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Enrollment
312
Middle
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012003823
Kipp Strive Charter School
1444 Lucile Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 · (404) 753-1530 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Georgia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
300 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 110 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 35% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
30.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.0pp since 2021
Math
25.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.9% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 33.4% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 15.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kipp Strive Charter School
Kipp Strive Charter School's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipp Strive Charter School this school | 312 | 96.2% | 26.2% |
| KIPP WAYS Academy Charter School Atlanta | 289 | 100.0% | 14.7% |
| KIPP Soul Academy Atlanta | 285 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Herman J. Russell West End Academy Atlanta | 342 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| KIPP VISION Charter School Atlanta | 300 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| W.S. Hornsby Middle School Augusta | 391 | 100.0% | 7.2% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kipp Strive Charter School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #345 of 470 | #22 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #353 of 474 ▲ 36 | #23 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #291 of 474 ▼ 37 | #21 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #283 of 465 | #29 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #438 of 487 | #30 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #118 of 471 | #20 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.3% | #468 of 471 | #34 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #173 of 479 | #22 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #50 of 305 | #6 of 26 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
312
-93 (-23%) vs 2020
+70% since 2010-11, when it was 184
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 312 | 24.3 | 12.8:1 | 96% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 74% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 27.1 | 14.9:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 95% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 72% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 18 | 18.7:1 | 74% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 184 | 11 | 16.7:1 | 70% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kipp Strive Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (394 to 312); teachers down 10% (27 to 24.3).
About Kipp Strive Charter School
Kipp Strive Charter School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Atlanta, Georgia. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 312 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in Georgia enroll about 763 students on average.
Atlanta Public Schools (87 schools, 49,945 students) runs Kipp Strive Charter School.
A large majority of enrollment at Kipp Strive Charter School is Black, at 97%. Fulton County's residents are about 43% Black, 54 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kipp Strive Charter School scores 6%.
The school had 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1. The school reported 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 62% average for public schools in Fulton County.
Kipp Strive Charter School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of Georgia public middle schools.
The model predicts 27.7% for a school in Georgia with Kipp Strive Charter School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Kipp Strive Charter School posts 26.2%.
Looking at the county, Fulton County, median household income comes to about $95,292, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 205, with about 138,270 students.
Kipp Strive Charter School's closest public school neighbor is KIPP Strive Primary Charter School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 26.2% is above the 19.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Kipp Strive Charter School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Kipp Strive Charter School is run as a public charter school.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 312, from 405 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Kipp Strive Charter School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Kipp Strive Charter SchoolHow many students attend Kipp Strive Charter School?
Kipp Strive Charter School enrolls approximately 312 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kipp Strive Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kipp Strive Charter School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kipp Strive Charter School have?
Kipp Strive Charter School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Kipp Strive Charter School?
Kipp Strive Charter School reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Kipp Strive Charter School?
Kipp Strive Charter School is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.