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What do students at KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480026412553
KIPP Austin Comunidad
8004 CAMERON RD, AUSTIN, TX 78754 · (512) 501-3911 · Travis County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
482 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 72 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (83).
Student demographics
25%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% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp 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 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 39.0% |
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% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Austin Comunidad
KIPP Austin Comunidad's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Austin Comunidad this school | 513 | 94.0% | 38.7% |
| Shadow Oaks Elementary School HOUSTON | 487 | 93.0% | 36.1% |
| Crow Leadership Academy ARLINGTON | 500 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Westwood Elementary School HOUSTON | 475 | 93.7% | 36.8% |
| Rankin Elementary School ARLINGTON | 562 | 94.1% | 29.4% |
| Mount Auburn Steam Academy DALLAS | 548 | 92.9% | 33.7% |
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 Austin Comunidad ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #2,762 of 4,401 | #86 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,682 of 4,466 ▲ 421 | #90 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,963 of 4,466 ▲ 297 | #98 of 176 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,101 of 3,998 | #45 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #2,386 of 4,938 | #86 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #4,385 of 4,622 | #161 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #3,606 of 4,628 | #147 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #642 of 4,789 | #21 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #1,639 of 2,838 | #79 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 2024-25Enrollment
513
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
+289% since 2010-11, when it was 132
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 513 | 26.8 | 19.2:1 | 94% (482) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 91% (484) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 89% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 85% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 36.1 | 16.6:1 | 86% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 90% (540) |
| 2010-11 | 132 | 7 | 18.9:1 | 87% (115) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP Austin Comunidad.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (600 to 513); teachers down 26% (36.1 to 26.8).
About KIPP Austin Comunidad
KIPP Austin Comunidad, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in AUSTIN, Texas. The school's 513 students are in pre-K through 4.
KIPP Austin Comunidad sits within KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 56 schools and 33,437 students.
Most students at KIPP Austin Comunidad are Hispanic: 86% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 6% Black and 5% White. For comparison, the population of Travis County is roughly 33% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at KIPP Austin Comunidad belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1 at KIPP Austin Comunidad, with 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 94%. On average, public schools in Travis County report 54%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, KIPP Austin Comunidad receives a B-. 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 the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, KIPP Austin Comunidad is 5.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.7% actual, 33.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Across Travis County, median household income is about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Travis County number 333 and enroll about 191,706.
The closest other public school is KIPP Austin Collegiate, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts KIPP Austin Comunidad at 2nd of 6.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. KIPP Austin Comunidad operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, KIPP Austin Comunidad went from 540 students to 513. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.4:1 in 2020-21, and 19.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Collegiate0.0 mi · 847
- KIPP Austin College Prep0.0 mi · 465
- Pickle Elementary School0.5 mi · 407
- Hart Elementary School0.5 mi · 577
- Greenleaf Ncc0.5 mi · 30
- Diboll0.6 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP Austin ComunidadHow many students attend KIPP Austin Comunidad?
KIPP Austin Comunidad enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does KIPP Austin Comunidad serve?
KIPP Austin Comunidad serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP Austin Comunidad?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP Austin Comunidad is approximately 19.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KIPP Austin Comunidad?
Student demographics at KIPP Austin Comunidad are roughly 5% White, 86% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees KIPP Austin Comunidad?
KIPP Austin Comunidad is overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.