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KIPP Bridge Academy is a public charter elementary school serving 509 students in grades K-8 in the high-poverty area of Oakland, California. While the school faces significant challenges, including low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a student population with high economic disadvantage, there are some interesting insights that parents should consider.
KIPP Bridge Academy has a much higher percentage of African American students (55.4%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 9.36% to 52.74% African American. The school's test scores are generally lower than state and nearby school averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2022-2023, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 15.22% to 52.83%, compared to the state average of 42.96% to 47.44%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 6.52% to 40%, compared to the state average of 29.94% to 45.11%. Additionally, KIPP Bridge Academy has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 48.1%, significantly higher than the nearby schools, which range from 19.7% to 68.3%.
However, the school's African American and English Language Learner (ELL) students perform better compared to their peers at the school. For example, in 2022-2023, KIPP Bridge Academy's African American students ranked 252 out of 657 California elementary schools in English Language Arts, and the ELL students ranked 1157 out of 3240 California elementary schools. The nearby schools show a wide range of performance, with some schools, such as Cleveland Elementary and Lincoln Elementary, performing significantly better than KIPP Bridge Academy and the state averages, while others, such as Hoover Elementary and Martin Luther King Junior Elementary, perform even worse.
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