📍 5402 Lawndale St, Houston, Harris County, 77023
Kipp Explore Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 836 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mayra Gonzalez. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Explore Academy enrolls 836 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Black or African American and 1.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 793 | 95% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 2.4% |
| White | 10 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
762 of the school's 836 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 718 qualify for free lunch and 44 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 Explore 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 145.
Kipp Explore 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 836 students, Kipp Explore 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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