KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle

Set in Memphis, Tennessee, KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle is a small intermediate school, operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools. It serves 301 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 554 students.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools runs 211 schools in total, collectively educating 111,979 students. KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%); the rest looks like 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household earnings sit near $63,767, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP Memphis Collegiate Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle operates from a high-density location. KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 301). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 98% to 93%.

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