KIPP Soul Academy

KIPP Soul Academy, a tiny 6-8 campus in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Atlanta Public Schools, hosts 285 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so KIPP Soul Academy sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

KIPP Soul Academy is one of 87 schools operated by Atlanta Public Schools, a district that hosts 49,945 students overall.

Demographically, KIPP Soul Academy records that nearly all students (98%) are Black. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

In terms of school funding signals, KIPP Soul Academy shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP Soul Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 21.8%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household income runs about $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. KIPP Soul Academy is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

KIPP Soul Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP Soul Academy at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.4%.

KIPP Soul Academy operates from a downtown location. KIPP Soul Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.