KIPP Somos Collegiate
Public high school (charter) in San Antonio, Texas · KIPP Texas Public Schools · Grades 6–12
KIPP Somos Collegiate serves 573 students in grades 6–12 in San Antonio (Bexar County). It is one of 54 schools in KIPP Texas Public Schools. By enrollment it is the 829th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.4 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 ÷ 42.88 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | KIPP Texas Public Schools |
| County | Bexar County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480026413986 |
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 | 573 | 32,771 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.4 | 19.5 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 90.2% | 90.2% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 44% 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 Somos Collegiate in context
Size
KIPP Somos Collegiate is the 11th largest of KIPP Texas Public Schools' 14 high schools; its 573 students are 1.7% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.5 miles away and have a median of 329 students, so KIPP Somos Collegiate is larger 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 11 with 99 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 40, against an average of 82 per grade. This year grade 12 has 120% more students than grade 6 (88 against 40). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 83.6% of enrollment, a higher share than across KIPP Texas Public Schools (68.2%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
90.2% of students qualify 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
KIPP Somos Collegiate has 42.88 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 573 students would have about 40.9 teachers, so KIPP Somos Collegiate has 2 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is International School of America, 1.9 miles away in North East ISD. There are 16 high schools within 5 miles and 69 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 83.6% |
| Black | 6.5% |
| White | 5.6% |
| Asian | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |
43.1% of students are girls and 56.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 40 |
| Grade 7 | 83 |
| Grade 8 | 87 |
| Grade 9 | 88 |
| Grade 10 | 88 |
| Grade 11 | 99 |
| Grade 12 | 88 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
8915 Callaghan Rd, San Antonio, TX 78230
Phone: (210)544-2791
Website: kipptexas.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: KIPP Somos Collegiate. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International School of America | North East ISD | 1.9 mi | 493 | 21.4 | 22.3% |
| Legacy of Educational Excellence High School | North East ISD | 1.9 mi | 2,285 | 14.8 | 66.3% |
| Health Careers High School | Northside ISD | 2.2 mi | 904 | 16.4 | 25.1% |
| Compass Rose Impact | Compass Rose Public Schools | 2.3 mi | 103 | 20.6 | 90.3% |
| Churchill High School | North East ISD | 2.6 mi | 2,308 | 16.2 | 39.8% |
| Alternative High School | North East ISD | 2.9 mi | 106 | 1.2 | 77.4% |
| Legacy Traditional- Basse Secondary | Legacy Traditional Schools - Texas | 2.9 mi | 164 | 16.5 | 64% |
| Chavez Excel Academy | Northside ISD | 3.5 mi | 75 | 12.5 | 14.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.