📍 500 Tidwell Dr, Houston, Harris County, 77022
Kipp 3d Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 485 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shelia Mcdaniels. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades 5–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp 3d Academy enrolls 485 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 10% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 432 | 89% |
| Black or African American | 50 | 10% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
443 of the school's 485 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 427 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kipp 3d Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 148.
Kipp 3d Academy is one of 58 schools in KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 32,771 students district-wide and employs 1,976 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 485 students, Kipp 3d Academy is close to the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large