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KIPP Spirit College Prep

KIPP Texas Public Schools · Houston · 531 students

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Current score
85/1002025-26
Change
−7 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+4.7 ptsvs 80.3 average · 360 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
142 of 360tied with 14 others
B85

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.3 average for 360 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 6 points

79 to 85 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 85 is 4.7 points above the 80.3 average among 360 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Academic Growth rose 8 points

76 to 84 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 84 is 10.9 points above the 73.1 average among 344 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
57%vs 44.1% avg · +12.9 pts
Masters
31%vs 16.3% avg · +14.7 pts

Among 360 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 Spirit College Prep is rated B by TEA, scoring 85 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.3 average for 360 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 7 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 142nd of 360 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 14 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageKIPP Spirit College Prep 9282817985 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 B with 89 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
2025-26B8580.3 360 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25C7978.8 354 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24B8176.4 346 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23B8275.9 336 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22A9283.4 316 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 Achievement75 C+0.8 vs similar economic context · 360 reporting
  • School Progress87 B+5.7 vs similar economic context · 360 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps79 C+2.0 vs similar economic context · 354 reporting
  • Academic Growth84 B+10.9 vs similar economic context · 344 reporting
  • Relative Performance87 B+7.6 vs similar economic context · 356 reporting
  • KIPP Spirit College Prep
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (360 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress87B3
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth84B6
Relative Performance87B3

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 (87), so Student Achievement (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 358 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 358 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 358 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 338 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 338 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 338 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 228 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 228 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 228 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (360 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
531
Economically disadvantaged
93.2%+2.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
12.8%−31.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
9.0%−3.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.6%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.9%−11.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

KIPP Spirit College Prep

African American: 71%Hispanic: 26.9%White: 0.2%Two or More Races: 1.9%
  • African American 71%
  • Hispanic 26.9%
  • White 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 1.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting for every category shown · 360 in full cohort

African American: 18.4%Hispanic: 75.2%White: 3.3%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 18.4%
  • Hispanic 75.2%
  • White 3.3%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • 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
531
Economically disadvantaged students
495
Emergent bilingual students
68
Special education students
48

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
47
Students in TEA mobility denominator
554
TEA-published mobility rate
8.5%

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 531 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 1 (0.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
531

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−1

Decrease · −0.2%

Change since 2021–22
+62

Increase · +13.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
531
Selected comparison
513.9

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 358 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for KIPP Spirit College Prep
School yearStudents enrolledKIPP Spirit College PrepChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 469 First available year 487.9
2022–23 492 Increase of 23 (4.9%) 502.4
2023–24 491 Decrease of 1 (0.2%) 512.6
2024–25 532 Increase of 41 (8.4%) 514.5
2025–26 531 Decrease of 1 (0.2%) 513.9

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
127

23.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
220

39.86 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
552

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
23.0%
Selected comparison
11.0%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 222 rated charter campuses reporting

+12.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
39.86
Selected comparison
18.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 235 rated charter campuses reporting

+21.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for KIPP Spirit College Prep
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 489 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 476 20 4.2% 25 5.25 11.1% 18.2
2022–23 500 92 18.4% 178 35.60 11.6% 19.7
2023–24 509 65 12.8% 91 17.88 11.3% 19.4
2024–25 552 127 23.0% 220 39.86 11.0% 18.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for KIPP Spirit College Prep in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 127 23.0% 220 39.86 11.0% 18.7
In-school suspensions 55 10.0% 70 12.68 7.4% 10.9
Out-of-school suspensions 95 17.2% 133 24.09 8.9% 12.5
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.

$7k$13k$20k2019202120232025
  • KIPP Spirit College Prep
  • Parent district: KIPP Texas Public Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,424
Selected comparison
$11,975

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 357 rated charter campuses reporting

−$4,551 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,424 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 Spirit College PrepParent district: KIPP Texas Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2019$8,506$11,096$13,108$8,598 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 270 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$8,183$11,081$14,058$9,230 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 286 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$7,860$11,442$14,797$9,632 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 310 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$8,736$13,586$15,708$11,568 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 328 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$8,639$14,554$16,792$11,582 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 338 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$8,128$13,823$18,125$11,569 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 347 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$7,424$14,741$18,972$11,975 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 357 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
$65,471+$1,375 vs similar economic context
Teachers
20−9.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
26.7+8.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

KIPP Spirit College Prep

Beginning: 10.1%1 to 5 years: 60.3%6 to 10 years: 14.6%11 to 20 years: 15.1%
  • Beginning 10.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 60.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 14.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 15.1%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 360 reporting for every category shown · 360 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.3%1 to 5 years: 47.4%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 14.4%21 to 30 years: 4.3%Over 30 years: 0.8%
  • Beginning 13.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.3%
  • Over 30 years 0.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for KIPP Spirit College Prep in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKIPP Spirit College Prep · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 531.323.7
Grade 63323.4
Secondary English32.818.9
Secondary languages other than English7.917.9
Secondary math32.819.4
Secondary science32.820.1
Secondary social studies32.820.3

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 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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