📍 5400 Mlk Jr Blvd, Houston, Harris County, 77021
Kipp Peace el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 616 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Andre Valentine. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Peace el enrolls 616 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Black or African American, 24% Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 444 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 150 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.4% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
580 of the school's 616 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 563 qualify for free lunch and 17 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 Peace el 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 13, state house district 147.
Kipp Peace el 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 616 students, Kipp Peace el 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