📍 1500 S Peachtree Rd, Balch Springs, Dallas County, 75180
Kipp Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Balch Springs, Dallas County. The school has 526 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Constance Jawaid. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–10 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy enrolls 526 students across grades 6–10. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 38% Black or African American and 1.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 308 | 59% |
| Black or African American | 202 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.7% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
476 of the school's 526 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 457 qualify for free lunch and 19 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 Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 2, state house district 110.
Kipp Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy is one of 58 schools in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 32,771 students district-wide and employs 1,976 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 526 students, Kipp Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy is close to the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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