KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY

KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in JACKSONVILLE, Florida, one of the schools within DUVAL. Current enrollment sits at 806 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY is one of 206 schools operated by DUVAL, a district that enrolls 131,562 students overall.

On the student-mix side, KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY lists that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Duval County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of +7.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Duval County put the typical household earns roughly $71,277 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Duval County's 220 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,209 students), KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. KIPP IMPACT ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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