BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL

BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, run under BAKERRIPLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BAKERRIPLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,808 students. BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL reports that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% Asian, 15% Black, 12% White. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

NEW NEIGHBOR CAMPUS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. BAKER-RIPLEY CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 37%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.