Middle Schools in KIPP Texas Public Schools

The KIPP Texas Public Schools district operates 21 middle schools across different cities in Texas, serving students in grades 5-8 or 5-9 with student populations ranging from around 300 to 600 students. While some KIPP middle schools, such as KIPP Academy Middle, KIPP Sharpstown College Prep, and KIPP Academy West, are performing well and ranking in the top 40% of Texas middle schools, the majority of the KIPP middle schools fall in the bottom half of the state rankings.

The data reveals significant performance gaps between the top-performing and lower-performing KIPP middle schools, especially in core subject areas like reading, math, and science. For example, 5th grade reading proficiency rates range from 17% to 58%, and 8th grade math proficiency rates range from 0% to 77.78%. These disparities suggest that there may be opportunities to learn from the practices of the higher-performing KIPP schools and apply them across the district. Additionally, the KIPP middle schools serve a high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, which likely presents unique challenges and resource needs that may be contributing to the varying performance levels.

Overall, the analysis of the KIPP Texas Public Schools middle school data indicates that while some schools are performing well, there is significant room for improvement across the district. Understanding the drivers of the performance gaps and leveraging the best practices of the top-performing KIPP middle schools could help the district better support all of its students and raise the overall academic achievement of the KIPP middle school network.