KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS

KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS is an intermediate school of tight-knit scale in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, teacheing 341 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 47% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 33,437 students. KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 34% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.4%; this one delivers 31.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KIPP VOYAGE ACADEMY FOR GIRLS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS 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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