KIPP North Philadelphia CS

As a large primary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, KIPP North Philadelphia CS instructs 683 students from grades K through 8, operated by KIPP North Philadelphia CS. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so KIPP North Philadelphia CS sits 54% above that benchmark.

KIPP North Philadelphia CS is a school of KIPP North Philadelphia CS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP North Philadelphia CS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%). Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP North Philadelphia CS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.5%; this one comes in at 11.2%, -24.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Philadelphia County) reports that median household income runs about $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which KIPP North Philadelphia CS is one.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP Philadelphia CS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KIPP North Philadelphia CS comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. KIPP North Philadelphia CS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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