📍 11000 Scott St, Houston, Harris County, 77047
Kipp Zenith Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 830 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Desiree Smith. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Zenith Academy enrolls 830 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Black or African American, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 621 | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 190 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.7% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
780 of the school's 830 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 751 qualify for free lunch and 29 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 Zenith 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 13, state house district 146.
Kipp Zenith 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 830 students, Kipp Zenith Academy is larger than the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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