High · Texas
KIPP Sharpstown College Prep
CharterFree meals for allKIPP Sharpstown College Prep, a public high school in Houston, Texas: grades 6–11, 789 students, 21.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of KIPP Texas Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 789
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.5
- Students per teacher
- 21.6
- Grades
- 6–11
- High
More students per teacher than 94% of high schools in Texas
Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared
More students per teacher than 88% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 67% of high schools in Texas
Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared
Larger than 68% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Texas: 54%61%proficient
+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 67% of high schools in Texas
Median 53% · 314 high schools compared
383 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Texas: 42%33%proficient
+11.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of high schools in Texas
Median 34% · 308 high schools compared
257 students tested, grades 6, 7 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–11
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with KIPP Texas Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 8440 Westpark Dr, Houston, TX 77063
- Phone
- (281)879-3005
- City or town
- Houston
- County
- Harris County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southwest Public Schools College &Career Prep AcadCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 462 | — | — | — |
Wisdom H SFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,965 | 14.1 | — | — |
KIPP Connect PreparatoryCharterFree meals for all | 6–12 | 979 | 20.2 | 58% | 39% |
Premier H S - Houston (Sharpstown)CharterAlternative | 9–12 | 91 | 35.1 | — | — |
YES Prep - GulftonCharterFree meals for all | 6–12 | 1,039 | 17.0 | 52% | 43% |
Long AcademyFree meals for all | 6–12 | 680 | 13.8 | 22% | 25% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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