Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Heartwood Academy.

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

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.