KIPP SOMOS PRI

KIPP SOMOS PRI, a tight-knit elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, hosts 241 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 54% leaner than typical.

Within KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 56 schools and 33,437 students, KIPP SOMOS PRI is one campus in the system.

On demographics, KIPP SOMOS PRI lists that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 11% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, KIPP SOMOS PRI has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, KIPP SOMOS PRI performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bexar County shows median household income runs about $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. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), KIPP SOMOS PRI is one campus in the mix.

KIPP SOMOS COLLEGIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIPP SOMOS PRI at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. KIPP SOMOS PRI 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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