KIPP: Delta Public Schools

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KIPP: Delta Public Schools
Location
410 Ohio Street
Helena–West Helena, Arkansas 72342
United States
District information
Type
FTE basis)[1]
Staff112.01 (on FTE basis)[1]
Athletic conference1A Region 5
Other information
Websitewww.kippdelta.org

KIPP: Delta Public Schools is a

Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) based in Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, USA. The system consists of three schools in Phillips County and one facility in Mississippi County
.

As of 2018[update], under an agreement with the State of Arkansas, the schools may enroll no more than 1,100 students each in Blytheville and Helena-West Helena and 400 in Forrest City, for a total limit of 2,600.[2]

List of schools

  • KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School (grades 7-12)
  • KIPP: Delta Collegiate High School (grades 9–12) in Helena–West Helena. In 2012, KIPP Delta Collegiate was nationally recognized as a Gold Medalist and was ranked the No. 2 high school in Arkansas, the No. 52 charter school in the US, and the No. 408 overall school in the US by U.S. News & World Report'.[3]
  • KIPP: Delta College Preparatory School (grades 5–8), in Helena–West Helena. In 2008, KIPP: Delta College Prep School was made a
    National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.[4]
  • KIPP: Blytheville College Preparatory School (grades K–6), in Blytheville and founded in 2010.
  • KIPP: Delta Elementary Literacy Academy (kindergarten–grade 4), in Helena–West Helena and founded in 2009.
    • It was initially on Cherry Street in downtown Helena. In Spring 2017 KIPP Delta bought the former Beechcrest Elementary School in West Helena from the
      Helena-West Helena School District, and since 2017 the school is located in that campus while the high school moved into the Cherry Street campus.[5] Since the renovation it has two playgrounds.[6]

Circa 2014 KIPP Delta established the grade 5-8 KIPP Forrest City College Preparatory School in Forrest City, which occupied several temporary buildings and a portion of a Catholic church which had a lease agreement with KIPP. In 2018 KIPP Delta asked the State of Arkansas for permission to close KIPP Forest City and send students to the Helena-West Helena facility.[2]

See also

Other KIPP schools:

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Kipp Delta Public Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Howell, Cynthia (December 2, 2018). "KIPP schools seek campus closure in Arkansas". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Best High Schools". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  4. ^ "Blue Ribbon Schools in Arkansas". Arkansas Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  5. Helena West Helena World
    . Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  6. The Helena World
    . November 27, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

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