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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 290059103245
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY
955 ARCADE AVENUE, ST. LOUIS, MO 63118 · (314) 454-9255 · St. Louis city
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Missouri public elementary 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.
- 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 Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
433 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
8%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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
7.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.7pp since 2021
Math
13.1%
MO avg 43.8% . +3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.5% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 6.0% | 10.1% |
| 2022-23 | 9.3% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 11.2% | 9.8% |
% 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
9.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% 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 VICTORY ACADEMY
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY's state test result (9.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY this school | 433 | 100.0% | 9.0% |
| GATEWAY ELEM. ST LOUIS | 426 | 100.0% | 11.4% |
| GRANNEMANN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 438 | 100.0% | 11.6% |
| LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY KANSAS CITY | 401 | 100.0% | 10.8% |
| OLD NORTH ACADEMY ST. LOUIS | 448 | 99.8% | 14.3% |
| JURY ELEM. FLORISSANT | 480 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
Matched among Missouri elementary 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 VICTORY ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #965 of 1,002 | #40 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #944 of 1,019 ▲ 20 | #28 of 57 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #1,002 of 1,018 ▲ 3 | #47 of 57 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #394 of 943 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #291 of 1,294 | #6 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #538 of 950 | #29 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #896 of 953 | #31 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #16 of 1,165 | #3 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #156 of 684 | #25 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
433
-156 (-26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 433 | 32.8 | 13.2:1 | 100% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 42.4 | 11.3:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 40.4 | 11.9:1 | 99% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 26 | 21.4:1 | 100% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 100% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (556 to 433); teachers up 26% (26 to 32.8).
About KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is a mid-sized elementary school based in ST. LOUIS, Missouri. It teaches 433 students in kindergarten through 4. Elementary schools in Missouri have about 315 students on average; enrollment here is 37% higher.
In KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 6 schools enroll a combined 2,069 students.
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is 96% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Louis city's population at about 42%. The diversity index for KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 13.2:1 is based on 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Test results at KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY are 13.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (9.0% actual, 22.4% predicted).
In the surrounding county, St. Louis city, median household income comes to about $56,160, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 113 public schools and about 29,941 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY, is the closest to KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
The school's student count decreased 26% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 13.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 INSPIRE ACADEMYMiddle · 409 students
- KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGHHigh · 354 students
- KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMYMiddle · 305 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 TRIUMPH ACADEMY0.0 mi · 305
- 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 VICTORY ACADEMYHow many students attend KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY?
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-04.
Is KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY have?
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY?
Student demographics at KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY are roughly 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY public or private?
KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.