Recent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
84 to 93 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 93 is 13 points above the 80 average among 313 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Open-enrollment charter campus
KIPP Connect Preparatory
KIPP Texas Public Schools · Houston · 968 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 93/1002025-26
- Change
- +1 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +13.0 ptsvs 80 average · 313 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 31 of 313tied with 12 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +10.1 ptsvs 82.9 average · 317 similarly sized rated charter campuses
- Similar size placement
- 46 of 317tied with 16 others
- Score vs state
- +11.3 ptsvs 81.7 average · 829 rated Texas charter campuses
- Texas charter placement
- 105 of 829tied with 30 others
A93
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 90 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80 average for 313 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 82.9 average for 317 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 13 points
78 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 14.3 points above the 76.7 average among 308 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 53%vs 40.3% avg · +12.7 pts
- Masters
- 24%vs 15.3% avg · +8.7 pts
Among 313 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
84 to 93 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 93 is 10.1 points above the 82.9 average among 317 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 13 points
78 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 10.3 points above the 80.7 average among 317 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 53%vs 49.7% avg · +3.3 pts
- Masters
- 24%vs 22% avg · +2 pts
Among 317 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 9 points
84 to 93 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 93 is 11.3 points above the 81.7 average among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 13 points
78 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 12.4 points above the 78.6 average among 807 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above Texas charter averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 53%vs 45.5% avg · +7.5 pts
- Masters
- 24%vs 18.8% avg · +5.2 pts
Among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.
Read the full rating context and placement
KIPP Connect Preparatory is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 313 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 31st of 313 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 12 others).
KIPP Connect Preparatory is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.9 average for 317 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 46th of 317 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 16 others).
KIPP Connect Preparatory is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 105th of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 30 others).
Put the numbers in context
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 90 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 93 | 80.0 313 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 84 | 78.5 307 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | C | 70 | 76.4 299 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 82 | 75.8 289 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 92 | 83.4 272 reporting | 84.5 700 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- KIPP Connect Preparatory
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (313 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 81 | B | 9 |
| School Progress | 94 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 91 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 77 | C | 3 |
| Relative Performance | 94 | A | — |
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (94), so Student Achievement (81) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 94.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (313 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Graduation
- Four-Year
- 0.0%−60.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 94 rated charter campuses reporting
- Five-Year
- 0.0%−57.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 94 rated charter campuses reporting
- Six-Year
- 0.0%−50.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 93 rated charter campuses reporting
- Dropout Rate
- 3.8%+2.7 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 94 rated charter campuses reporting
These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only charter campuses in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported charter campus rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.
College, career and military readiness
- Total credit for CCMR criteria
- 98.0%+14.6 pts vs similar economic context
| Criterion | This school% of graduates | Averagesimilar economic context | Differencepercentage points | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 98.0% | 83.4% | +14.6 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 104 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 98.4% | 66.1% | +32.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 51.2% | 33.9% | +17.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 59.8% | 29.2% | +30.6 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 0.0% | 10.0% | −10.0 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 3.9% | 14.7% | −10.8 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 0.5% | −0.5 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 2.1% | −2.1 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 0.8% | 4.3% | −3.5 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 2.3% | −2.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 7.1% | 8.9% | −1.8 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 3.1% | 1.8% | +1.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 105 rated charter campuses reporting |
Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported charter campus percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
After high school: the following fall
Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.
- Graduates in the report
- 136
Class of 2023–24
- Enrolled in Texas public higher education
- 78
57.4% of graduates
- Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
- 47
34.6% of graduates
- Not trackable
- 11
Fall 2024
Graduates in the report
- This school
- 136
- Selected comparison
- 83.1
Enrolled in Texas public higher education
- This school
- 78
- Selected comparison
- 40.5
Texas-public enrollment rate
- This school
- 57.4%
- Selected comparison
- 45.8%
Not-found rate
- This school
- 34.6%
- Selected comparison
- 48.6%
Not-trackable rate
- This school
- 8.1%
- Selected comparison
- 5.6%
Most common named Texas public destinations
- HOUSTON CITY COLLEGE (010633)30
- U. OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN (012826)12
- UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (003652)12
Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.
Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.
“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.
