Summary
KIPP Camino Academy is a public charter middle school in San Antonio, Texas, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 461 students. While part of the KIPP Texas Public Schools district, the school consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas middle schools and struggles to meet state academic performance standards, particularly for Hispanic, English Language Learner, and special education students.
KIPP Camino Academy's academic performance on STAAR assessments is significantly below the state and KIPP Texas district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates ranged from just 9.41% in 5th grade Science to 43.96% in 8th grade Reading, compared to the state averages of 29.57% and 56.39%, respectively. The school also experiences relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 0.6% to 1.5% over the past 5 years, which are higher than the state average. Additionally, KIPP Camino Academy has a very high percentage of students (over 90%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population.
When compared to other nearby schools, KIPP Camino Academy's performance lags behind. KIPP Aspire Academy, another KIPP charter school located about 3 miles away, has slightly higher academic performance and lower dropout rates, but still struggles to meet state averages. Similarly, some traditional public schools in the Edgewood Independent School District, such as E.T. Wrenn Middle and Brentwood Middle, have even lower academic performance and higher dropout rates than KIPP Camino Academy, suggesting systemic challenges in the district. While San Antonio Independent School District magnet schools like Longfellow Middle have somewhat higher academic performance, they too struggle to meet state averages, especially in mathematics.
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