KIPP Philadelphia CS

KIPP Philadelphia CS operates as a high-enrollment primary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within KIPP Philadelphia CS. Current enrollment sits at 861 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 94% larger than the state mean of about 443.

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

Looking at the student body, KIPP Philadelphia CS lists that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP Philadelphia CS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Philadelphia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,953 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Philadelphia County runs 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), of which KIPP Philadelphia CS is one.

KIPP North Philadelphia CS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP Philadelphia CS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.4%.

KIPP Philadelphia CS operates from an urban location. KIPP Philadelphia CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. KIPP Philadelphia CS's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 860 (now 861). Black enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window.

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