KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL

Located at 533 W 121ST ST, in NEW YORK, New York, KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL is an average-sized middle-grades school that caters to 548 students (grades 6 through 10), run under KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL.

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

On the student-mix side, KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 162 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.7%; KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL posts 78.3%, +32.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, New York County reports that median household income runs about $103,931, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 358 public schools in New York County (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students).

The closest other public school is PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. KIPP BEYOND CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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