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Middle · Regular · Grades 5 to 8

KIPP Polaris Academy for Boys, Houston, TX

Charter schoolCEP schoolKIPP Polaris Academy for Boys is a public middle school in Houston, part of KIPP Texas Public Schools. It enrolled 341 students in 2024-25, with 17.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "KIPP POLARIS ACADEMY FOR BOYS".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
341
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Students per teacher
17.1
Grades
5 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.1 lower than the district figure of 19.2. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.1
District19.2
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
9636 Mesa Dr, Houston, TX 77078
Phone
(832)230-0567
District
KIPP Texas Public Schools
County
Harris County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
480026412173
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
321
Reduced-price lunch
11
Free or reduced-price lunch
33297.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in KIPP Texas Public Schools

Middle schools elsewhere in Houston

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.