KIPP HOUSTON H S

As a compact four-year high school in HOUSTON, Texas, KIPP HOUSTON H S caters to 642 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Across the 56 schools in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS (33,437 students total), KIPP HOUSTON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, KIPP HOUSTON H S logs that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, KIPP HOUSTON H S has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at KIPP HOUSTON H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KIPP HOUSTON H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.6%; actual is 61.5%, +26.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. KIPP HOUSTON H S is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

The closest other public school is KIPP ACADEMY MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP HOUSTON H S at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, KIPP HOUSTON H S runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.