KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL

KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack all-grades campus in TROY, New York, run under KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, caters to 762 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 40% bigger than typical.

KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Rensselaer County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

Around the school, census data for Rensselaer County shows median household earnings sit near $87,915, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Rensselaer County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CARROLL HILL SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 30% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 762). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 15% to 6%.

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