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Our Schools

KIPP is the largest charter school network in America, and in the top 25 largest U.S. public school districts by enrollment. Together, our community of educators, families, and leaders are united by a shared belief: that every child deserves an excellent education. Our scale means more students reached, more communities served, and more opportunities for our schools to learn from one another.

Top 50 largest U.S. public school districts by enrollment*

*Data represents school year 2022-23. 

Our Team

Great schools are built on great leadership, and great leaders are built over time. We’re proud of the educators who have chosen to grow and lead with KIPP over time, and of the regions and talent teams who work every day to help them thrive.

Leading at KIPP

We prioritize providing students with a joyful, academically excellent education led by thriving educators. Central to this charge are visionary principals who set a high bar for achievement and model what it means to believe deeply in every child.

Excellence in teaching

Each year, 10 K-12 teachers from across the KIPP network are awarded the Harriett Ball Excellence in Teaching award. Winners (who receive a $10,000 prize) are chosen based on their track record of improving student achievement, their school and classroom leadership, and their belief that every child is capable of greatness.

The 2026 honorees are recognized for:

• Helping every student finish the year reading on grade level, despite fewer than 20% starting there;
• Growing math proficiency from 36% to 93% in four years — more than double New York City’s citywide pass rate;
• Outpacing DC’s citywide ELA and math averages by double digits;
• and more.

Our High Schoolers and Alumni

College preparation takes commitment, and our students bring it. Each year, more than 5,000 students graduate from a KIPP high school. They go on to build lives full of purpose and possibility — in college, careers, and in their communities.

There are 85,000 KIPP alumni across the country.

• 22,000 alums were enrolled in college in fall 2024,
• 6,000 alums are enrolled at one of our partner institutions; and
• 1,500+ alums attend a highly-selective institution

Jaliwa Albright, Maleah Densby, Metztli Garcia, Horus Hernandez and Breon Robinson are five KIPP alums who were part of the Goldberg Scholars Program and attended some of our top institution partners: Duke University, The University of Houston, and UCLA.

Independent research on KIPP’s impact

According to Mathematica, an independent research firm, students who attended KIPP Middle Schools and KIPP High Schools are:

• Nearly 2x as likely to persist and graduate from a four-year college as their peers who did not attend KIPP
• Sixty-seven percent more likely to enroll in college compared to peers who did not attend KIPP

The 2023 Mathematica report also found that the impact of attending a KIPP middle and high school, extrapolated nationwide, would be large enough to close the degree completion gap for Black students and nearly close the degree completion gap for Latino students in the United States.

Financials

Like all public schools, KIPP public charter schools receive funding from federal, state, and local public sources to support the cost of operations. And, like most public schools, KIPP schools also raise private funding to strengthen the impact of programs.

The cost to grow and serve more students varies greatly across our communities. As a result, there is no “one-size-fits-all” business model for providing a high-quality KIPP education.

Our goal for financial sustainability is for KIPP regions to have reliable and renewable financial resources. Financially healthy KIPP regions manage within a budget, accurately forecast revenue needs, ensure they take on only the debt they can afford, have strong internal controls, and prudently save as insurance to weather the unexpected.

For more information, download the KIPP Foundation’s financial forms:

• 2025 KIPP Financial Audit
• 2025 KIPP Single Audit
• 2023-24 KIPP Foundation Form 990

KIPP regions, as separate entities from the KIPP Foundation have their own financial forms. Please visit the KIPP Regional Directory should you desire financial information about KIPP regions.