KIPP San Jose Collegiate

KIPP San Jose Collegiate operates as a tight-knit high school in San Jose, California, operated by KIPP San Jose Collegiate District. Current enrollment sits at 512 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so KIPP San Jose Collegiate sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

KIPP San Jose Collegiate is a school of KIPP San Jose Collegiate District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, KIPP San Jose Collegiate logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, KIPP San Jose Collegiate records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household earnings sit near $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), KIPP San Jose Collegiate is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Independence High, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

KIPP San Jose Collegiate operates from a downtown location. KIPP San Jose Collegiate 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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