KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL

KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in BRONX, New York, part of KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL, with 615 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

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

On demographics, KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 35% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 60.5%, a residual of +18.6 points.

In the area at large, Bronx County reports that median household income runs about $48,676, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Bronx County's 472 public schools (combined enrollment of about 202,028 students), KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

IS 206 ANN MERSEREAU is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, KIPP FREEDOM CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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