KIPP Texas Public Schools

Houston, Texas · Harris County · Grades Pre-K–12 · Charter

KIPP Texas Public Schools runs 54 schools (22 elementary, 18 middle, 14 high) with 32,771 students. By enrollment it is the 41st largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as city, large.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools	54
Students	32,771
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,684.1
Students per teacher	19.5 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	90.2% (state 61.6%)
County	Harris County
Area type	City, large
NCES district ID	4800264

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in KIPP Texas Public Schools

School	Level	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
KIPP 3D Academy	Middle	5–8	513	26.4	95.9%
KIPP Academy Middle School	Middle	5–8	508	24.5	91.9%
KIPP Academy West	Middle	6–10	422	17	54.3%
KIPP Alegria Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	532	19.5	91.9%
KIPP Aspire Academy	Middle	5–8	470	23.2	94%
KIPP Austin Academy of Arts & Letters	Middle	5–8	388	19.5	54.4%
KIPP Austin Beacon Prep	Middle	5–8	393	16.2	92.9%
KIPP Austin Brave	High	9–12	490	12.9	88.6%
KIPP Austin College Prep	Middle	5–8	465	22	94.2%
KIPP Austin Collegiate	High	9–12	847	14.9	91%
KIPP Austin Comunidad	Elementary	Pre-K–4	513	19.2	94%
KIPP Austin Obras	Elementary	Pre-K–4	373	20.7	92.8%
KIPP Camino Academy	Middle	5–8	408	19.5	94.4%
KIPP Climb Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–4	679	19	71%
KIPP Connect Houston Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,056	23.6	76.7%
KIPP Connect Preparatory	High	6–12	979	20.2	72.7%
KIPP Dream Prep	Elementary	Pre-K–4	929	23.8	95.9%
KIPP East End High School	High	9–12	625	16.9	90.7%
KIPP Esperanza Primary School	Elementary	K–4	424	20.1	93.2%
KIPP Explore Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–4	756	20.5	92.1%
KIPP Generations Collegiate	High	9–12	614	15.7	96.1%
KIPP Houston High School	High	9–12	642	18.3	89.9%
KIPP Intrepid Preparatory	Middle	5–8	509	22.6	88.8%
KIPP Journey Collegiate School	High	6–11	561	14.7	89.7%
KIPP Journey Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,052	24	89.2%
KIPP Legacy Preparatory	Elementary	Pre-K–4	820	21.1	96.3%
KIPP Liberation College Preparatory	Middle	5–8	405	18.7	93.8%
KIPP Mosaic Academy School	Middle	6–10	788	22.5	89.5%
KIPP Mosaic Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,092	25	91.9%
KIPP Nexus Middle School	Middle	5–8	432	18.5	88.2%
KIPP Nexus Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	739	21.3	91.5%
KIPP Northeast College Preparatory	High	9–12	614	16.6	94.1%
KIPP Oak Cliff Academy	High	9–12	340	11.7	93.2%
KIPP Paseo Preparatory School	Middle	6–10	436	16.2	91.1%
KIPP Paseo Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	560	18.3	90.9%
KIPP Peace Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	525	21.9	96%
KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy	High	6–12	618	16.4	93.4%
KIPP Pleasant Grove Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	496	19.5	95.4%
KIPP Polaris Academy for Boys	Middle	5–8	341	16.7	97.4%
KIPP Prime College Preparatory	Middle	5–8	453	20.6	93.4%
KIPP Sharp Prep	Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,078	23.7	90.7%
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep	High	6–11	789	21.6	95.6%
KIPP Shine Prep	Elementary	Pre-K–4	920	23.6	95%
KIPP Somos Collegiate	High	6–12	573	13.4	90.2%
KIPP Somos Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–3	241	13.7	88.8%
KIPP Spirit College Prep	Middle	5–8	532	26.6	91.5%
KIPP Sunnyside High School	High	9–12	622	17.3	91.5%
KIPP Truth Academy	Middle	5–8	440	18.2	98.2%
KIPP Truth Elementary School	Elementary	Pre-K–4	515	20.6	96.5%
KIPP Un Mundo Primary School	Elementary	K–4	426	15.7	98.6%
KIPP Unity Primary School	Elementary	Pre-K–5	1,050	22.8	89.6%
KIPP University Prep High School	High	9–12	630	15.6	94.4%
KIPP Voyage Academy for Girls	Middle	5–8	368	17.9	93.2%
KIPP Zenith Academy	Elementary	Pre-K–4	780	23.7	94%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of KIPP Texas Public Schools schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

KIPP Texas Public Schools in context

Size

KIPP Texas Public Schools enrolls 0.6% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). Its schools average 607 students, against 626 for a Texas public school. The largest is KIPP Mosaic Primary School (1,092) and the smallest is KIPP Somos Primary School (241). NCES lists KIPP Texas Public Schools as an independent charter district: a charter school operator that is its own local education agency rather than part of a geographic school district.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.

