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KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle is a public charter middle school serving grades 6-8 in Memphis, Tennessee, with a student population of 211. The school is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district, which is ranked 134 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Tennessee middle schools, with proficiency rates on state assessments (TNReady) that are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were 16.4% in mathematics, 12.8% in English Language Arts, 26.4% in science, and 27.5% in social studies, compared to the district averages of 20%, 22.4%, 25.6%, and 24.3%, respectively, and the state averages of 39.7%, 37.6%, 44%, and 45.3%. The school's performance is particularly low for female, male, and low socioeconomic status student groups, ranking in the bottom quartile of Tennessee middle schools for these subgroups.
While KIPP Memphis Collegiate Middle has seen a significant increase in per-student spending, from $11,104 in 2019-2020 to $20,529 in 2022-2023, and a decrease in its student-teacher ratio from 22.2 in 2020-2021 to 10.5 in 2022-2023, these investments have not yet translated into significantly better academic outcomes. The school's performance is generally lower than the nearby public and charter middle schools in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district, such as Georgian Hills Middle, Grandview Heights Middle School, and Memphis Business Academy Middle.
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