KIPP Esperanza High School opened in 2020 with a class of 9th graders. We are now accepting 9th & 10th graders for the 2021-22 school year!

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KIPP has a long and proven track record of successful high schools in the Bay Area, with established elementary and middle schools in East Palo Alto (KIPP Valiant) and Redwood City (KIPP Excelencia.) KIPP Esperanza is the next step in helping students continue their journey from kindergarten through life. KIPP Esperanza

KIPP has a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Read more about our commitment here.

Values
Identity | Community | Growth | Love | Honor

Applications are now OPEN for the 2021-22 school year for grades 9 & 10! 

Enroll
We are still accepting applications for 9th graders for the 2020-21 school year. 
Our Mission

At KIPP Esperanza we ensure that all of our students are given the options and opportunities that they deserve. Our school has been designed to serve the needs of all our students and families. We will offer:

  • Rigorous classes coupled with academic supports such as tutoring from highly trained and effective teachers.
  • Socio-emotional learning and mental health counseling so that students continue building healthy social skills and relationships.
  • College counseling for both families and students throughout high school and once in college to ensure that students not only enroll in college but to also graduate.

KIPP Esperanza students will have the skills and confidence needed to tackle whatever they choose to pursue after high school – in college or career.

Meet our Founding School Leader!


KIPP Esperanza School Leader – Joel Portillo


Director de KIPP Esperanza – Joel Portillo

The KIPP Difference

We know that great education transforms lives.


KIPP already has successful middle schools in Redwood City & East Palo Alto.


All 3 KIPP high schools were top ranked in the Bay Area in 2019!*


94% of 2019 KIPP high school graduates are planning to go to college.

 

KIPP Bay Area alumni are over three times as likely to graduate from college as their peers

 

 

98% of students at KIPP Bay Area graduate high school.

 

Sister school KIPP San Jose Collegiate was ranked the #1 Bay Area public high school in 2019!

 

 

100% of our high school graduates have completed their A-G requirements (making them UC and CSU eligible.)
KIPP Esperanza

*Ranked by US News & World Report 2019