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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 auto ...
operator supported by the
Knowledge Is Power Program The Knowledge is Power Program, commonly known as KIPP, is a network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory schools in low income communities throughout the United States. KIPP is America's largest network of charter schools. The head of ...
(KIPP) based in
Helena–West Helena, Arkansas Helena–West Helena is the county seat of and the largest city within Phillips County, Arkansas, United States."Phill ...
, 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

* KIPP Blytheville Collegiate High School (grades 7-12) * 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 Blytheville is the county seat and the largest city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. It is approximately north of West Memphis. The population was 13,406 at the 2020 census, down from 15,620 in 2010. History Blytheville was found ...
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 St. Francis County, Arkansas, St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States, and the county seat. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who used the location as a campsite for a construction crew completing a rail ...
, 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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List of school districts in Arkansas This is the list of school districts in Arkansas. Background The proposed school consolidation came as a result of education reform measures spearheaded by the Arkansas Education Association (AEA),Ledbetter, p. 47. which was prompted by a 1921 ...
Other KIPP schools: *
KIPP Houston Public Schools KIPP Texas Public Schools, is the branch of the KIPP charter school network in the U.S. state of Texas. It consists of four regional offices each in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. History Circa 2003 KIPP had four separate charter school ...
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KIPP San Antonio Public Schools KIPP Texas Public Schools, is the branch of the KIPP charter school network in the U.S. state of Texas. It consists of four regional offices each in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. History Circa 2003 KIPP had four separate charter school ...
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KIPP SoCal Public Schools KIPP SoCal ("SoCal" means Southern California) is a charter school operator associated with KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program). KIPP LA, serving the Los Angeles metropolitan area, was founded in 2003 with two middle schools and now consists of 15 s ...


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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