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Enrollment
789
High
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480026412152
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep
8440 WESTPARK DR, HOUSTON, TX 77063 · (281) 879-3005 · Harris County
GRADES 06–11HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
754 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 166 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 114 | 14% |
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% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp 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 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 29.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% |
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% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Sharpstown College Prep
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Sharpstown College Prep this school | 789 | 95.6% | 48.4% |
| Scarborough High School HOUSTON | 691 | 96.7% | 35.0% |
| Furr High School HOUSTON | 914 | 94.5% | 38.5% |
| YES Prep - West HOUSTON | 990 | 93.2% | 41.3% |
| Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A Maceo Smith DALLAS | 554 | 91.7% | 71.2% |
| KIPP Generations Collegiate HOUSTON | 614 | 96.1% | 42.6% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Sharpstown College Prep ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #878 of 1,385 | #91 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #692 of 1,425 ▼ 18 | #103 of 155 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #892 of 1,425 ▼ 241 | #96 of 155 ▼ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #970 of 1,184 | #134 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #688 of 2,107 | #105 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,302 of 1,344 | #145 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #958 of 1,346 | #110 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #61 of 1,522 | #18 of 175 |
Ranked against other public high 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
789
+324 (+70%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 789 | 36.5 | 21.6:1 | 96% (754) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 91% (592) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 34.1 | 17.4:1 | 89% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 23 | 20.2:1 | 89% (412) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP Sharpstown College Prep.
About KIPP Sharpstown College Prep
The public high school KIPP Sharpstown College Prep is located in HOUSTON, Texas. The school runs grades 6 through 11 and enrolls 789 students.
District-wide, KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS has 56 schools and 33,437 students.
More than half of the students at KIPP Sharpstown College Prep are Hispanic (80%). Next come 12% Black, 4% White, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. The diversity index for KIPP Sharpstown College Prep is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 36.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 21.6:1. The average for high schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Roughly 96% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Harris County, the school's rate is higher.
After accounting for student poverty, KIPP Sharpstown College Prep is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.4% is 15.5 points above the 32.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Harris County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. KIPP Sharpstown College Prep shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
KIPP Sharp Prep is about 0.2 miles from KIPP Sharpstown College Prep, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, KIPP Sharpstown College Prep is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists KIPP Sharpstown College Prep as a charter school.
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep enrolled 465 in 2020-21 and 789 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 20.2:1 to 21.6:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KIPP Mosaic Primary SchoolElementary · 1,092 students
- 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 Sharp Prep0.2 mi · 1,078
- Briarmeadow Charter0.2 mi · 591
- Draw Academy0.4 mi · 696
- Piney Point Elementary School0.6 mi · 1,286
- Nci Charter School Without Walls0.6 mi · 891
- Southwest Public Schools College &career Prep Academy0.8 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP Sharpstown College PrepWhat is the total enrollment at KIPP Sharpstown College Prep?
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep enrolls approximately 789 students in grades 06-11.
Is KIPP Sharpstown College Prep an elementary, middle, or high school?
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep is a high school covering grades 06-11.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP Sharpstown College Prep?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP Sharpstown College Prep is approximately 21.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIPP Sharpstown College Prep?
At KIPP Sharpstown College Prep, the student body is approximately 4% White, 80% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is KIPP Sharpstown College Prep in?
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep is part of KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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