KIPP: Delta Public Schools is a
charter school
A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autono ...
operator supported by the
Knowledge Is Power Program
The Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) is a network of tuition-free, open-enrollment college-preparatory public charter schools serving students in historically underserved communities across the United States. Founded in 1994 by Mike Feinber ...
(KIPP) based in
Helena–West Helena, Arkansas
Helena–West Helena (; ) is the county seat of and the largest city within Phillips County, Arkansas, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. , USA. The system consists of three schools in
Phillips County and one facility in
Mississippi County.
, 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.
List of schools
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KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School (grades 7-12)
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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'.
* 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
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States Department of Education award program that recognizes exemplary public and non-public schools on a yearly basis. Using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures, ...
by the U.S. Department of Education.
* 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. Since the renovation it has two playgrounds.
Circa 2014 KIPP Delta established the grade 5-8 KIPP Forrest City College Preparatory School in
Forrest City
Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a notable Confederate war hero who later became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Shortly ...
, 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.
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See also
* List of school districts in Arkansas
This is the list of school districts in Arkansas.
All of Arkansas's school districts are of one type, and Arkansas has no dependent school systems (that is, school systems dependent on a city or county government). All Arkansas school distric ...
Other KIPP schools:
* KIPP Houston Public Schools
* KIPP San Antonio Public Schools
* KIPP SoCal Public Schools
References
External links
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{{Forrest City, Arkansas
Charter schools in Arkansas
Education in Phillips County, Arkansas
Education in Mississippi County, Arkansas
Education in St. Francis County, Arkansas