Middle · Arkansas
KIPP:Delta College Prep School
CharterFree meals for allKIPP:Delta College Prep School, a public middle school in Helena, Arkansas: grades 6–8, 163 students, 10.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of KIPP Delta Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 163
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.4
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 13.9 · 215 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 92% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 439 · 215 schools compared
Smaller than 89% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arkansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Arkansas: 35%24%proficient
A lower share proficient than 76% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 33% · 214 middle schools compared
150 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Arkansas: 39%30%proficient
A lower share proficient than 64% of middle schools in Arkansas
Median 38% · 214 middle schools compared
150 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ATLAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with KIPP Delta Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 514 Missouri St., Helena, AR 72342
- Phone
- (870)753-9444
- City or town
- Helena-West Helena
- County
- Phillips County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Tunica Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 334 | 12.4 |
Oakhurst Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 5–6 | 197 | 16.1 |
W.A. Higgins Academy Of Arts/International StudiesFree meals for all | 7–8 | 269 | 23.6 |
| 7–8 | 172 | 14.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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