KIPP Journey Collegiate School
Public high school (charter) in Sugarland, Texas · KIPP Texas Public Schools · Grades 6–11
KIPP Journey Collegiate School serves 561 students in grades 6–11 in Sugarland (Fort Bend County). It is one of 54 schools in KIPP Texas Public Schools. By enrollment it is the 839th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 14.7 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–11 |
| District | KIPP Texas Public Schools |
| County | Fort Bend County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480026413990 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | KIPP Texas Public Schools | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 561 | 32,771 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 14.7 | 19.5 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 89.7% | 90.2% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 56% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
KIPP Journey Collegiate School in context
Size
Of the 14 high schools in KIPP Texas Public Schools, KIPP Journey Collegiate School is the 12th largest, with 1.7% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,381; KIPP Journey Collegiate School is smaller than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 6 with 117 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 73, against an average of 94 per grade. This year grade 11 has 35% fewer students than grade 6 (76 against 117). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 57.4% here and 68.2% across KIPP Texas Public Schools. Black students are next, at 34.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
89.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 90.2% across KIPP Texas Public Schools and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 561 students, KIPP Journey Collegiate School has 14.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 561 students would have about 40.1 teachers, so KIPP Journey Collegiate School has 1.9 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
KIPP Journey Collegiate School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land, 1 miles away in Harmony Public Schools - Houston West. Within 10 miles there are 44 other high schools, 15 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 57.4% |
| Black | 34.8% |
| Asian | 4.6% |
| White | 2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
49.7% of students are girls and 50.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 117 |
| Grade 7 | 108 |
| Grade 8 | 113 |
| Grade 9 | 74 |
| Grade 10 | 73 |
| Grade 11 | 76 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
14030 Florence Rd, Sugarland, TX 77498
Phone: (281)900-0490
Website: kipphouston.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: KIPP Journey Collegiate School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land | Harmony Public Schools - Houston West | 1.0 mi | 912 | 17.1 | 56% |
| Kempner High School | Fort Bend ISD | 1.4 mi | 1,850 | 17.1 | 61.4% |
| M R Wood Center for Learning | Fort Bend ISD | 2.3 mi | 134 | 4.7 | 66.4% |
| Kerr High School | Alief ISD | 2.3 mi | 807 | 21.5 | 68.8% |
| Taylor High School | Alief ISD | 2.5 mi | 2,838 | 16.6 | 79.4% |
| Sst Sugar Land College Prep High School | School of Science and Technology Discovery | 2.9 mi | 125 | 9.9 | 65.6% |
| Stephen F Austin High School | Fort Bend ISD | 3.1 mi | 2,655 | 19 | 36.6% |
| Dulles High School | Fort Bend ISD | 3.8 mi | 2,165 | 17.7 | 43.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.