KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP

Set in AUSTIN, Texas, KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP is a compact middle school, overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It caters to 465 students across grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

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

In terms of who attends, KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%); the rest reads as 4% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household income runs about $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGIATE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.6%.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 465). Class-load math has loosened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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