KIPP S.T.A.R. College Preparatory Charter School
- 625 West 133 Street, Manhattan
- Grades K-12
- Natalie Webb/Candice Seagrave, Principal
- 212-991-2650
About
KIPP S.T.A.R. College Preparatory Charter School serves students across elementary, middle, and high school grade groups in Manhattan. The school enrolls 742 students, a figure well above the citywide 75th percentile for enrollment. A significant 87.0% of students are identified by the Economic Need Index, which is above the citywide median. Academically, the school shows strong proficiency in English Language Arts and Math, with 73.0% of students proficient in ELA and 74.0% in Math, both near the citywide 75th percentile. However, the rate of accelerated coursework is 1.0%, which is well below the citywide 25th percentile. For high school students, 73.7% of those taking the Algebra I Regents exam passed. The student body includes 4.0% English Language Learners, which is well below the citywide 25th percentile, and 27.0% of students with Individualized Education Programs, which is above the citywide median. Parent and student survey results are not available for this school.
Sources (3)
- NYC DOE Location Code Generating and Management System (LCGMS) · 2026-27 (export of 2026-08-22)
- NYC DOE School Quality Reports and Snapshot, 2024-25 · 2024-25
- NYC School Survey (parent and student responses)
Academics
State test proficiency rates and acceleration.
ELA proficiency
73%
Math proficiency
74%
Proficiency rates are from the Grade 3–8 NYS state test (school-level).
Attendance rate
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Avg class size (general ed)
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Avg class size (ICT)
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Community & climate
Demographics, attendance, school survey results, and DOE quality ratings.
Quality signals
NYC School Survey, 2025-26
Overall positive % is averaged across every Pos/Neg survey question per respondent group (school year 2025-2026). Survey topics are the DOE’s framework measures (each the average favorable response across its questions; expand a topic to see them and the citywide average); the dimension scores themselves are no longer in the public data file.[3]
Operational health
Attendance
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Chronic absenteeism
41%
Suspension rate
13%
Teachers[7]
Teachers with 4+ years' experience
47%
Students per teacher
19:1
Teaching out of certification
63%
Teacher experience and certification from the NYSED School Report Card (2024–25); students per teacher = enrollment ÷ reported teachers. Fewer than 4 years counts as inexperienced.
Student body
Race / ethnicity[4]
- Black 54%
- Hispanic 39%
- White 2%
- Multiracial 3%
School-level totals; may not sum to 100% due to rounding and small subgroup suppression.
Gender[4]
- Female 51%
- Male 49%
Female / male shares as published by the DOE; other gender identities aren’t reported in the source data.
Enrollment
742
Economic Need Index
87%
Free / reduced lunch
87%
English learners
4%
Students with IEPs
27%
Financials
[8]What this school has to spend, and what it spends it on. Spending is not a measure of quality. Schools serving more students with higher needs receive more money.
Charter schools manage their own budgets rather than receiving a school allocation from the DOE, so the staffing and supplies breakdown the DOE publishes for district schools is not published for this school.
Spending
Total spend
$16.9MStudents: 748
64th percentile citywide
Total spend per student
$22,647
7th percentile citywide · city median $33,357
Location & commute
Where the school is and how to get there.