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KIPP Legacy Preparatory

KIPP Texas Public Schools · Houston · 797 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
+15 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.0 ptsvs 80 average · 283 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
143 of 283tied with 11 others
B81

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 69 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80 average for 283 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Closing the Gaps above the similar-context average

79 +2.4 pts vs 76.6

  • 79 is 2.4 points above the 76.6 average among 278 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected 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 Legacy Preparatory is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 283 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 15 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 143rd of 283 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 11 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageKIPP Legacy Preparatory 6645596881 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

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 Not Rated with 69 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
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas charter average
2025-26B8180.0 283 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25D6878.7 278 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24F5976.3 270 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23F4575.7 261 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22D6683.5 246 reporting84.5 700 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.

  • Student Achievement62 D−12.0 vs similar economic context · 283 reporting
  • School Progress82 B+1.0 vs similar economic context · 283 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps79 C+2.4 vs similar economic context · 278 reporting
  • Academic Growth82 B+9.0 vs similar economic context · 270 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−9.3 vs similar economic context · 279 reporting
  • KIPP Legacy Preparatory
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (283 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement62D8
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth82B8
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

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 (82), so Student Achievement (62) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level62%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (283 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.

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.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
797
Economically disadvantaged
96.6%+3.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
37.8%−7.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
6.4%−5.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.5%+2.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.3%−11.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

KIPP Legacy Preparatory

African American: 41.9%Hispanic: 55%White: 0.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 0.8%Two or More Races: 1.6%
  • African American 41.9%
  • Hispanic 55%
  • White 0.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 0.8%
  • Two or More Races 1.6%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting for every category shown · 283 in full cohort

African American: 17.9%Hispanic: 76.1%White: 3%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.5%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 17.9%
  • Hispanic 76.1%
  • White 3%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
797
Economically disadvantaged students
770
Emergent bilingual students
301
Special education students
51

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
63
Students in TEA mobility denominator
574
TEA-published mobility rate
11%

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 797 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 23 (2.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
797

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−23

Decrease · −2.8%

Change since 2021–22
−126

Decrease · −13.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
797
Selected comparison
508.6

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for KIPP Legacy Preparatory
School yearStudents enrolledKIPP Legacy PreparatoryChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 923 First available year 481.5
2022–23 925 Increase of 2 (0.2%) 495.4
2023–24 950 Increase of 25 (2.7%) 506.7
2024–25 820 Decrease of 130 (13.7%) 508.7
2025–26 797 Decrease of 23 (2.8%) 508.6

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
20

2.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
26

2.98 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
872

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
2.3%
Selected comparison
11.1%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 175 rated charter campuses reporting

−8.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.98
Selected comparison
18.9

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 185 rated charter campuses reporting

−15.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for KIPP Legacy Preparatory
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 985 Suppressed — 10 1.02 — 6.3
2021–22 977 11 1.1% 12 1.23 11.1% 18.2
2022–23 977 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 1,025 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 872 20 2.3% 26 2.98 11.1% 18.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for KIPP Legacy Preparatory in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 20 2.3% 26 2.98 11.1% 18.9
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 20 2.3% 26 2.98 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 Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

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.

$6k$13k$20k2019202120232025
  • KIPP Legacy Preparatory
  • Parent district: KIPP Texas Public Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,607
Selected comparison
$12,086

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 280 rated charter campuses reporting

−$3,479 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,607 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
Spending per student by year
YearKIPP Legacy PreparatoryParent district: KIPP Texas Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2019$6,591$11,096$13,108$8,477 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 212 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$7,180$11,081$14,058$9,166 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 222 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$7,513$11,442$14,797$9,594 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 241 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$8,377$13,586$15,708$11,587 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 255 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$8,412$14,554$16,792$11,617 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 264 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$7,347$13,823$18,125$11,536 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 271 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$8,607$14,741$18,972$12,086 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 280 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
$64,052−$174 vs similar economic context
Teachers
36+7.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
21.9+4.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

KIPP Legacy Preparatory

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 68.4%6 to 10 years: 16.5%11 to 20 years: 6.9%21 to 30 years: 2.7%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 68.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 16.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 6.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 2.7%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 283 reporting for every category shown · 283 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.4%1 to 5 years: 47.6%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 14.6%21 to 30 years: 3.9%Over 30 years: 0.9%
  • Beginning 13.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 3.9%
  • Over 30 years 0.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for KIPP Legacy Preparatory in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKIPP Legacy Preparatory · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2821.6
Grade 122.922
Grade 220.222.4
Grade 327.124
Grade 428.224.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 227820211.