KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY

KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY is a small middle-grades school in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school caters to 440 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Across the 56 schools in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (33,437 students total), KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 46% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 98% of students at KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 24.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP TRUTH EL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site. KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY 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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