KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% 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%.
About KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE
Located at 8915 CALLAGHAN RD, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE is an intimate high school that works with 573 students (grades 6 through 12), run under KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 796.
KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 33,437 students; KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE is among them.
On demographics, KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE lists that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Black, 6% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.5%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of +11.5 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE is one.
The closest other public school is KIPP SOMOS PRI, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.9%.
The school occupies a high-density site. KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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