KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY

Set in HOUSTON, Texas, KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, part of KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It instructs 679 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

On demographics, KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%; the rest breaks down as 18% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.9%; KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY posts 28.5%, -14.4 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is KIPP PRIME COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. KIPP CLIMB ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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