Results

Growth.

KIPP schools are widely acknowledged for narrowing the achievement gap in public education. KIPP LA schools are no exception and, like their KIPP cousins around the country, have produced outstanding results since opening five years ago. KIPP LA’s founding students, who were promoted to high school in 2007, offer the most complete picture of the KIPP LA “Four-Year Effect.” These students made remarkable gains across all subjects in their four years at KIPP, as measured by the SAT-10, a nationally administered test.

KIPP LA "Four Year Effect" | 2006-2007 Eighth Graders

Percent(%) of students at or above the national average

KIPP LA Four Year Effect 2006-2007 Eighth Graders

 

Comparative Performance.

KIPP LA students consistently outperform their peers across Los Angeles on the California Standards Tests for English, math, science, and history. Based on 2007 Academic Performance Index, which uses these tests to determine the performance of California schools, KIPP LA Prep and KAO respectively outperformed 91 percent and 88 percent of all middle schools in LA Unified School District, the nation’s second largest school district. Each school also bested the performance of all its neighboring public middle schools. The API scale ranges from 200 to 1000.

KIPP LA Schools vs. Neighboring Public Middle Schools | 2007 API Score

Academic Performance Index (API)

KIPP Schools vs Neighboring Public Middle Schools 2007 API Score

 

High School Placement.

In order to ensure that KIPP LA alumni remain on the path to college, our middle schools keep a sharp focus on high school placement. In yet another indication of their high achievement, KIPP LA’s eighth graders have been accepted to top college-preparatory independent day, parochial, and boarding and public charter and magnet schools across LA and the state. These schools include:

Private & Parochial Day Schools

  • The Archer School for Girls
  • The Chadwick School
  • Crossroads School
  • Harvard Westlake School
  • Junipero Serra High School
  • Loyola High School
  • Maranatha High School
  • Marymount High School
  • New Roads Academy
  • Pacific Hills School
  • St. Mary’s Academy
  • The Waverly School
  • Verbum Dei High School
  • Vistamar School

Boarding Schools

  • Cate School
  • Dunn School
  • Eagle Rock School
  • Idyllwild Arts Academy
  • San Domenico High School
  • The Thacher School

Public High Schools

  • Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School
  • Bravo Medical Magnet
  • California Academy of Math and Science
  • College Ready #4
  • College Ready #6
  • Frederick Douglass Academy
  • International Polytechnic High School
  • Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
  • Los Angeles Leadership Academy
  • Lou Dantzler Charter High School
  • Orthopedic Hospital Medical Magnet
  • View Park Academy

KIPP LA’s Class of 2012 (students who completed eighth grade in June 2008 and will graduate from high school in 2012) has collectively earned $3.1 million in four-year high school scholarships.

Note: Results are not yet available for KIPP Raíces Academy, since it has yet to complete its first school year.