The Kinkaid School - Head Of School Office

Houston · TX · Private independent · K-12 combined

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19 AP courses

At a glance

Programs & features

19 AP courses offered (school profile)

Academic signals

SAT 25-75: 1260–1490
ACT 25-75: 27–33
AP exam pass rate 92%

Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
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Your state's public flagship

The University of Texas at Austin

29%

admit rate

$11,688

in-state tuition/yr · $44,908 out-of-state

1230–1490

SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

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Texas's public scholarships

Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.

Auto-admit Top 10% Automatic Admission

Guaranteed admission to a Texas public university (not a $ award)

GPA: Top 10% class rank (UT Austin caps at top 5%)

Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)

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Need-based TEXAS Grant

Up to $16,182/yr (tuition & required fees)

GPA: No GPA gate to qualify (3.0 / top-third = priority) Income: Need-based (federal Student Aid Index)

Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)

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Merit Texas First Early Completion Scholarship

Scholarship equal to the TEXAS Grant amount

GPA: 3.0 Test: SAT/ACT at the 80th percentile OR top-10% class rank

Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)

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Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Classes of 2022-2025 enrolled

The Kinkaid School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 138 colleges, in the document's own order.

Savannah College of Art and Design Southern Illinois University Southern Methodist University Southwestern University Spelman College Stanford University Syracuse University Texas A & M University-Blinn Texas A & M University-College Station Texas A & M University-Galveston Texas Christian University Texas State University Texas Southern University Texas Tech University The College of Wooster The New School The Pennsylvania State University The University of Alabama The University of Edinburgh The University of Texas At Austin The University of the Arts The University of the South Trinity College Dublin Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University of Louisiana United States Air Force Academy United States Naval Academy University of Arkansas University of California-Los Angeles

and 108 more

University of California-Santa Barbara University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Delaware University of Denver University of Florida American University Amherst College Arizona State University Austin Community College Babson College Bates College Baylor University Beloit College Belmont University Berklee College of Music Blinn College Boston University Bowdoin College Brown University Butler University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Centre College Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Clemson University Colby College Colgate University College of Charleston Colorado School of Mines Columbia University Concordia University Texas Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Delaware State University Delta State University Denison University Depaul University Duke University Elon University Emory University Flagler College Fordham University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Grinnell College Hamilton College Harvard University Houston Christian University Houston Community College Indiana University Johns Hopkins University Lehigh University Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Macalester College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Missouri State University New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Ohio State University Oklahoma State University Oxford University, United Kingdom Pace University Pomona College Princeton University Purdue University Rhodes College Rice University Roanoke College Rochester Institute of Technology Sacred Heart University Saint Joseph's University University of Georgia University of Houston University of Kansas University of Miami University of Michigan University of Mississippi University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill University of North Carolina - Charlotte University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Tennessee University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Ursinus College Vanderbilt University Vassar College Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington University In St Louis Wesleyan University Williams College William & Mary Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University

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Independently verified As published by The Kinkaid School — The Kinkaid School College Admission Profile 2025-26 ↗. Found at: p.3, 'In all, Kinkaid School graduates from 2022-2025 have attended 137 separate institutions...'.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,375 in 2018 to 1,360 in 2022 — over 4 years.

-1.1%

Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see The Kinkaid School - Head Of School Office's own published school profile (as of 2025-26): drive.google.com/file/d/1NJF7ljXbtUPYGyJF8lrNWCZ4… ↗

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
The Tenney School Houston	Private	2.4	55	-8.3%
Fusion Academy Hs1: Houston Galleria Houston	Private	2.8	47	—
Xavier Educational Academy Houston	Private	3.4	140	+19.7%
School Of The Woods Houston	Private	3.4	522	+100.8%
River Oaks Academy Houston	Private	3.5	37	—
Hua Xia Chinese School Houston	Private	3.6	3,250	—
Awty International School Houston	Private	3.9	1,453	—
The Post Oak School Bellaire	Private	4.0	355	-3.0%

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