Progress With Purpose
KIPP SoCal is one of America’s top-performing public charter networks—20 tuition-free schools across Southern California transforming futures for more than 10,000 students and 10,000 alumni.
Progress With Purpose
KIPP SoCal is one of America’s top-performing public charter networks—20 tuition-free schools across Southern California transforming futures for more than 10,000 students and 10,000 alumni.
Our Story
Together, our students are lighting ever-wider paths to opportunity and change. For themselves. For all those who will follow them. And for us all.
Our Vision
We believe in a world where every child can grow up free to create the future they want for themselves and their community.
Our Mission
Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and create a more just world.
Our Community
Our Schools
Our Accomplishments
Charter Schools Strengthen Public Education
Charter schools were established nationwide to break the cycle of inequitable educational outcomes for students from historically marginalized communities.
Equity In Action
We believe education should liberate, uplift, and build a more just world. Through intentional policies and daily practice, we turn that vision into action—every student, every day.
Anti Racist Standards
Anti Racist Standards
Equity Ambassadors
Equity Ambassadors
Empowered Educators
Empowered Educators
Undervalued Nationally
California’s public schools face one of the widest funding gaps in the nation, paying top-tier teacher salaries while receiving bottom-tier per-student funding. It’s a national problem playing out in our local classrooms.
Level the
Playing Field
Charter public schools in Los Angeles receive $5,226 less per student in public funding than district schools—a gap worth closing.
What Sets Us Apart
KIPP SoCal has a 20 year track record of exceptional results, working together with families and communities to create powerful, anti-racist learning environments where all students can thrive.
Academic Growth that Inspires
From TK to 8th grade, KIPP SoCal students are achieving double-digit gains, mastering grade-level skills, and building unstoppable momentum for success.
KIPP school students receive more days of learning compared to other charter schools
Source: “As a Matter of Fact: The National Charter School Study III 2023,” Center for Research on Education Outcomes, Stanford University. Based on state test scores from 2014-2019. Weighted average KIPP impact provided by CREDO upon request. *CMOs (Charter Management Organizations)
Mental Health Program
Enrichment Activities
Social-Emotional Learning
Character Development
Rigorous Academics
Identity Affirmation
Whole Child Approach
KIPP SoCal creates safe, inclusive, and joyful learning experiences that cater to the development of the whole child.
Learning Beyond the Bell
At KIPP SoCal, education doesn’t stop when classes end: our students explore their passions through vibrant enrichment programs in the arts, music, sports, and more, nurturing creativity and confidence alongside academic excellence.
Families Choose KIPP
Even in a challenging statewide enrollment climate, KIPP SoCal schools continue to grow with hundreds of families still on waitlists — a testament to the trust families place in our joyful, high-quality education.
Enrollment Momentum
Enrollment Momentum
Full Classrooms
Full Classrooms
Growing Beginnings
Growing Beginnings
Steady Demand
Steady Demand
College, Career
& Beyond
Through KIPP Forward, our dedicated counselors provide individualized, relationship-based support from middle school through college, career, and beyond—walking alongside every KIPPster to build confidence and guide their unique path to success.
Always Forward
Always Forward
More Counseling
More Counseling
Graduating Stronger
Graduating Stronger
National Honors
National Honors
Higher Education
Higher Education
Degree Success
Degree Success
I don’t think I would be attending John Hopkins University had I not attended KIPP. My counselor really built a connection with me. As a KIPPster, you have an advantage. If you’re passionate about pursuing higher education as a first-generation college student, KIPP will help you succeed.