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Enrollment
490
High
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480026413461
KIPP Austin Brave
5107 S IH 35 FRONTAGE RD, AUSTIN, TX 78744 · (512) 651-2225 · Travis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Texas public high 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.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
434 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 121 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 128 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 26% |
Student demographics
11%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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 45.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 20.0% | 53.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 7.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 5.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Austin Brave
KIPP Austin Brave's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Austin Brave this school | 490 | 88.6% | 36.0% |
| North Houston Early College High School HOUSTON | 489 | 87.9% | 85.0% |
| Rio Hondo High School RIO HONDO | 475 | 86.9% | 42.6% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Brownsville BROWNSVILLE | 498 | 90.8% | 50.2% |
| Galena Park ISD Career & Technical ECHS HOUSTON | 487 | 86.2% | 74.1% |
| Austin Achieve High School AUSTIN | 581 | 90.2% | 36.9% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Austin Brave ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,234 of 1,385 | #26 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,270 of 1,425 ▼ 37 | #29 of 40 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,356 of 1,425 ▼ 31 | #33 of 40 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #719 of 1,184 | #20 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #907 of 2,107 | #38 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #392 of 1,344 | #4 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #1,197 of 1,346 | #40 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #220 of 1,522 | #11 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.4% | #126 of 672 | #10 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high 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
490
-213 (-30%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 490 | 38.1 | 12.9:1 | 89% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 45 | 12.9:1 | 88% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 52.4 | 12.6:1 | 84% (559) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 90% (636) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 33 | 11.3:1 | 86% (319) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP Austin Brave.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (373 to 490); teachers up 16% (33 to 38.1).
About KIPP Austin Brave
KIPP Austin Brave is a small high school in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, located in AUSTIN, Texas. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 490 students. High schools in Texas average about 796 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
The district, KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, has 33,437 students enrolled across 56 schools.
The share of students at KIPP Austin Brave who are Hispanic is 94%. Enrollment also includes 3% Black and 2% White. Among people living in Travis County, the Hispanic share is about 33%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Its ratio of 12.9:1 is based on 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. In all, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Travis County average 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, KIPP Austin Brave lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Texas public high schools.
KIPP Austin Brave sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.0% and a predicted 35.9%.
Looking at the county, Travis County, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting KIPP Austin Brave, Travis County has 333 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, KIPP Austin Beacon Prep, is the closest to KIPP Austin Brave. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, KIPP Austin Brave is ahead of the 29.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Federal data place KIPP Austin Brave in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list KIPP Austin Brave as a charter school.
In 2020-21, KIPP Austin Brave enrolled 703 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 490. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at KIPP Austin Brave. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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- KIPP Connect PreparatoryHigh · 979 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP Austin Beacon Prep0.0 mi · 393
- KIPP Austin Obras0.0 mi · 373
- Uphaus Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 246
- Houston Elementary School0.4 mi · 496
- Rodriguez Elementary School0.6 mi · 372
- Harmony School of Excellence - Austin0.8 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP Austin BraveHow many students attend KIPP Austin Brave?
KIPP Austin Brave enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does KIPP Austin Brave serve?
KIPP Austin Brave serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at KIPP Austin Brave?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at KIPP Austin Brave.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIPP Austin Brave?
At KIPP Austin Brave, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is KIPP Austin Brave public or private?
KIPP Austin Brave is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.