Kipp Mosaic Academy School, Houston TX

Original Research by School Decision on Kipp Mosaic Academy School

KIPP Mosaic Academy is a public charter school on the southwest side of Houston serving roughly grades five through nine, with an enrollment drawn from a neighborhood that is economically under-resourced and racially diverse. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Black minority and smaller numbers of other groups. About nine in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of household poverty that shapes both the composition of the peer environment and the school's mission.

The school is part of KIPP Texas, a network that recently underwent significant restructuring. In December 2025, the board voted to close seven campuses in Austin and San Antonio as of the 2026-2027 school year due to sustained enrollment declines and financial pressure, though Mosaic Academy itself in Houston was not affected. At the district level, KIPP Texas has climbed from a D accountability rating in 2023 to a B in 2025, an 11-point gain that signals the organization is on an upward academic trajectory even as it resets its footprint.

Mosaic's own test results from the current school year reveal uneven proficiency across subjects. In English language arts, the school is holding ground: sixth-graders and eighth-graders reached about half proficiency, while seventh-graders landed at about a third. Math tells a different story, with proficiency in the low-to-mid range at the sixth and seventh grades, and eighth-grade math results unavailable due to very low enrollment at that grade level in that subject. Science proficiency is low, and social studies proficiency is particularly weak, in the very low range for eighth-graders. When measured across all tested subjects and grades, proficiency sits slightly above the midpoint for schools in Harris County, suggesting Mosaic is performing in line with a broad middle tier of the county's districts, but these school-wide figures mask real softness in foundational areas like math and in content subjects.

The demographic data does not include rates for special education or English learner status, so a parent may want to look into further with the school what the makeup of those populations is and what supports are available. State testing participation rates were not reported, which makes it unclear whether all enrolled students sat for assessments or whether some were excluded.

Houston itself is a sprawling, fast-growing region anchored by energy, healthcare, and logistics. The housing stock in the school's zip code has declined in value modestly year-over-year, and rents have risen, a pattern consistent with a working-class neighborhood under housing-cost pressure. The city's lack of traditional zoning means single-family homes, apartments, and commercial uses mix closely. The school sits on Hillcroft Avenue, a major commercial corridor that bisects the southwest side.

KIPP Mosaic is a school where families are enrolling their children in the expectation of a rigorous charter environment serving a population where most students are economically disadvantaged. The evidence shows the school has climbing proficiency in reading while struggling in math and science, and the broader KIPP Texas network is on a recovery path. Parents considering this school should understand that it is a work-in-progress on academic outcomes, even as the organization at large is improving, and should ask directly about math support and the teaching of science given the proficiency gaps evident in the data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 24% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 25% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 47% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 44% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▼ 1 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 40% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 24% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolKIPP TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income0%Higher-income44%44 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income49%Higher-income53%4 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income44%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income51%Higher-income73%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income15%Higher-income11%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income29%Higher-income28%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income21%Higher-income33%12 pp gap