📍 10711 Kipp Way, Houston, Harris County, 77099
Kipp Shine Prep is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 877 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Antara Morris. 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 21.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Shine Prep enrolls 877 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 39% Black or African American and 5.9% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 447 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 344 | 39% |
| Asian | 52 | 5.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 16 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.3% |
| White | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
796 of the school's 877 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 743 qualify for free lunch and 53 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 Shine 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 13, state house district 131.
Kipp Shine 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 877 students, Kipp Shine 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