State/Public Middle Open

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy

๐Ÿ“ 375 S Tejon Street, Denver, Denver County, 80223

387
Pupils
11.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Denver, Denver County. The school has 387 pupils enrolled. It is part of the School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C school district. It serves grades 5โ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. It operates as a public charter school.

School details

School district
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C

Enrollment & staffing

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy enrolls 387 students across grades 5โ€“8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.

Male students
185 (48%)
Female students
202 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
33.6
Student-teacher ratio
11.5:1
Grade span
5โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% Black or African American and 1.8% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino36193%
Black or African American102.6%
White71.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native41%
Two or more races3<1%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

361 of the school's 387 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 5โ€“8Charter schoolTitle I

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.

School district: School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C

KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy is one of 203 schools in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, based in DENVER, Colorado. The district serves 90,471 students district-wide and employs 5,947 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 387 students, KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy is close to the district average of about 446 students per school.

90,471
District students
203
Schools
5,947
Teachers (FTE)

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