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KIPP Truth Academy

KIPP Texas Public Schools · Dallas · 410 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
−5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.0 ptsvs 80 average · 279 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
132 of 279tied with 8 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 85 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80 average for 279 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 11 points

71 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 2 points above the 80 average among 279 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 13 points

72 to 85 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 85 is 8.4 points above the 76.6 average among 274 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

81 +7.9 pts vs 73.1

  • 81 is 7.9 points above the 73.1 average among 266 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 Truth Academy is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 279 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 132nd of 279 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 8 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageKIPP Truth Academy 8768677182 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 85 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
2025-26B8280.0 279 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25C7178.7 274 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24D6776.4 266 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23D6875.7 257 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22B8783.8 242 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 Achievement69 D−5.0 vs similar economic context · 279 reporting
  • School Progress81 B−0.1 vs similar economic context · 279 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps85 B+8.4 vs similar economic context · 274 reporting
  • Academic Growth81 B+7.9 vs similar economic context · 266 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+0.6 vs similar economic context · 275 reporting
  • KIPP Truth Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (279 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement69D1
School Progress81B9
Closing the Gaps85B5
Academic Growth81B9
Relative Performance80B10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 5 points below A 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 (81), so Student Achievement (69) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 81.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level65%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level68%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 277 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 277 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 277 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 260 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 260 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 260 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level50%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 177 reporting
  • Meets grade level19%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 177 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 177 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (279 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
410
Economically disadvantaged
96.8%+3.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
36.8%−9.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.1%+3.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.7%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
15.8%−7.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

KIPP Truth Academy

African American: 47.1%Hispanic: 50%White: 1.2%American Indian: 0.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 1.2%
  • African American 47.1%
  • Hispanic 50%
  • White 1.2%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 1.2%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting for every category shown · 279 in full cohort

African American: 17.7%Hispanic: 76.4%White: 2.9%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.5%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 17.7%
  • Hispanic 76.4%
  • White 2.9%
  • 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
410
Economically disadvantaged students
397
Emergent bilingual students
151
Special education students
66

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
47
Students in TEA mobility denominator
466
TEA-published mobility rate
10.1%

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 410 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 30 (6.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
410

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−30

Decrease · −6.8%

Change since 2021–22
−53

Decrease · −11.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
410
Selected comparison
510.6

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 277 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for KIPP Truth Academy
School yearStudents enrolledKIPP Truth AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 463 First available year 484.9
2022–23 467 Increase of 4 (0.9%) 498.2
2023–24 441 Decrease of 26 (5.6%) 508.9
2024–25 440 Decrease of 1 (0.2%) 511.4
2025–26 410 Decrease of 30 (6.8%) 510.6

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
96

20.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
148

31.76 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
466

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
20.6%
Selected comparison
11.1%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 171 rated charter campuses reporting

+9.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
31.76
Selected comparison
18.9

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 181 rated charter campuses reporting

+12.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for KIPP Truth Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 524 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 496 102 20.6% 124 25.00 11.1% 18.2
2022–23 501 89 17.8% 117 23.35 11.4% 19.5
2023–24 467 59 12.6% 80 17.13 11.3% 19.2
2024–25 466 96 20.6% 148 31.76 11.1% 18.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for KIPP Truth Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 96 20.6% 148 31.76 11.1% 18.9
In-school suspensions 14 3.0% 14 3.00 7.5% 11
Out-of-school suspensions 92 19.7% 127 27.25 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.

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

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,505
Selected comparison
$12,059

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 rated charter campuses reporting

−$3,554 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,505 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 Truth AcademyParent district: KIPP Texas Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2019$6,407$11,096$13,108$8,481 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 210 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$7,390$11,081$14,058$9,132 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 219 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$7,680$11,442$14,797$9,574 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 238 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$10,187$13,586$15,708$11,565 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 251 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$10,782$14,554$16,792$11,580 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 260 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$8,492$13,823$18,125$11,512 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 267 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$8,505$14,741$18,972$12,059 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 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
$65,086+$860 vs similar economic context
Teachers
22−7.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
19+1.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

KIPP Truth Academy

Beginning: 4.7%1 to 5 years: 74%6 to 10 years: 21.4%
  • Beginning 4.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 74%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.4%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 reporting for every category shown · 279 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.5%1 to 5 years: 47.6%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 14.5%21 to 30 years: 4%Over 30 years: 0.8%
  • Beginning 13.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 4%
  • Over 30 years 0.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for KIPP Truth Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKIPP Truth Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 520.623.7
Grade 625.723.5
Secondary English15.619
Secondary math16.619.6
Secondary science17.620.4
Secondary social studies15.620.6

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

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 227820071.