KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD

KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolling 513 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Within KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 56 schools and 33,437 students, KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD lists that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 6% Black, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at school resources, KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that median household earnings sit near $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD is one.

KIPP AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.1%.

The school occupies an urban site. KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD has declined 14%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 91% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the KIPP AUSTIN COMUNIDAD community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.