KIPP One Academy

KIPP One Academy is a heavily attended elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. The school caters to 996 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 161% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), KIPP One Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, KIPP One Academy lists that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 44% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 124.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at KIPP One Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KIPP One Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.4%; this one delivers 27.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. KIPP One Academy is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Orr Academy High School 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. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP One Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 11.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. KIPP One Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. KIPP One Academy's enrollment has rose 138% since 2018, when it stood at 418 (now 996). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 22% to 44%.

On the community side, members of the KIPP One Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.