📍 1445 Maynard Rd NW, Atlanta, Fulton County, 30331
KIPP Soul Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Atlanta, Fulton County. The school has 315 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Atlanta Public Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 15% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
KIPP Soul Academy enrolls 315 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, <1% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 307 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
315 of the school's 315 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 315 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
KIPP Soul 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. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-60, state senate district 38, state house district 53.
KIPP Soul Academy is one of 86 schools in Atlanta Public Schools, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The district serves 49,945 students district-wide and employs 3,979 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 315 students, KIPP Soul Academy is smaller than the district average of about 581 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large