Summary:
KIPP Durham College Preparatory is the sole public charter middle school in the KIPP Durham College Preparatory district, serving grades 5-8 in Durham, North Carolina. Despite being part of the nationally recognized KIPP network of schools, this school is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its predominantly low-income and minority student population.
According to the data, KIPP Durham College Preparatory has a student population of 311, with a racial makeup that is predominantly Hispanic (54.02%) and African American (42.44%). The school has a high percentage of students (96.78%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. While the student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5 is slightly lower than the state average, the school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state averages in mathematics, reading, and science, with only 17.7% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state average of 44.8%.
The consistently low performance of KIPP Durham College Preparatory and its bottom-quartile ranking among North Carolina middle schools suggest that the school is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students. The high percentage of economically disadvantaged students may be a contributing factor, and further investigation would be needed to understand the specific challenges the school faces and identify potential strategies for improvement.
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