1
Enrollment
470
Middle
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480026410422
KIPP Aspire Academy
239 STARK ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78204 · (210) 735-7300 · Bexar County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
442 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 109 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 127 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 121 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 24% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 63% · US 70%
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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 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 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 22.0% | 32.0% | 34.0% |
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 year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Aspire Academy
KIPP Aspire Academy's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Aspire Academy this school | 470 | 94.0% | 26.5% |
| KIPP Austin College Prep AUSTIN | 465 | 94.2% | 28.7% |
| De Zavala Middle School PASADENA | 457 | 94.1% | 28.7% |
| Edgar Allan Poe STEM Dual Language Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 439 | 95.4% | 16.6% |
| Magoffin Middle School EL PASO | 541 | 92.8% | 31.8% |
| James Fannin Middle School GRAND PRAIRIE | 516 | 93.2% | 24.6% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Aspire Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,490 of 1,635 | #67 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,174 of 1,670 ▲ 468 | #38 of 84 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,198 of 1,670 ▲ 133 | #46 of 84 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #744 of 1,570 | #24 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #1,137 of 1,749 | #63 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #1,537 of 1,542 | #80 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #1,366 of 1,543 | #64 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #138 of 1,648 | #11 of 87 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
470
-48 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 470 | 20.3 | 23.2:1 | 94% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 24.6 | 20.8:1 | 88% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 25.2 | 20.2:1 | 84% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 91% (471) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP Aspire Academy.
About KIPP Aspire Academy
Federal records list KIPP Aspire Academy as a middle-grades school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 470 students. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 27% smaller than average.
KIPP Aspire Academy sits within KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 56 schools and 33,437 students.
The large majority of students at KIPP Aspire Academy, 93%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 3% Black. Bexar County's residents are about 60% Hispanic, 34 points below the school's share. KIPP Aspire Academy has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
KIPP Aspire Academy's 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 23.2:1. That ratio is over the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, KIPP Aspire Academy receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, KIPP Aspire Academy falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 26.5% actual against 33.5% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bexar County, median household income is about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 638 public schools operate in Bexar County, serving about 368,487 students.
KIPP Esperanza Primary School is the public school closest to KIPP Aspire Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. KIPP Aspire Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. KIPP Aspire Academy ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 26.5% against a local average of 29.6%.
For locale, NCES codes KIPP Aspire Academy as City: Large. KIPP Aspire Academy is a publicly funded charter school.
The number of students dropped from 518 to 470 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 19.9:1 to 23.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
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- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP Esperanza Primary School0.0 mi · 424
- KIPP University Prep High School0.0 mi · 630
- Briscoe Elementary School0.3 mi · 494
- Harris Middle School0.6 mi · 719
- J T Brackenridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 597
- Cooper Academy at Navarro0.9 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP Aspire AcademyHow large is KIPP Aspire Academy?
KIPP Aspire Academy enrolls approximately 470 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does KIPP Aspire Academy serve?
KIPP Aspire Academy serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP Aspire Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP Aspire Academy is approximately 23.2:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KIPP Aspire Academy?
Student demographics at KIPP Aspire Academy are roughly 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is KIPP Aspire Academy public or private?
KIPP Aspire Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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