Summary:
In zip code 75180 (Balch Springs, TX), there is one high school, KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy, which serves grades 6 through 12 and is part of the KIPP Texas Public Schools charter network, with a total enrollment of 618 students.
KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy serves a high-needs population, with 93.37% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The school is ranked 1,579th out of 2,009 high schools in Texas (21st percentile) and has a 1-star rating for the 2025-2026 school year. Its student-teacher ratio is 16.4:1, and it spent $10,223 per student in 2020-2021. The school shows a stark contrast between subjects: Reading proficiency is relatively strong, with 6th-grade Reading at 50% (close to the state average of 53.52%), while Mathematics is a significant challenge, particularly in middle school. For example, only 10.68% of 7th graders were proficient in math in 2025-2026, compared to the state average of 29.41%. However, there is a notable bright spot in Algebra I, where proficiency jumped from 29.58% in 2024-2025 to 50.43% in 2025-2026, nearly matching the state average.
A critical concern is the school's dropout rate of 2.9% for 2023-2024, which is more than double the district average of 1.2%. This suggests that while the school is making academic strides in some areas, it struggles to retain students through graduation. The severe underperformance in middle school math (hovering between 9% and 15% proficiency) is a foundational issue that likely impacts later success in high school math, making the strong Algebra I improvement an anomaly worth investigating. Overall, KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy faces significant challenges but shows pockets of success, particularly in reading and recent Algebra I gains, that could be leveraged for broader improvement.
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