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KIPP University Park is a public charter elementary school in Stockton, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 33 students. The school is part of the KIPP University Park District, which is ranked 1433 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
KIPP University Park faces significant challenges in providing a quality education to its students. The school has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 43.6%, which is significantly higher than the state average of 16.1%. Additionally, the school's test scores are consistently lower than the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 24.37% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 47.04%, and only 11.76% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 35.54%. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as female and male students, who rank in the bottom 20% of California elementary schools.
Interestingly, KIPP University Park's performance is significantly lower than the nearby charter schools, such as Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton, TEAM Charter, and Stockton Collegiate International Elementary, which generally have higher test scores, lower chronic absenteeism rates, and better overall performance. The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students at KIPP University Park, with 90.91% receiving free or reduced-price lunch, may be a contributing factor to the school's challenges. The poor performance of KIPP University Park, as well as other low-performing schools in the Stockton Unified School District, raises concerns about the overall quality of education in the district, and the district may need to take a more proactive approach to supporting its struggling schools.
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