KIPP Summit Academy

KIPP Summit Academy operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in San Lorenzo, California, one of the schools within KIPP Summit Academy District. Current enrollment sits at 427 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 659.

KIPP Summit Academy sits inside KIPP Summit Academy District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP Summit Academy records that Asian students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder breaks down as 37% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Alameda County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), KIPP Summit Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP King Collegiate High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Summit Academy.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. KIPP Summit Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.