KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP

KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP is a tight-knit junior high in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The school serves 393 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 33,437 students; KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP is among them.

On demographics, KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Other groups include 4% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP higher than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.3%; KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP posts 16.9%, -16.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Travis County put the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP AUSTIN OBRAS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP has shrank 13%, going from 453 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for KIPP AUSTIN BEACON PREP typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.