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Houston, Texas - 58 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Kipp Texas Public Schools #438 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,327 per pupil, Kipp Texas Public Schools ranks #713 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
33,068
Total Enrollment
58
Schools
$12,327
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kipp Texas Public Schools operates 58 public schools serving 33,068 students, placing it among the larger districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 22 combined, 22 elementary, 11 high, 3 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a sizeable portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,327 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 5.0% local, 75.2% state, and 19.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #438 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 12 of 58 schools offering Advanced Placement (86 AP courses district-wide), a 478.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.4% Hispanic or Latino, 25.0% African American, 2.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kipp Journey Pri, with a diversity index of 62.8/100.
Its largest campus is Kipp Mosaic Pri, enrolling 1,092 students (3% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Kipp Austin Vista Middle Schools, at 115 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kipp Texas Public Schools school enrollment varies 9.5× across entities
Kipp Texas Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 115 students (lowest) to 1,092 students (highest), a spread of 977 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Kipp Texas Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 85.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Kipp Texas Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 478:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Kipp Texas Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 24.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Kipp Texas Public Schools is typically wider than the Kipp Texas Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.