KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) is a national network of free, open-enrollment, public schools with a 20-year track record ... of preparing students in low-income communities for success in college and in life. There are currently 270 KIPP elementary, middle, and high schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia educating nearly 100,000 students on their path to choice-filled lives. KIPP’s current national college completion rate for all of our alumni is 36 percent. This is comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times the national average for students from low-income families (about 12 percent). Currently, we educate close to 700 students in grades K-8 at four schools in North Minneapolis. read more