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Academy MS

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 434 students

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Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−5.3 ptsvs 85.3 average · 1,247 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
940 of 1,247tied with 35 others
B80

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 82 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 85.3 average for 1,247 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
65%vs 59% avg · +6 pts
Masters
41%vs 30.9% avg · +10.1 pts

Among 1,112 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

81 +2.3 pts vs 78.7

  • 81 is 2.3 points above the 78.7 average among 1,189 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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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 MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 85.3 average for 1,247 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 940th of 1,247 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 35 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageAcademy MS 8187828080 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

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 82 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
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8085.3 1,247 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8085.4 1,222 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8283.8 1,205 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8784.2 1,191 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8186.0 1,174 reporting83.7 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.

  • Student Achievement83 B−2.9 vs similar economic context · 1,213 reporting
  • School Progress81 B−2.1 vs similar economic context · 1,210 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps74 C−8.7 vs similar economic context · 1,200 reporting
  • Academic Growth81 B+2.3 vs similar economic context · 1,189 reporting
  • Relative Performance74 C−5.7 vs similar economic context · 1,210 reporting
  • Academy MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,247 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement83B7
School Progress81B9
Closing the Gaps74C6
Academic Growth81B9
Relative Performance74C6

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 6 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (83), so School Progress (81) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level78%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,213 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,213 reporting
  • Masters grade level25%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,213 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,212 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,212 reporting
  • Masters grade level35%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,212 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,209 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,209 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,209 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,112 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,112 reporting
  • Masters grade level41%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,112 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level50%−31 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 639 reporting
  • Meets grade level24%−33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 639 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 639 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,247 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
434
Economically disadvantaged
36.8%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
5.8%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.4%+2.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.9%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
11.3%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Academy MS

African American: 5.3%Hispanic: 31.3%White: 55.6%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.7%Two or More Races: 5.8%
  • African American 5.3%
  • Hispanic 31.3%
  • White 55.6%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • Two or More Races 5.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,247 reporting for every category shown · 1,247 in full cohort

African American: 9.2%Hispanic: 33.4%White: 47%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 5.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.6%
  • African American 9.2%
  • Hispanic 33.4%
  • White 47%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 5.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
432
Economically disadvantaged students
159
Emergent bilingual students
25
Special education students
88

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
36
Students in TEA mobility denominator
433
TEA-published mobility rate
8.3%

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 434 students in 2025–26, an increase of 17 (4.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
434

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+17

Increase · +4.1%

Change since 2021–22
+19

Increase · +4.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
434
Selected comparison
738

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,220 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Academy MS
School yearStudents enrolledAcademy MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 415 First available year 749.8
2022–23 419 Increase of 4 (1.0%) 751
2023–24 401 Decrease of 18 (4.3%) 750.8
2024–25 417 Increase of 16 (4.0%) 746.1
2025–26 434 Increase of 17 (4.1%) 738

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
55

12.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
101

23.33 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
433

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
12.7%
Selected comparison
10.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 968 rated schools reporting

+2.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
23.33
Selected comparison
22

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,049 rated schools reporting

+1.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Academy MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 459 59 12.8% 123 26.80 8.4% 15.8
2021–22 449 46 10.2% 94 20.94 10.4% 22
2022–23 446 55 12.3% 111 24.89 10.9% 23.3
2023–24 434 59 13.6% 126 29.03 10.6% 23.4
2024–25 433 55 12.7% 101 23.33 10.2% 22
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Academy MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 55 12.7% 101 23.33 10.2% 22
In-school suspensions 46 10.6% 64 14.78 9.2% 16.9
Out-of-school suspensions 17 3.9% 20 4.62 5.0% 7
DAEP placements 15 3.5% 17 3.93 3.7% 4.4
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$5k$21k$37k20182020202220242025
  • Academy MS
  • Parent district: Academy ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,142
Selected comparison
$11,883

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,222 rated schools reporting

−$3,741 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,142 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
Spending per student by year
YearAcademy MSParent district: Academy ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,134$9,800$13,054$7,694 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,115 rated schools reporting
2019$5,765$10,598$13,108$7,826 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,132 rated schools reporting
2020$6,197$9,853$14,058$8,158 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,138 rated schools reporting
2021$6,591$11,907$14,797$8,633 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,156 rated schools reporting
2022$7,001$15,286$15,708$9,808 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,173 rated schools reporting
2023$7,582$27,904$16,792$10,405 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,192 rated schools reporting
2024$8,079$35,057$18,125$11,650 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,205 rated schools reporting
2025$8,142$22,099$18,972$11,883 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,222 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
$64,395−$3,281 vs similar economic context
Teachers
31−17.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14−0.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Academy MS

Beginning: 6.2%1 to 5 years: 33.4%6 to 10 years: 25%11 to 20 years: 9.7%21 to 30 years: 25.3%
  • Beginning 6.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 33.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 25%
  • 11 to 20 years 9.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 25.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,247 reporting for every category shown · 1,247 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.2%1 to 5 years: 23%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 31.4%21 to 30 years: 17.1%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 5.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 23%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Academy MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classAcademy MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 61918.3
Secondary English13.616.1
Secondary math15.817.1
Secondary science21.618.6
Secondary social studies19.918.5

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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 school ranks best

Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

2 measures

  • 8of 95

    Reading — Masters

    Bell County · of the 95 that report this measure

  • 9of 93

    Science — Masters

    Bell County · of the 93 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 014901041.