📍 6519 Virgilian St, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, 70126
KIPP East is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Orleans, Orleans Parish. The school has 1,064 pupils enrolled. It is part of the KIPP East Community Primary school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
KIPP East enrolls 1,064 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 72 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 967 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 81 | 7.6% |
| White | 10 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
911 of the school's 1,064 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 911 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 East 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 LA-20, state senate district 4, state house district 99.
KIPP East is one of 1 schools in KIPP East Community Primary, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The district serves 921 students district-wide and employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,064 students, KIPP East is larger than the district average of about 921 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large