KIPP Esperanza High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · East Palo Alto, California
KIPP Esperanza High in East Palo Alto, California enrolled 194 students in 2024-25 with 19.0 full-time teachers, 10.2 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 6-9% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 12% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 5%
220 students in 2022-23, 241 students in 2023-24, 194 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 20.0 to 19.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 220 | 20.0 | 11.0 |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 25.0 | 9.6 |
| 2024-25 | 194 | 19.0 | 10.2 |
10.2 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 88 of every 100 California high schools
Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
1 AP courses in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection KIPP Esperanza High enrolled 194 students and reported no counselor; it reported 39 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses1
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions39
- Chronically absent21.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
95.4% of students were Hispanic, 2.6% Black, 1.0% Pacific Islander in 2024-25.
- Hispanic95.4%
- Black2.6%
- Pacific Islander1.0%
- White0.5%
- Asian0.5%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at KIPP Esperanza High scored proficient or above: 6-9% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.
| Subject | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 6‑9% | not published | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express; for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
High schools in East Palo Alto
3 public high schools in East Palo Alto report 2024-25 enrollment; KIPP Esperanza High is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Palo Alto Academy | 278 | 13.0 | 59.4% |
| KIPP Esperanza High | 194 | 10.2 | 85.6% |
| Oxford Day Academy | 108 | 43.0 | 58.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about KIPP Esperanza High
- Oxford Day AcademyThe nearest public high school, under 0.1 miles away: 108 students, 43.0 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- East Palo Alto AcademyThe next nearest public high school, 0.3 miles away: 278 students, 13.0 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Compare KIPP Esperanza High with Oxford Day AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much KIPP Esperanza High District spends per student$25,255 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$25,255
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaKIPP Esperanza High is the number 1,373 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#1,373 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher10.2 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.10.2:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about KIPP Esperanza High
How many students attend KIPP Esperanza High?
194 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 220 in 2022-23. It is a high school in East Palo Alto, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP Esperanza High?
10.2 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is KIPP Esperanza High a Title I school?
KIPP Esperanza High has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at KIPP Esperanza High do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at KIPP Esperanza High scored proficient or above: 6-9% in math, against 34.3% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is KIPP Esperanza High in?
KIPP Esperanza High District, NCES district ID 0602533. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060253314482 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.