KIPP Promesa Prep

Located at 1241 South Soto St., in Los Angeles, California, KIPP Promesa Prep is a moderately sized K-5 school that caters to 495 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within KIPP Promesa Prep District.

KIPP Promesa Prep is a school of KIPP Promesa Prep District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP Promesa Prep shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, On paper, KIPP Promesa Prep has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 86% of students are eligible 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Los Angeles County reports that median household income runs about $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. KIPP Promesa Prep is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

KIPP Endeavor College Preparatory Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Promesa Prep.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. KIPP Promesa Prep operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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