Mission Statement

KIPP Massachusetts is a network of free, open-enrollment, public charter schools located in Lynn and Boston, MA. We are part of a national network of 125 Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) schools with a history of success in underserved communities. Our mission is to help students develop the skills, habits, and character traits necessary to succeed in college and beyond, so they may achieve better life outcomes and live lives of choice. Our program places a laser focus on academic readiness, more learning time, character development, college knowledge and social skills, and a K-16 continuum of support to and through college. Across the U.S., just 8% of low-income students graduate from college, compared to 82% of their affluent peers. If this discrepancy continues, it will create the equivalent of a permanent, national recession. KIPP is doing everything we can to change this. Nationwide, for KIPP students, college graduation rates are more than four times those of their low-income peers.