STAAR result
Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 42%vs 38.1% avg · +3.9 pts
- Masters
- 22%vs 15.9% avg · +6.1 pts
Among 1,821 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Alto MS
Cherokee County · Region 07: Kilgore · 164 students
- Current score
- 74/1002025-26
- Change
- −16 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −3.8 ptsvs 77.8 average · 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,403 of 2,138tied with 73 others
- Score vs region
- −6.0 ptsvs 80 average · 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore
- Region 07: Kilgore placement
- 258 of 352tied with 11 others
- Score vs county
- −2.0 ptsvs 76 average · 17 rated schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee County placement
- 11 of 17among reporting schools
- Score vs similar-size group
- −7.7 ptsvs 81.7 average · 912 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 722 of 912tied with 21 others
- Score vs state
- −7.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 5,844 of 7,646tied with 207 others
C74
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.8 average for 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is below the 76 average for 17 rated schools in Cherokee County.The current score is below the 81.7 average for 912 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
12.8% −7.6 pts vs 20.4%
- 12.8% is 7.6 percentage points lower than the 20.4% average among 2,051 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-context average
95.3% +1.9 pts vs 93.4%
- 95.3% is 1.9 percentage points above the 93.4% average among 2,053 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Region 07: Kilgore average
12.8% −2.6 pts vs 15.4%
- 12.8% is 2.6 percentage points lower than the 15.4% average among 341 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Region 07: Kilgore average
95.3% +1 pts vs 94.3%
- 95.3% is 1 percentage points above the 94.3% average among 343 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
Top placement
Science — Masters
22% 3rd of 10 schools in Cherokee County reporting this measure · 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-size average
12.8% −3.8 pts vs 16.6%
- 12.8% is 3.8 percentage points lower than the 16.6% average among 837 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-size average
95.3% +1.4 pts vs 93.9%
- 95.3% is 1.4 percentage points above the 93.9% average among 838 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Texas average
12.8% −3.9 pts vs 16.7%
- 12.8% is 3.9 percentage points lower than the 16.7% average among 7,358 Texas schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Texas average
95.3% +1.2 pts vs 94.1%
- 95.3% is 1.2 percentage points above the 94.1% average among 7,366 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
Alto MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.8 average for 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 16 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,403rd of 2,138 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 73 others).
Alto MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is down 16 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 258th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 11 others).
Alto MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 76 average for 17 rated schools in Cherokee County. It is down 16 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 11th of 17 rated schools in Cherokee County.
Alto MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.7 average for 912 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 16 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 722nd of 912 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 21 others).
Alto MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 16 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 5,844th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 207 others).
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- Where the score comes from
- Student outcomes
- Who this school serves
- Student counts behind the percentages
- Enrollment over time
- Discipline and removal from class
- Spending per student
- Teachers and actual class size
- Where this school ranks best
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Official improvement and transfer notices
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2026 federal improvement status
Targeted Support and Improvement
Official support label: TSI
Identification reason: Two or More Races
TEA track year 0 · Title I campus
Schools identified for improvement
- This school
- Listed
- Selected comparison
- 33.4%
Schools on the PEG list
- This school
- Not listed
- Selected comparison
- 6.3%
Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.
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5 years of ratings
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Compare against
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 87 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 | C | 74 | 77.8 2,138 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 80 | 77.5 2,126 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 82 | 74.9 2,110 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | A | 91 | 75.5 2,093 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 90 | 81.6 2,075 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.
