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KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation
KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation operates as a well-populated all-grades campus in Camden, New Jersey, one of the schools within KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation. Current enrollment sits at 2,280 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 934 students each, so KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation sits 144% bigger than that benchmark.
KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation sits inside KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On demographics, KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation records that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
On the resource side, The school reports having 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 13.0%, the actual is 19.4%, a residual of +6.4 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Camden County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $88,755 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Hope Community Charter School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 11.3%.
KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation's enrollment has rose 104% since 2018, when it stood at 1,120 (now 2,280). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 35% to 42%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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