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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KIPP PRIME COLLEGE PREPARATORY this year?
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Enrollment
453
Middle
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480026413291
KIPP Prime College Preparatory
8805 FERNDALE, HOUSTON, TX 77017 · (832) 230-0578 · Harris County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
423 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 116 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 123 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 23% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 37.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 18.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Schools most like KIPP Prime College Preparatory
KIPP Prime College Preparatory's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Prime College Preparatory this school | 453 | 93.4% | 38.2% |
| IDEA Southeast College Preparatory FORT WORTH | 475 | 91.4% | 42.4% |
| Uplift Heights Prep Middle School DALLAS | 448 | 90.6% | 25.7% |
| Marshall Middle School HOUSTON | 456 | 94.3% | 34.5% |
| Holland Middle School HOUSTON | 476 | 97.7% | 33.0% |
| Kirby Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 423 | 90.1% | 24.2% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KIPP Prime College Preparatory ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,027 of 1,635 | #128 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,042 of 1,670 ▲ 192 | #144 of 219 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #927 of 1,670 ▲ 146 | #115 of 219 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #443 of 1,570 | #67 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #1,164 of 1,749 | #186 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,524 of 1,542 | #208 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #1,158 of 1,543 | #159 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #149 of 1,648 | #41 of 221 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
453
+34 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 93% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 79% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 89% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 89% (374) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP Prime College Preparatory.
About KIPP Prime College Preparatory
KIPP Prime College Preparatory is a middle school in HOUSTON, Texas, reachable at (832) 230-0578. It teaches 453 students in grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 30% lower.
KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS includes 56 schools. Together they enroll 33,437 students.
Federal enrollment data show KIPP Prime College Preparatory is 78% Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Black. The county population is about 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 22 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.6:1. The school's 20.6:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 93%. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 23 points lower.
KIPP Prime College Preparatory holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Texas public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.8% at KIPP Prime College Preparatory; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.2%.
In Harris County, home to about 4,838,303 people, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Of the public schools around it, KIPP Prime College Preparatory is closest to KIPP Climb Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. KIPP Prime College Preparatory is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, KIPP Prime College Preparatory is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 453, from 419 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.5:1 to 20.6:1 over the same years.
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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
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- KIPP Sharp PrepElementary · 1,078 students
- KIPP Connect Houston Primary SchoolElementary · 1,056 students
- KIPP Journey Primary SchoolElementary · 1,052 students
- KIPP Unity Primary SchoolElementary · 1,050 students
- KIPP Connect PreparatoryHigh · 979 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- KIPP Climb Academy0.0 mi · 679
- Bonner Elementary School0.6 mi · 561
- YES Prep Hobby Elementary School0.7 mi · 186
- Texans Can Academy - Houston Hobby0.7 mi · 322
- YES Prep - Hobby0.8 mi · 685
- Stevenson Middle School0.9 mi · 1,096
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP Prime College PreparatoryHow large is KIPP Prime College Preparatory?
KIPP Prime College Preparatory enrolls approximately 453 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does KIPP Prime College Preparatory serve?
KIPP Prime College Preparatory serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP Prime College Preparatory?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP Prime College Preparatory is approximately 20.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is KIPP Prime College Preparatory?
KIPP Prime College Preparatory reports a student body of 0% White, 78% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is KIPP Prime College Preparatory public or private?
KIPP Prime College Preparatory is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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