KIPP Poder Public

As a low-enrollment primary school in Los Angeles, California, KIPP Poder Public serves 203 students from grades K through 8, operated by KIPP Poder Public District. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so KIPP Poder Public sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, KIPP Poder Public answers to KIPP Poder Public District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, KIPP Poder Public logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, KIPP Poder Public records 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at KIPP Poder Public qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. KIPP Poder Public is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Joseph A. Gascon Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Poder Public.

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

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