KIPP Central City

KIPP Central City is an open, independent charter district located at 2625 Thalia Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Operating a single school within a large city environment in the New Orleans-Metairie metropolitan area, the district functions as its own local educational agency for federal programs. It delivers an educational curriculum spanning from prekindergarten through eighth grade. Based on the 2024–2025 NCES dataset context, the district serves a total of 817 students, with grade-level enrollments including 36 prekindergarten students, 71 kindergarteners, 90 first graders, 92 second graders, 101 third graders, 77 fourth graders, 75 fifth graders, 84 sixth graders, 93 seventh graders, and 98 eighth graders.

The district’s student body consists of 440 male and 377 female students. In terms of racial and ethnic background, the student population includes 689 Black, 112 Hispanic, 10 White, 5 multiracial (two or more races), and 1 American Indian student. To serve its student body and maintain campus operations, KIPP Central City employs a total full-time equivalent (FTE) staff of 244 personnel. This staffing model is comprised of 138 teacher FTEs, 20 instructional aide FTEs, and 86 support staff FTEs, offering instructional, educational, and operational support across the grade levels.