Enrollment
305
Middle
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 290059103270
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY
955 Arcade Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118 · (314) 454-9167 · St. Louis city
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Missouri public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
305 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 5 | 87 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 21% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY→KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH
Based on grade levels within KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
12.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.3pp since 2021
Math
6.9%
MO avg 43.8% . -8.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.3% | 6.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.6% | 5.8% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 14.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.6% | 15.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 TRIUMPH ACADEMY
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY's state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY this school | 305 | 100.0% | 9.8% |
| YEATMAN-LIDDELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ST LOUIS | 300 | 100.0% | 3.8% |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ST LOUIS | 260 | 100.0% | 10.8% |
| UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 265 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH JENNINGS | 310 | 100.0% | 15.6% |
| GATEWAY MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 382 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
Matched among Missouri 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 TRIUMPH ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #366 of 379 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #369 of 380 ▲ 3 | #11 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #366 of 380 ▼ 9 | #9 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.9pp | #16 of 364 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #262 of 397 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #5 of 321 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #313 of 321 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #8 of 379 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #32 of 91 | #2 of 6 |
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
305
-153 (-33%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 305 | 33.1 | 9.2:1 | 100% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 35.5 | 9.2:1 | 100% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 36.4 | 10.3:1 | 99% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 99% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 100% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 81 | 5 | 16.2:1 | 100% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (274 to 305); teachers up 74% (19 to 33.1).
About KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is a small middle-grades school in St. Louis, Missouri, that operates as a charter school. It has an enrollment of 305 students in grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Missouri average about 461 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is part of KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, where 6 schools serve 2,069 students.
The share of Black students at KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is 96%. Enrollment also includes 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 54 points above the 42% share among St. Louis city residents. The diversity index for KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY, there are about 9.2 students; the school has 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%.
On the allk12 Grade, KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY lands at F, ahead of 2% of Missouri public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 9.8% actual against 22.4% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for St. Louis city show that median household income comes to about $56,160, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Louis city counts 113 public schools with about 29,941 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is 7th among 7 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment was 305 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 458. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 9.2:1 over the same years.
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Louis city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KIPP VICTORY ACADEMYElementary · 433 students
- KIPP INSPIRE ACADEMYMiddle · 409 students
- KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGHHigh · 354 students
- KIPP WISDOM ACADEMYElementary · 285 students
- KIPP WONDER ACADEMYElementary · 283 students
Other schools in St. Louis
- LINDBERGH SR. HIGHHigh · 2,304 students
- SOUTH CITYElementary · 838 students
- TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 816 students
- DRESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGHHigh · 461 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 433
- SOLDAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES0.5 mi · 337
- HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.0.7 mi · 243
- MET DAY TREATMENT CENTER1.1 mi · 11
- WASHINGTON MONTESSORI1.1 mi · 266
- LACLEDE ELEM.1.2 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY?
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY enrolls approximately 305 students in grades 05-08.
Is KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is approximately 9.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY?
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY reports a student body of 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY?
KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY is overseen by KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS in St. Louis city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.