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KIPP Alegria Primary School

8509 FM 969 BLDG 629, AUSTIN, TX 78724 · (512) 651-2168 · Travis County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
489 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K9117%
Kindergarten9518%
Grade 19217%
Grade 27815%
Grade 38917%
Grade 48716%

This year's kindergarten class (95) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (87).

Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
306%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
42580%
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Black
5811%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 13% · US 15%
Asian
92%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
82%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
25147%
Female
28153%

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading15.0%26.0%25.0%34.0%
Mathematics19.0%18.0%22.0%41.0%
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.

STAAR results by year

School yearReadingMathematics
2025-2641.0%37.0%
2024-2534.0%38.0%
2023-2430.0%29.0%
2022-2324.0%20.0%
2021-2239.0%26.0%
2020-2117.0%7.0%
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like KIPP Alegria Primary School

KIPP Alegria Primary School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
KIPP Alegria Primary School this school53291.9%32.7%
McWhorter Elementary School
MESQUITE
50192.4%38.4%
Stevens Elementary School
HOUSTON
55690.6%27.4%
Ortiz Elementary School
ABILENE
52391.0%19.8%
Johns Elementary School
ARLINGTON
56093.6%24.8%
Kennedy Elementary School
HOUSTON
51091.2%39.1%
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where KIPP Alegria Primary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn TexasIn Travis County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
32.7%#3,411 of 4,401#102 of 166
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
37.0%#3,173 of 4,466
▼ 264
#106 of 176
▼ 12
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.0%#3,519 of 4,466
▲ 404
#120 of 176
▲ 12
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+17.0pp#700 of 3,998#27 of 166
Enrollment
ranked largest first
532#2,205 of 4,938#78 of 183
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.5:1#4,408 of 4,622#162 of 174
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
34.6%#3,275 of 4,628#125 of 174
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
91.9%#851 of 4,789#29 of 170
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.6%#1,978 of 2,838#93 of 120
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
532
-368 (-41%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2553227.319.5:192% (489)
2023-246333021.1:192% (583)
2022-236983818.4:187% (604)
2020-219005018.0:186% (776)
2017-1859538.815.3:184% (498)
2015-166013417.7:185% (508)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP Alegria Primary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (595 to 532); teachers down 30% (38.8 to 27.3).

About KIPP Alegria Primary School

KIPP Alegria Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. It enrolls 532 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 4.

KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 56 schools and 33,437 students, and KIPP Alegria Primary School is one of those schools.

More than half of enrollment at KIPP Alegria Primary School is Hispanic: 80%. Other groups include 11% Black and 6% White. The county population is about 33% Hispanic. The diversity index for KIPP Alegria Primary School is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Teacher count: 27.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Roughly 92% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Travis County, the average is 54%.

A school with KIPP Alegria Primary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 34.4%. KIPP Alegria Primary School scores 32.7%, 1.8 points below that line.

In Travis County, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Travis County has 333 public schools with about 191,706 students, including KIPP Alegria Primary School.

Less than a tenth of a mile separates KIPP Alegria Primary School from the closest public school, KIPP Austin Academy of Arts & Letters. The five-mile area around KIPP Alegria Primary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: KIPP Alegria Primary School ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 32.7% versus a 25.1% average.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

Federal records list enrollment at KIPP Alegria Primary School as 900 in 2020-21 and 532 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.5:1) than in 2020-21 (18.0:1).

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Travis County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students

Quick facts

School name
KIPP Alegria Primary School
District
KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Address
8509 FM 969 BLDG 629, AUSTIN, TX 78724
Phone
(512) 651-2168
County
Travis County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
532
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
19.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
489 (92%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
480026412559
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About KIPP Alegria Primary School
How large is KIPP Alegria Primary School?
KIPP Alegria Primary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does KIPP Alegria Primary School serve?
KIPP Alegria Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at KIPP Alegria Primary School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at KIPP Alegria Primary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIPP Alegria Primary School?
At KIPP Alegria Primary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 80% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees KIPP Alegria Primary School?
KIPP Alegria Primary School is overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Travis County.
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