KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY

KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in ST. LOUIS, Missouri, run under KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, caters to 433 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY sits 37% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (2,069 students total), KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY reports that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% multiracial. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Louis city indicate median household income runs about $56,160, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.7%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 556 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.