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What's the most underrated thing about KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,056
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480026412789
KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI
6700 BELLAIRE BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77074 · (281) 879-3023 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,056 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
810 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
About KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI
KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in HOUSTON, Texas, run under KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 1,056 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 103% bigger than typical.
KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 33,437 students; KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI is among them.
Demographically, KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Black, 12% Asian, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI higher than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 54.1%, a residual of +13.7 points.
In the area at large, Harris County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
The closest other public school is KIPP CONNECT PREPARATORY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.
KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI operates from a downtown location. KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KIPP MOSAIC PRIElementary · 1,092 students
- KIPP SHARP PREPElementary · 1,078 students
- KIPP JOURNEY PRIElementary · 1,052 students
- KIPP UNITY PRIElementary · 1,050 students
- KIPP CONNECT PREPARATORYHigh · 979 students
- KIPP DREAM PREPElementary · 929 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP CONNECT PREPARATORY0.0 mi · 979
- YES PREP - GULFTON0.2 mi · 1,039
- ETOILE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 676
- LAS AMERICAS0.3 mi · 111
- LONG ACADEMY0.3 mi · 680
- PREMIER H S - HOUSTON (SHARPSTOWN)0.4 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRIHow many students attend KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI?
KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI enrolls approximately 1,056 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI serve?
KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI have?
KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI?
At KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI, the student body is approximately 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 19% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI public or private?
KIPP CONNECT HOUSTON PRI 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.