📍 8430 Westglen, Houston, Harris County, 77063
Kipp Sharp Prep is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 904 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michelle Bennett. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Sharp Prep enrolls 904 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 22% Black or African American and 10% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 551 | 61% |
| Black or African American | 196 | 22% |
| Asian | 93 | 10% |
| White | 42 | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
738 of the school's 904 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 699 qualify for free lunch and 39 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 Sharp Prep 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-70, state senate district 17, state house district 137.
Kipp Sharp Prep 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 904 students, Kipp Sharp Prep 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