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KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
About KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE
KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE is one of the cozy high schools in HOUSTON, Texas, run under KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 614 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 796.
KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 33,437 students; KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE is among them.
Demographically, KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE logs that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 43.1%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE is one.
The closest other public school is KIPP DREAM PREP, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.8%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, KIPP GENERATIONS COLLEGIATE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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