KIPP Believe

KIPP Believe is a sprawling primary school in New Orleans, Louisiana, run under KIPP Believe. The school enrolls 710 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% larger than the state mean of about 453.

KIPP Believe is a school of KIPP Believe, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, KIPP Believe logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KIPP Believe has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting KIPP Believe tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Orleans Parish's rate of about 75%.

In the area at large, Orleans Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), KIPP Believe is one campus in the mix.

McDonogh 35 Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. KIPP Believe is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 849 students in 2018 compared to 710 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.