Circa 2003 KIPP had four separate charter school networks in the state for each of the regions it operated in: Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.[2]
Mark Larson, a graduate of
Trinity University, established the San Antonio branch in 2003. He eventually became the chief external officer of KIPP Texas,[3] as well as the KIPP San Antonio superintendent.[4]
Larson resigned in 2019. As of 2019[update] he is the head of City Education Partners (CEP).[3] Allen Smith became the head of the KIPP San Antonio schools.[4]
In 2018 KIPP announced that its four Texas divisions would merge into a single statewide network.[2]
Schools
Houston area
As of 2017[update] KIPP Houston had 12,100 students.[5]
KIPP Legacy Preparatory School (northeast Houston)
KIPP NEXUS Primary School (2017) (northwest Houston)
KIPP PEACE Elementary School(2011)
KIPP SHARP Prep(2008)
KIPP SHINE Prep(2004) (west Houston)
KIPP Unity Primary (2015)
KIPP: Zenith Academy (Sunnyside area) - KIPP Zenith opened as part of a wave of KIPP elementary schools opening in 2010.[10] In 2015
Children at Risk ranked this school as "F".[9]
^"Home". KIPP: Connect High School. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
^Home.
KIPP Sunnyside High School. Retrieved on May 21, 2011. "KIPP Sunnyside serves 552 college-bound 9th- through 12th-grade students from Houston’s Third Ward, Hiram Clarke, and Sunnyside communities. "
^"Home". KIPP Courage College Prep at Landrum Middle School. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
This list is incomplete. This list only includes schools in the Houston city limits. Multiple schools with "Houston, Texas" addresses are not in the city limits.