Current strength
Overall score above the Region 12: Waco average
81 +2.5 pts vs 78.5
- 81 is 2.5 points above the 78.5 average among 301 schools in Region 12: Waco reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
Academy Early Childhood Center
Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 189 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 81/1002025-26
- Change
- −7 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −1.1 ptsvs 82.1 average · 1,710 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 955 of 1,710tied with 65 others
- Score vs region
- +2.5 ptsvs 78.5 average · 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco
- Region 12: Waco placement
- 129 of 301tied with 13 others
- Score vs county
- +1.9 ptsvs 79.1 average · 100 rated schools in Bell County
- Bell County placement
- 36 of 100tied with 9 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- −0.5 ptsvs 81.5 average · 1,167 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 635 of 1,167tied with 43 others
- Score vs state
- −0.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 4,141 of 7,646tied with 260 others
B81
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 84 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 82.1 average for 1,710 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 78.5 average for 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco.The current score is above the 79.1 average for 100 rated schools in Bell County.The current score is below the 81.5 average for 1,167 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Similar economic-disadvantage rate.
No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Bell County.
No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against similarly sized schools.
No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Texas average.
Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.
Read the full rating context and placement
Academy Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.1 average for 1,710 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 7 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 955th of 1,710 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 65 others).
Academy Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.5 average for 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco. It is down 7 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 129th of 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco (tied with 13 others).
Academy Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.1 average for 100 rated schools in Bell County. It is down 7 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 36th of 100 rated schools in Bell County (tied with 9 others).
Academy Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.5 average for 1,167 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 7 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 635th of 1,167 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 43 others).
Academy Early Childhood Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 7 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 4,141st of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 260 others).
Put the numbers in context
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2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 84 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 81 | 82.1 1,710 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 81 | 82.3 1,686 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 88 | 80.3 1,658 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | C | 77 | 81.0 1,637 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 88 | 83.6 1,614 reporting | 83.7 7,283 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Academy Early Childhood Center
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,710 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | — | Not rated | — |
| School Progress | — | Not rated | — |
| Closing the Gaps | — | Not rated | — |
| Academic Growth | — | Not rated | — |
| Relative Performance | — | Not rated | — |
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 189
- Economically disadvantaged
- 50.0%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 8.1%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 10.8%−7.9 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- —
- Chronically absent
- —
Student demographics
Academy Early Childhood Center
- African American 5.4%
- Hispanic 22%
- White 63.4%
- American Indian 0.5%
- Asian 2.7%
- Two or More Races 5.9%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,710 reporting for every category shown · 1,710 in full cohort
- African American 9.4%
- Hispanic 40.9%
- White 41.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 3.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 4.2%
Selected comparison average For Region 12: Waco · 301 reporting for every category shown · 301 in full cohort
- African American 14.2%
- Hispanic 37.4%
- White 40.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Two or More Races 5.7%
Selected comparison average For Bell County · 100 reporting for every category shown · 100 in full cohort
- African American 21.7%
- Hispanic 37%
- White 30%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.8%
- Pacific Islander 1.3%
- Two or More Races 8.1%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 1,167 reporting for every category shown · 1,167 in full cohort
- African American 7.7%
- Hispanic 46.4%
- White 41.3%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.1%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 186
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 93
- Emergent bilingual students
- 15
- Special education students
- 20
TEA context labels
- Highest grade is early education, pre-K or kindergarten
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- Not reported
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- Not reported
- TEA-published mobility rate
- Not reported
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 189 students in 2025–26, an increase of 22 (13.2%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 189
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +22
Increase · +13.2%
- Change since 2021–22
- −272
Decrease · −59.0%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 189
- Selected comparison
- 645.9
| School year | Students enrolledAcademy Early Childhood Center | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 461 | First available year | 648.1 |
| 2022–23 | 182 | Decrease of 279 (60.5%) | 653 |
| 2023–24 | 172 | Decrease of 10 (5.5%) | 652.6 |
| 2024–25 | 167 | Decrease of 5 (2.9%) | 649 |
| 2025–26 | 189 | Increase of 22 (13.2%) | 645.9 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 171
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 486 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 489 | 13 | 2.7% | 26 | 5.32 | 11.8% | 26.2 |
| 2022–23 | 199 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 171 | Suppressed | — | 11 | 6.43 | — | 28.4 |
| 2024–25 | 171 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Academy Early Childhood Center
- Parent district: Academy ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $11,830
- Selected comparison
- $11,975
For 2025, TEA reported $11,830 per student for this campus, $22,099 per student for its parent district, Academy ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Academy Early Childhood Center | Parent district: Academy ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $5,923 | $9,800 | $13,054 | $7,837 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,556 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $5,514 | $10,598 | $13,108 | $8,018 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,576 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $5,231 | $9,853 | $14,058 | $8,523 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,588 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $6,342 | $11,907 | $14,797 | $8,936 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,605 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $5,976 | $15,286 | $15,708 | $10,254 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,616 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $8,633 | $27,904 | $16,792 | $10,711 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,636 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $8,664 | $35,057 | $18,125 | $11,509 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,656 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $11,830 | $22,099 | $18,972 | $11,975 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,684 rated schools reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
- Average salary
- $62,639−$4,267 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 12−30.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 15.5−4.3 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Academy Early Childhood Center
- 1 to 5 years 46.7%
- 6 to 10 years 7.5%
- 11 to 20 years 15.8%
- 21 to 30 years 30%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,710 reporting for every category shown · 1,710 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.6%
- 1 to 5 years 24.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.3%
- 11 to 20 years 29.5%
- 21 to 30 years 16.8%
- Over 30 years 4.3%
Selected comparison average For Region 12: Waco · 301 reporting for every category shown · 301 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.8%
- 1 to 5 years 26.8%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.1%
- 21 to 30 years 16.2%
- Over 30 years 4.2%
Selected comparison average For Bell County · 100 reporting for every category shown · 100 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 29.2%
- 6 to 10 years 21.5%
- 11 to 20 years 26.2%
- 21 to 30 years 13.8%
- Over 30 years 3.2%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 1,167 reporting for every category shown · 1,167 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.6%
- 1 to 5 years 23.6%
- 6 to 10 years 17.4%
- 11 to 20 years 28.3%
- 21 to 30 years 17.7%
- Over 30 years 5.6%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classAcademy Early Childhood Center · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 16 | 18 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 1 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this comes from
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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