KIPP Somos Primary in San Antonio | Military Town Advisor

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	3/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) data from Texas Education Agency.

Posted: May 18, 2026

KIPP Somos Primary is a school that is clearly committed to helping young children grow academically, socially, and emotionally. The school creates a welcoming environment where students are encouraged to learn, families are kept informed, and teachers work hard to support each childs progress. In my experience, the staff shows dedication, care, and a strong belief that every student can succeed.

One of the strengths of the school is the sense of structure and purpose in the classroom. Students are given opportunities to build foundational skills in reading, math, and overall learning habits, while teachers remain focused on helping them stay engaged and motivated. The school also works to foster a safe and positive atmosphere, which is important for young learners.

KIPP Somos Primary also values family involvement, and that makes a real difference. Families are treated as partners in the educational process, and that support helps build trust between home and school. For students who need additional help or accommodations, the school continues working toward providing the support they need to thrive.

Overall, KIPP Somos Primary is a strong choice for families looking for a school that is caring, structured, and committed to student growth. I would recommend it to parents who want a school that takes learning seriously while also supporting children as whole learners.

Posted: May 18, 2026

Posted: May 15, 2026

This school was one of my first entrances into the career of education and I am so thankful for this experience. I have bonded with my children in a way that I wish (as do they) to move up grades with them in the future. The opportunities of growth and coaching that I have received throughout this school year has been a blessing and pushed me into being the best educator that I could be. I am hopeful for the next school year and how I can be even greater for our little KIPPsters!

Posted: May 15, 2026

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My experience with KIPP Texas has been extremely disappointing. The school appears to struggle with maintaining discipline and classroom order. Students are often allowed to disrupt lessons and damage classrooms with little meaningful accountability, which creates a stressful learning environment for both teachers and students who actually want to learn.

The school also places an overwhelming amount of pressure on students and staff. Students are repeatedly required to take iReady assessments multiple times throughout the year to measure growth, yet many parents and teachers question whether these tests truly reflect real academic progress. At the same time, teachers are heavily overworked, leading to high burnout and constant stress.

Instead of focusing on creating a stable and supportive learning environment, the school seems overly focused on testing data and performance metrics. Unfortunately, this approach does not appear to be improving student outcomes, as low morale and poor test performance continue to be major concerns.

Overall, KIPP Texas needs stronger classroom management, better support for teachers, and a more balanced approach to student learning instead of relying so heavily on constant testing.

Posted: May 15, 2026

As a teacher for 3 years at this school, this has been the worst teaching experience. Ive had little to no support up until the end of the year when scores mattered. The special education team tries very hard to accommodate but our school does not always have the opportunities to support our special education students with what they need.

Posted: May 15, 2026

I have learned and grow as an educator!! I will take my experience from Somos every where I go!

Posted: May 15, 2026

Teachers here at the school are great!

Posted: May 15, 2026

The classroom environment is safe and fun!

Posted: May 15, 2026

Posted: February 9, 2026

Me parece que están haciendo un gran esfuerzo.

Posted: February 9, 2026

Every one is nice and friendly. My grandson is excited to go every day. Every one welcome him every morning and makes sure he knows where he's going.

Posted: February 9, 2026

Posted: January 30, 2026

Amazing school with amazing staff. My kid go to school everyday

Posted: January 30, 2026

We've had a wonderful experience at KIPP Somos Primary! The teachers are dedicated and create a supportive learning environment. Our child, Mikayla has blossomed academically and socially since enrolling here. The staff is approachable and communicative. She also feels safe, happy, and excited to go to school every day!

Posted: January 30, 2026

Mi experiencia con esta escuela es muy buena.

Posted: January 30, 2026

Amazing school with amazing staff. My kids love Kipp and are excited to go to school everyday.

Posted: January 30, 2026

Kipp somos primary ha sido el lugar seguro de mi hijo, es feliz cada vez que va al colegio, las maestras, el personal administrativo y de educación especial han sido personas fundamentales para el desarrollo de mijo. GRACIAS KIPP SOMOS PRIMARY

Posted: January 30, 2026

My child has been at this school for 1.5 years and has had a new teacher every 3 months.

