KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY

KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY, a cozy high school in DALLAS, Texas, operated by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teaches 340 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 33,437 students; KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY is among them.

On demographics, KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 48% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 28.6%, a residual of -4.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

DR FREDERICK HAYNES III GLOBAL PREP AT PAUL QUINN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for KIPP OAK CLIFF ACADEMY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.