KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL

Set in NEW YORK, New York, KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is a substantial elementary-level community, operated by KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL. It caters to 748 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL sits 69% above that benchmark.

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

On demographics, KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL logs that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 38% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 43.0%; actual is 68.6%, +25.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for New York County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,931 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, New York County runs 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), of which KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

PS 125 RALPH BUNCHE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIPP STAR COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL has contracted 19%, going from 922 students in 2018 to 748 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 48% to 38%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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