Posted: January 30, 2026

Posted: January 21, 2026

Last year my child will be here

Posted: January 21, 2026

Posted: January 12, 2026

My child enjoys his teachers , overall the school Is decent .

Posted: January 12, 2026

Posted: December 25, 2025

Ive had my kids in kipp almost 3 years and there will not be a fourth. I have ran into things in this school i did not know where possible from my kid coming home in his own feces to being told to be quiet for asking for his inhaler i cant believe it. As for my daughter being told that she cant change classes because the other class has worst kids is something laughable i wish this school turns it around but I cannot put my kids through anymore of your failures as a school we will be gone next year.

Posted: December 25, 2025

Posted: November 25, 2025

Thank you for your dedication, love and support to our children.

Posted: November 25, 2025

Posted: November 24, 2025

Excellent school in terms of education and child safety; my daughter has made great progress in reading and writing. I give it a perfect score without hesitation.

Posted: November 24, 2025

Posted: November 20, 2025

I love the staff and how helpful they are

Posted: November 20, 2025

Posted: November 7, 2025

My experience as a parent in the school has always been welcoming and friendly. Always happy to see me and my kids. In the classroom, theyre nicely organized and clean. Ive never felt out of place. Ive had 3 of my kids in this school for 14 years now. I worried in the beginning my son would struggle but I knew soon after the teachers..would be great. 14 years ago a teacher Ms. Torres showed me she wouldnt leave my son behind. I forever appreciate her because 13 years later my son graduated high school and now attends a univeristy. She even surprisingly showed up to his graduation. She never forgot him. Thank you Ms. Torres and all the other teachers that do so much. They hold your students hand and motivate them to learn what they need to. They work with the parents.

Posted: November 7, 2025

Teachers are great and they communicate with parents about the progress of the student

Posted: November 7, 2025

Posted: November 6, 2025

La escuela tiene excelentes profesionales en todos los aspectos . Hasta el momento estoy satisfecha pues veo el avance d mi hija. Y a mi hija también le gusta bastante . Muchas Gracias.

Posted: November 6, 2025

We love the staff and teachers our children have. Our boys love attending Kipp Primary! The front staff is amazing. They are all always so patient with our many questions and always so helpful and welcoming. Ms Cormack is amazing and worked with one of our oldest kippsters, so we are beyond excited that our boys have her this year as their school leader! Our daughter had nothing but the best things to say, so you know Ms Cormack is the best of the best when a student remembers them and tells her siblings theyre lucky to have her!
We do wish there was more transparency when it comes to our concerns with our boys receiving special education services. Weve received different answers as to when they would start receiving speech therapy and this has remained a concern of ours since the beginning of the school year. We do hope to continue with Kipp and understand that things do happen, so we do greatly appreciate the reassurance weve been given. Our main concern is their education and receiving speech therapy is top priority so that they do not fall further behind, and we remain hopeful that these services will start soon.

Posted: November 6, 2025

I am pleased with the overall experience Ive had with they staff in general.

Posted: November 6, 2025

I love the school all the teachers are very welcoming and helpful my daughter enjoys coming every day.

Posted: November 6, 2025

Es la primera escuela de mi niña y la experiencia ha sido muy buena, las maestras y la administración nos mantienen muy bien informados. Ella está muy contenta, especialmente, porque se siente bienvenida e integrada, le encanta estar con más niños y levantarse para ir a clases cada día. ¡Gracias Somos Kipp!

Posted: November 6, 2025

My son looks forward to going to school every day, and that says everything! Im so grateful for such a positive and caring environment where he can build confidence, make friends, and develop a lifelong love of learning. Highly recommend this school to any parent looking for a place that feels like family!

