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KIPP Valiant Community Prep is a public charter elementary and middle school located in Menlo Park! KIPP Valiant is comprised of two schools on a shared campus.

  • Interim School Leader Karsen Matos leads the Lower school (TK-4)
  • School Leader Kate Belden leads the Upper school (5-8)

Who We Are
KIPP Valiant Community Prep (grades TK-8) is a public charter elementary and middle school located in Menlo Park. 

Vision
At KIPP Valiant Community Prep, we support our students academically, socially, and emotionally so that they can be successful and fulfilled in college and in life. We empower one another to continuously grow into passionate, innovative agents of change who raise our unique voices to make the world a better and more equitable place.

KIPP has a commitment to diversityequity and inclusion. Read more about our commitment to the work here.

Values
Love | Courage | Justice | Curiosity | Growth

Special Education at KIPP

All students are welcome! We recognize the unique needs of each student and design high quality and specialized programs that enable each student to fully participate in their school community and the world at large. Special education services are available at all KIPP schools. Learn more about the SPED Program.

Mental Health & Wellness

KIPP Northern California aims to provide high-quality, client-centered, and culturally responsive mental health services designed to support students with varying levels of need. All students should have access to quality mental health services and as such, all services are free to students and provided regardless of insurance in order to reduce barriers to mental health care, meet students where they are at, and challenge mental health stigma. Learn more about our Mental Health and Wellness Program

Alina Arroyo, Parent, KIPP Valiant
Alina Arroyo, Parent, KIPP Valiant
KIPP makes you feel loved. This is what I wanted for my daughter. I want her to have a great education and to go through college. She wants to be a vet; KIPP is helping us conquer that dream.

Enrollment Information

Applications for the 2024-25 school year are open for grades TK-8. You can submit your online application here.

Only applications that are received by the open enrollment deadline will be considered in the lottery. Applications received after the open enrollment deadline will be considered on a first-come first-served basis. Lottery decisions will be sent to families via text and email.

To submit an application directly online or inquire about your status, please log in to your SchoolMint account at kippnorcal.schoolmint.net/.

Student Community

575

Number of Students

TK–8

Grades Served


99%
Students of Color

92%

Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch

13%

Receive special education services

61%

English language learners
What Makes KIPP Different?

With a focus on character and academics, our free public charter schools prepare students for success in college and opportunity in life.

Sense of Belonging

KIPP provides a positive, supportive, and anti-racist learning environment where all students are known, respected, and empowered. 

  • 100% of our schools prioritize social-emotional learning through a Multi-Tiered System of Supports; 100% of our schools have mental health counselors, which is available to all students irrespective of insurance status

Academic Excellence

KIPP fosters a culture of academic excellence and intellectual curiosity through individualized instruction that meets the learning needs of every student. 

  • KIPP Northern California high schools are ranked in the top 5% of public high schools in the country, according to US News & World Report 
  • 59% of KIPP students meet or exceed California State academic standards for English Language Arts (compared to 50% across the state)
  • 47% of KIPP students meet or exceed California State academic standards for Math (compared to 39% across the state) *2021 results
  • Award winning schools, for example: 9 California Distinguished School Awards, 2 National Blue Ribbon Awards, among others

Family & Community Partnerships

KIPP partners with families and local organizations in their communities to support healthy development for children. 

  • KIPP partners with community organizations including: El Concilio California, YMCA, Community Partnerships for Families of San Joaquin, Housing Authority of San Joaquin, Boys & Girls Club, College Track, Bayview Hunters’ Point Clinic, among many others

Developing Leaders of Color

KIPP creates a sense of belonging and fortifies the positive racial identity of emerging leaders of color at our schools.

  • 83% of our executive team, 59% of our school principals, and 62% of our teachers identify as people of color 

College and Career Guidance

KIPP works with high school students and 4,000 alumni each year on a path to college, career, and beyond. 

  • Over time, 89% of all KIPP Northern California high school students have matriculated to college and progressive pathways
  • Our alumni graduate college at four times the rate of their peers

Becoming Anti-Racist 

We embed anti-racism into the core of who we are and what we do. 

  • We seek to disrupt racial and socio-economic inequities in access and outcomes so that ALL of our students, families, and alumni thrive
  • The pandemic has disproportionately affected the academic and socio-emotional progress of students like ours, especially Black students, students who qualify for specialized services, and multilingual learners 
  • To ensure we are designing for success at the margins, we are implementing a set of strategies to expand an equitable funding model for students who have an individualized education plan (IEP) and/or are multilingual learners, and schools with large populations of students in these groups