📍 6700 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, Harris County, 77074
Kipp Connect H S is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 554 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Geoffrey Roy. It is part of the Kipp Texas Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 52% of students are proficient in reading. The school offers 6 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kipp Connect H S enrolls 554 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 9% Asian and 6.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 460 | 83% |
| Asian | 50 | 9% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 6.1% |
| White | 8 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
499 of the school's 554 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 482 qualify for free lunch and 17 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 Connect H S 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 137.
Kipp Connect H S 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 554 students, Kipp Connect H S is close to the district average of about 565 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large