Posted: November 6, 2025

Excelente aprendizaje los maestros tiene excelentes habilidades para enseñar

Posted: November 6, 2025

Posted: February 27, 2019

Not good. Run like an alternative school. Extremely rigid and discipline oriented. Not a college prep at all. Hours are far to long for children of this age and God forbid your child ever receive after school detention, they'll miss dinner as they don't get out until 6pm. Found staff and teachers to be uninformed and poorly educated. Just not pleased at all. This school, I've found like most Kipp schools, fails to meet even the most basic of educational criteria for a charter school program.

Posted: February 27, 2019

Posted: March 7, 2016

These teachers are amazingly effective. I have yet to see a group of faculty come together so seamlessly to nurture and grow these young minds.

Posted: March 7, 2016

My particular child comes home with her work and she isn't overwhelmed or exhausted. She tackles it fine and still has plenty of time left in her day for her tween stuff. She maintains good grades so it's not like she is not completing it either. Overall Just right.

Posted: March 7, 2016

This school has core values that it instills in the students with awesome reward programs as they achieve these values thru their everyday interaction with fellow peers and teachers. But the end result is that the students are more aware than ever of these values and practice them even without reward now!

Posted: March 7, 2016

WOW! WOW! WOW! What an amazing group of motivated and inspiring faculty that have come together to mold our future generations at this school!!!! I have to take a moment to recognize what I have personally witnessed within the individual teachers and administration...they not only emphasize continued education but they practice what they say! One teacher even graduated from a local university and his very own students attended his ceremony! Now tell me this isn't inspiration at it's truest form!!! The teachers have even come to my home to have one on one meetings with us before school even started to introduce themselves to us and our child! MIND BLOWN! Who does courteous things like this anymore?!?! THIS TEAM OF TEACHERS! THAT'S WHO! The faculty loves the children and it shows thru their everyday interactions. They even have children from other schools come and visit them! Ok Ok enough about the awesome teachers I know, but truth is, my daughter has never looked forward to school as much as she does now. She is in their Cross Country program as well as Spanish classes and is now the best runner in our family as well as corrects me with my TACO BELL SPANISH lol! And she's only ten! I can only wonder what the future holds for her as she continues to attend this school and advances in their Spanish and Athletic programs and other electives as they become available. Thank You For teaching my daughter that furthering her education is something amazing to look forward to!

#	Name	Type	City	State	Distance
1	Villas at Medical Center	Apartment Complex	San Antonio	TX	3.2 mi
2	Alamo Heights	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	5.1 mi
3	Oak Hollow Park	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	7.2 mi
4	Stone Oak	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	8.7 mi
5	Bulverde Oaks	Apartment Complex	San Antonio	TX	10.4 mi
6	Spring Creek	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	10.6 mi
7	Sierra Springs	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	10.7 mi
8	Laura Heights	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	11.2 mi
9	Alamo Ranch	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	12 mi
10	Indian Springs	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	13 mi
11	Springs at Live Oak Apartments	Apartment Complex	Live Oak	TX	13.2 mi
12	Springwood Subdivision	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Universal City	TX	14.1 mi
13	Live Oak	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	14.4 mi
14	Garden ridge	Neighborhood/Subdivision	San Antonio	TX	16.2 mi
15	Berry Creek	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Schertz	TX	17 mi
16	The Crossvine	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Schertz	TX	17.7 mi
17	Glenwood	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Bulverde	TX	18.1 mi
18	Charleston Parke	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Cibolo	TX	18.3 mi

#	Name	City	State	Distance
1	The Pearl	San Antonio	TX	6.8 mi
2	San Antonio Riverwalk	San Antonio	TX	7.7 mi
3	Helotes	Helotes	TX	9.8 mi
4	Northwest I-151 (Seaworld Area)	San Antonio	TX	11.5 mi
5	Glenwood	Bulverde	TX	18 mi
6	Cibolo, Schertz area	Cibolo	TX	18.5 mi
7	Cibolo	Cibolo	TX	20 mi

Base	Distance
Fort Sam Houston	7.4 mi.
Kelly Field	9.9 mi.
Lackland AFB	10.2 mi.
Randolph AFB	15.6 mi.

KIPP Somos Primary

San Antonio, TX 78230

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