- Alto MS
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,138 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 70 | C | 10 |
| School Progress | 77 | C | 3 |
| Closing the Gaps | 66 | D | 4 |
| Academic Growth | 70 | C | 10 |
| Relative Performance | 77 | C | 3 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 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 School Progress (77), so Student Achievement (70) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 77.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,138 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
- 164
- Economically disadvantaged
- 79.1%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 20.2%−7.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 18.4%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.3%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 12.8%−7.6 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Alto MS
- African American 22.7%
- Hispanic 36.8%
- White 29.4%
- Two or More Races 11%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,138 reporting for every category shown · 2,138 in full cohort
- African American 14%
- Hispanic 66.5%
- White 14.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 2.7%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- African American 13.6%
- Hispanic 28.4%
- White 52.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4.7%
Selected comparison average For Cherokee County · 17 reporting for every category shown · 17 in full cohort
- African American 14.4%
- Hispanic 41.4%
- White 37.9%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 0.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 5.6%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 912 reporting for every category shown · 912 in full cohort
- African American 6.9%
- Hispanic 45.2%
- White 43.4%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 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
- 163
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 129
- Emergent bilingual students
- 33
- Special education students
- 30
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 18
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 164
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 11%
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 164 students in 2025–26, an increase of 12 (7.9%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 164
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +12
Increase · +7.9%
- Change since 2021–22
- −2
Decrease · −1.2%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 164
- Selected comparison
- 635.2
| School year | Students enrolledAlto MS | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 166 | First available year | 657.7 |
| 2022–23 | 167 | Increase of 1 (0.6%) | 661.8 |
| 2023–24 | 156 | Decrease of 11 (6.6%) | 657.1 |
| 2024–25 | 152 | Decrease of 4 (2.6%) | 653.4 |
| 2025–26 | 164 | Increase of 12 (7.9%) | 635.2 |
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
- 39
23.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 97
59.15 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 164
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 23.8%
- Selected comparison
- 13.4%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 59.15
- Selected comparison
- 32.6
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 192 | 35 | 18.2% | 57 | 29.69 | 8.6% | 17 |
| 2021–22 | 184 | 38 | 20.6% | 113 | 61.41 | 12.9% | 31.1 |
| 2022–23 | 173 | 42 | 24.3% | 95 | 54.91 | 13.7% | 34.2 |
| 2023–24 | 166 | 39 | 23.5% | 87 | 52.41 | 13.7% | 34.1 |
| 2024–25 | 164 | 39 | 23.8% | 97 | 59.15 | 13.4% | 32.6 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 39 | 23.8% | 97 | 59.15 | 13.4% | 32.6 |
| In-school suspensions | 31 | 18.9% | 55 | 33.54 | 11.8% | 23.7 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 18 | 11.0% | 23 | 14.02 | 8.1% | 12.9 |
| DAEP placements | 18 | 11.0% | 19 | 11.59 | 5.4% | 6.5 |
| 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.
- Alto MS
- Parent district: Alto ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $10,799
- Selected comparison
- $13,054
For 2025, TEA reported $10,799 per student for this campus, $22,928 per student for its parent district, Alto 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 | Alto MS | Parent district: Alto ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,409 | $11,710 | $13,054 | $8,103 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,010 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $6,151 | $11,908 | $13,108 | $8,237 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,030 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $7,671 | $16,698 | $14,058 | $8,750 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $8,429 | $26,387 | $14,797 | $9,385 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $9,338 | $29,609 | $15,708 | $10,764 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,076 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $12,296 | $22,407 | $16,792 | $11,249 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,093 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $12,097 | $21,425 | $18,125 | $12,267 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,110 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $10,799 | $22,928 | $18,972 | $13,054 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,125 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
- $58,502−$8,467 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 14−29.3 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 11.5−2.5 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Alto MS
- Beginning 6.3%
- 1 to 5 years 23.2%
- 6 to 10 years 33.8%
- 11 to 20 years 21.1%
- 21 to 30 years 9.9%
- Over 30 years 6.3%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,138 reporting for every category shown · 2,138 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.9%
- 1 to 5 years 27.7%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.2%
- 21 to 30 years 15%
- Over 30 years 3.6%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 24.6%
- 6 to 10 years 17.7%
- 11 to 20 years 28%
- 21 to 30 years 17.3%
- Over 30 years 6%
Selected comparison average For Cherokee County · 17 reporting for every category shown · 17 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.7%
- 1 to 5 years 25.9%
- 6 to 10 years 18.3%
- 11 to 20 years 26.5%
- 21 to 30 years 19.6%
- Over 30 years 4%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 912 reporting for every category shown · 912 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.9%
- 1 to 5 years 23.2%
- 6 to 10 years 17.1%
- 11 to 20 years 28.2%
- 21 to 30 years 17.7%
- Over 30 years 6.1%
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 classAlto MS · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 22.1 | 20 |
| Grade 6 | 20.1 | 17.8 |
| Secondary English | 12.5 | 15.3 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 4.5 | 18.2 |
| Secondary math | 6.4 | 16.5 |
| Secondary science | 14 | 17.8 |
| Secondary social studies | 14 | 17.8 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 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 117 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.
#2–3 rankings
Second- and third-place results
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Science — Masters
Cherokee County · of the 10 that report this measure
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
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Academic Growth
Cherokee County · of the 15 that report this measure · tied with 1
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Reading — Masters
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure
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Math — Approaches
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure
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Math — Meets
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure
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Science — Meets
Cherokee County · of the 10 that report this measure
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All Subjects — Masters
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure · tied with 2
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Science — Approaches
Cherokee County · of the 10 that report this measure
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Attendance
Cherokee County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 1
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Per-student spending
Cherokee County · of the 17 that report this measure
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Reading — Approaches
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure
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School Progress
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure
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Relative Performance
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure
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All Subjects — Approaches
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure
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All Subjects — Meets
Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure · tied with 1
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
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