KIPP St. Louis, a public charter school network that educates nearly 2,000 students in the City of St. Louis, has been awarded renewal of its charter through the 2023-2024 academic year by the Missouri State Board of Education.
Washington University in St. Louis, its sponsor, was instrumental, along with a group of local business leaders in bringing KIPP to St. Louis. KIPP St. Louis opened its first school, KIPP Inspire Academy, in 2009 with 72 fifth graders. Those students are now college sophomores, attending more than 30 colleges and universities around the country.
KIPP has grown to a network of five schools — two elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school that opened in 2017. The high school will graduate its first senior class in 2021. KIPP St. Louis has plans to add a third elementary school, KIPP Wonder Academy, beginning with kindergarten in August 2019. All KIPP St. Louis schools are free and open to students who live in the City of St. Louis.
For more information, visit https://www.kippstl.org.
