📍 8805 Ferndale, Houston, Harris County, 77017
Kipp Climb Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 818 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amanda Wingard. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Climb Academy enrolls 818 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 17% Black or African American and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 662 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 142 | 17% |
| White | 6 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
750 of the school's 818 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 708 qualify for free lunch and 42 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 Climb 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 Climb 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 818 students, Kipp Climb 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