KIPP West Philadelphia CS

KIPP West Philadelphia CS operates as a high-enrollment primary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, run under KIPP West Philadelphia CS. Current enrollment sits at 848 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so KIPP West Philadelphia CS sits 91% bigger than that benchmark.

KIPP West Philadelphia CS sits inside KIPP West Philadelphia CS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, KIPP West Philadelphia CS shows that nearly all students (93%) are Black; the rest reads as 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KIPP West Philadelphia CS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Philadelphia County shows median household earnings sit near $61,953, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Philadelphia County's 309 public schools (combined enrollment of about 182,005 students), KIPP West Philadelphia CS is one campus in the mix.

KIPP DuBois 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 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP West Philadelphia CS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. KIPP West 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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