“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 968
- Economically disadvantaged
- 95.1%+3.0 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 61.7%+16.5 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 7.5%−5.1 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 93.9%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 18.6%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
KIPP Connect Preparatory
- African American 6.6%
- Hispanic 68.1%
- White 4.1%
- American Indian 0.6%
- Asian 19.5%
- Two or More Races 1%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 313 reporting for every category shown · 313 in full cohort
- African American 18.5%
- Hispanic 75.3%
- White 3%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 1.5%
- Two or More Races 1.3%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 317 reporting for every category shown · 317 in full cohort
- African American 14.5%
- Hispanic 65.7%
- White 9.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 7.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- African American 17.5%
- Hispanic 61.8%
- White 12.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.5%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 968
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 921
- Emergent bilingual students
- 597
- Special education students
- 73
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 85
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 1,020
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 8.3%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 968 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 11 (1.1%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 968
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- −11
Decrease · −1.1%
- Change since 2021–22
- +491
Increase · +102.9%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 968
- Selected comparison
- 515
| School year | Students enrolledKIPP Connect Preparatory | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 477 | First available year | 487.1 |
| 2022–23 | 364 | Decrease of 113 (23.7%) | 501.9 |
| 2023–24 | 927 | Increase of 563 (154.7%) | 513.4 |
| 2024–25 | 979 | Increase of 52 (5.6%) | 514.9 |
| 2025–26 | 968 | Decrease of 11 (1.1%) | 515 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- 196
19.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 395
38.88 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 1,016
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 19.3%
- Selected comparison
- 11.0%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 38.88
- Selected comparison
- 18.9
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 465 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 487 | 102 | 20.9% | 192 | 39.43 | 11.1% | 18.3 |
| 2022–23 | 368 | 103 | 28.0% | 171 | 46.47 | 11.6% | 19.6 |
| 2023–24 | 951 | 229 | 24.1% | 483 | 50.79 | 11.2% | 19.2 |
| 2024–25 | 1,016 | 196 | 19.3% | 395 | 38.88 | 11.0% | 18.9 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 196 | 19.3% | 395 | 38.88 | 11.0% | 18.9 |
| In-school suspensions | 119 | 11.7% | 162 | 15.94 | 7.6% | 11.2 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 123 | 12.1% | 196 | 19.29 | 8.7% | 12.4 |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- KIPP Connect Preparatory
- Parent district: KIPP Texas Public Schools
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $7,561
- Selected comparison
- $12,060
For 2025, TEA reported $7,561 per student for this campus, $14,741 per student for its parent district, KIPP Texas Public Schools, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | KIPP Connect Preparatory | Parent district: KIPP Texas Public Schools | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $7,500 | $11,096 | $13,108 | $8,601 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 234 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2020 | $7,377 | $11,081 | $14,058 | $9,259 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 248 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2021 | $7,809 | $11,442 | $14,797 | $9,599 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 267 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2022 | $7,602 | $13,586 | $15,708 | $11,552 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2023 | $10,105 | $14,554 | $16,792 | $11,557 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $8,375 | $13,823 | $18,125 | $11,538 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 300 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $7,561 | $14,741 | $18,972 | $12,060 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 310 rated charter campuses reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
- Average salary
- $64,475+$179 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 48+18.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 20.3+2.5 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
KIPP Connect Preparatory
- Beginning 4.2%
- 1 to 5 years 62.1%
- 6 to 10 years 22.4%
- 11 to 20 years 9.2%
- 21 to 30 years 2.1%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 313 reporting for every category shown · 313 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.5%
- 1 to 5 years 47%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 14.8%
- 21 to 30 years 4.2%
- Over 30 years 0.9%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 317 reporting for every category shown · 317 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.6%
- 1 to 5 years 48%
- 6 to 10 years 20%
- 11 to 20 years 12.4%
- 21 to 30 years 2.9%
- Over 30 years 0.4%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- Beginning 13%
- 1 to 5 years 44.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.6%
- 11 to 20 years 15.4%
- 21 to 30 years 4.8%
- Over 30 years 0.9%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classKIPP Connect Preparatory · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 32.7 | 23.3 |
| Secondary English | 24.3 | 18.9 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 23.5 | 18.1 |
| Secondary math | 25.4 | 19.4 |
| Secondary science | 27.8 | 20.3 |
| Secondary social studies | 26.9 | 20.5 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this comes from
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