KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP

As a reasonably sized secondary school in HOUSTON, Texas, KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP enrolls 789 students from grades 6 through 11, operated by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 33,437 students; KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP is among them.

Demographically, KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 4% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP qualify 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.2%; this one delivers 48.9%, a residual of +16.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP is one campus in the mix.

KIPP SHARP PREP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, KIPP SHARPSTOWN COLLEGE PREP runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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