KIPP Sol Academy

KIPP Sol Academy is one of the close-knit intermediate schools in Los Angeles, California, run under KIPP Sol Academy District, with 465 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP Sol Academy records that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KIPP Sol Academy has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), KIPP Sol Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KIPP Iluminar Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Sol Academy.

The campus sits in a residential setting. KIPP Sol Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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