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KIPP CONNECT PREPARATORY

HOUSTON · TX · KIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How KIPP CONNECT PREPARATORY compares for families

What families should know about KIPP CONNECT PREPARATORY.

  • LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: YES PREP - GULFTON, LONG ACADEMY, PREMIER H S - HOUSTON (SHARPSTOWN) and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

72.7%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
2.0%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
20
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 139 in 2023 to 129 in 2024 — over 1 years.
-7.2%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +27.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 979 students:

2025
1,244
2027
2,009
2029
3,245

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $12,886 per student in district revenue, the 2,266 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $29,199,676/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
YES PREP - GULFTON
HOUSTON
Public · charter 0.2 546 -4.0%
LONG ACADEMY
HOUSTON
Public 0.3 102 -43.3%
PREMIER H S - HOUSTON (SHARPSTOWN)
HOUSTON
Public · charter 0.4 91
The Saint Constantine School
Houston
Private 0.7 322
ENERGIZED FOR STEM ACADEMY H S
HOUSTON
Public · charter 1.1 520 -20.4%
SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS COLLEGE &CAREER PREP ACAD
HOUSTON
Public · charter 1.2 462 +23.5%
WISDOM H S
HOUSTON
Public 1.6 1,965 -3.3%
SHARPSTOWN H S
HOUSTON
Public 1.8 1,689 -2.4%

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