KIPP TRUTH EL

KIPP TRUTH EL is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in DALLAS, Texas, operated by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolling 515 students in grades pre-K through 4.

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

On demographics, KIPP TRUTH EL reports that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 40% Hispanic. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, KIPP TRUTH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.7%.

In the area at large, 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%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), KIPP TRUTH EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP TRUTH ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP TRUTH EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP TRUTH EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. KIPP TRUTH EL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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