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KIPP Dream Prep

PublicElementaryGrades PK–4Charter

500 Tidwell Dr, Houston, TX 77022 · (832) 230-0566

Houston’s School Grade C− better than 23% of Texas school districts

Directions
Students
929
Students per teacher
24:1
Free or reduced lunch
96%
Setting
City
Grades
PK–4
The gist

What stands out about KIPP Dream Prep

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Texas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 20 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 22 pts below the state
  • Larger classes: 24 students per teacher

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency17%
State average 36.6%
Reading / language arts20%
State average 41.8%

Its own letter, D, places these results among Texas’s 7,796 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

500 Tidwell Dr, Houston

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K221
Kindergarten138
Grade 1137
Grade 2138
Grade 3158
Grade 4137
Enrollment over time
891’20
925’21
915’22
918’23
929’24

Up 4.3% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 88%Black 9%White 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Two or more races <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about KIPP Dream Prep from Houston families.

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Texas’s other public schools; Houston’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.