KIPP Data

Focus On Results
• At KIPP Academy Houston, 97% of fifth graders passed the reading portion of the 2001 Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), while in all other areas and grade levels, they achieved a 100% passing rate.

• KIPP Academy Bronx now ranks in the top 10% in New York City for achievement in both reading and math.

• The students at KIPP DC KEY Academy showed a first year increase in the Stanford 9 test of 22 percentage points.

• After one year at KIPP Gaston College Preparatory, 93% of the students passed the reading section of the state tests, compared to only 49% before entering the school.

• At KIPP 3D Academy in Houston, 80% of students passed the TAAS reading portion, compared to 57% before entering the school; 94% passed TAAS math, compared with 64% prior to enrolling at KIPP 3D.

• While 99% of KIPP's students are from minority groups and 92% receive free meals through the federal school lunch program, KIPP makes no excuses based on race, gender, socioeconomic status or disability.

• KIPP schools have been extremely successful at helping students gain entrance to top public and private high schools that have a proven track record of college matriculation. Last year, eighth grade KIPP students earned more than $4 million in high school scholarships.