Grades

Its largest grade this year is grade 8, with 2,622 students. Grade 12 has 1,545 students and kindergarten has 2,481, 38% fewer in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. KIPP Texas Public Schools enrolls 2,919 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group in KIPP Texas Public Schools at 68.2%, above their 53.5% share of Texas public school students. Black students make up 25.5%.

90.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 54.3% at KIPP Academy West to 98.6% at KIPP Un Mundo Primary School. 49 of its 54 schools serve free meals to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 or 3; at the others, families apply based on income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 1,684.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 19.5 students per teacher, more than the state's 14.9. KIPP Texas Public Schools reports no school counselors to NCES. It reports 0.1 librarians or media specialists and 49.6 school psychologists.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.

Location

KIPP Texas Public Schools is based inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, an area NCES calls city, large. The nearest district is Brenham ISD, 7 miles away with 4,872 students. 9 districts are within 25 miles, and 0 of them enroll more students than KIPP Texas Public Schools. Harris County has 62 districts on this site.

Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.

Staff

Role	Full-time equivalent	Students per staff member
Teachers	1,673.6	20
School counselors	0	–
Librarians and media specialists	0.1	327,710
School psychologists	49.6	661
Instructional aides	151.1	217
Other student support staff	337.1	97
School administrators	248.9	132
District administrators	16	2,048
All staff	3,336.1

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic	68.2%
Black	25.5%
Asian	2.5%
White	2.1%
Two or more races	1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	2,919
Kindergarten	2,481
Grade 1	2,350
Grade 2	2,361
Grade 3	2,349
Grade 4	2,300
Grade 5	2,333
Grade 6	2,581
Grade 7	2,578
Grade 8	2,622
Grade 9	2,361
Grade 10	2,238
Grade 11	1,753
Grade 12	1,545

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Calendar 2026–2027
Brenham ISD	7 mi	4,872	14.4	–
Bellville ISD	10 mi	2,315	13.6	–
Brookesmith ISD	13 mi	227	7.7	–
Burton ISD	16 mi	623	12	–
Hempstead ISD	17 mi	1,585	16.3	–
Round Top-Carmine ISD	19 mi	235	9.6	–
Somerville ISD	21 mi	567	13.6	–
Fayetteville ISD	22 mi	290	11.4	–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Other school districts in Harris County

Houston ISD (176,727 students)
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (117,927 students)
Katy ISD (96,111 students)
Aldine ISD (56,419 students)
Klein ISD (52,437 students)
Humble ISD (48,502 students)
Pasadena ISD (46,491 students)
Clear Creek ISD (39,684 students)
Alief ISD (38,610 students)
Spring ISD (33,590 students)
Spring Branch ISD (32,668 students)
Goose Creek CISD (24,032 students)
Tomball ISD (22,913 students)
Galena Park ISD (20,862 students)
YES Prep Public Schools Inc (19,573 students)
Deer Park ISD (12,165 students)
Sheldon ISD (10,946 students)
Waller ISD (9,905 students)
Channelview ISD (9,335 students)
Harmony Public Schools - Houston North (7,571 students)
La Porte ISD (7,099 students)
Crosby ISD (7,046 students)
School of Science and Technology (5,602 students)
Harmony Public Schools - Houston South (3,663 students)
Huffman ISD (3,646 students)
Houston Gateway Academy Inc (2,157 students)
Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success (1,991 students)
Southwest Public Schools (1,866 students)
Bakerripley Community Schools (1,808 students)
Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) (1,607 students)

All Texas districts (31 more in Harris County).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.

Contact

10711 KIPP Way, Houston, TX 77099
Phone: (832)328-1051
Website: kipptexas.org

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.