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Ambassadors Preparatory Academy

Ambassadors Preparatory Academy · Galveston · 140 students

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Current score
92/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+11.2 ptsvs 80.8 average · 402 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
56 of 402tied with 9 others
A92

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.8 average for 402 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Student Achievement rose 4 points

86 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 90 is 14.7 points above the 75.3 average among 402 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
77%vs 45.5% avg · +31.5 pts
Masters
41%vs 16.6% avg · +24.4 pts

Among 402 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

  • 3rd of 402 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
  • Tied for 2nd of 402 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure; 2 charter campuses share that value.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
64%vs 41.2% avg · +22.8 pts
Masters
29%vs 15.4% avg · +13.6 pts

Among 402 charter campuses 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

Ambassadors Preparatory Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 92 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.8 average for 402 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 56th of 402 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 9 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 charter averageAmbassadors Preparatory Academy 9590909392 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 A with 91 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 charter average
2025-26A9280.8 402 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25A9379.3 396 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24A9077.5 387 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23A9077.3 377 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22A9584.1 356 reporting84.5 700 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 Achievement90 A+14.7 vs similar economic context · 402 reporting
  • School Progress92 A+10.0 vs similar economic context · 402 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps93 A+15.5 vs similar economic context · 398 reporting
  • Academic Growth92 A+18.7 vs similar economic context · 383 reporting
  • Relative Performance91 A+10.8 vs similar economic context · 400 reporting
  • Ambassadors Preparatory Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (402 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement90A—
School Progress92A—
Closing the Gaps93A—
Academic Growth92A—
Relative Performance91A—

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 (92), so Student Achievement (90) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level90%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level97%+28 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting
  • Meets grade level77%+32 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting
  • Masters grade level41%+24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level88%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 401 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%+28 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 401 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 401 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 388 reporting
  • Meets grade level16%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 388 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 388 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 264 reporting
  • Meets grade level56%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 264 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 264 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (402 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 charter campuses 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 charter campuses 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
140
Economically disadvantaged
85.0%−1.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.3%−37.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
10.0%−2.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.3%+3.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
6.8%−18.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Ambassadors Preparatory Academy

African American: 62.1%Hispanic: 29.3%White: 2.1%Asian: 3.6%Two or More Races: 2.9%
  • African American 62.1%
  • Hispanic 29.3%
  • White 2.1%
  • Asian 3.6%
  • Two or More Races 2.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting for every category shown · 402 in full cohort

African American: 17.6%Hispanic: 75%White: 4.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.4%
  • African American 17.6%
  • Hispanic 75%
  • White 4.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
140
Economically disadvantaged students
119
Emergent bilingual students
6
Special education students
14

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
12
Students in TEA mobility denominator
134
TEA-published mobility rate
9%

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 140 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 27 (16.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
140

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−27

Decrease · −16.2%

Change since 2021–22
−50

Decrease · −26.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
140
Selected comparison
518.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Ambassadors Preparatory Academy
School yearStudents enrolledAmbassadors Preparatory AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 190 First available year 498.2
2022–23 170 Decrease of 20 (10.5%) 515.6
2023–24 162 Decrease of 8 (4.7%) 518.9
2024–25 167 Increase of 5 (3.1%) 520.2
2025–26 140 Decrease of 27 (16.2%) 518.7

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses 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
177

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Ambassadors Preparatory Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 263 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 203 24 11.8% 41 20.20 10.4% 16.8
2022–23 175 16 9.1% 25 14.29 11.4% 19.4
2023–24 174 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 177 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Ambassadors Preparatory Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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 charter campuses 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.

$7k$14k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Ambassadors Preparatory Academy
  • Parent district: Ambassadors Preparatory Academy
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,569
Selected comparison
$11,802

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 398 rated charter campuses reporting

+$2,767 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,569 per student for this campus, $16,356 per student for its parent district, Ambassadors Preparatory Academy, $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
YearAmbassadors Preparatory AcademyParent district: Ambassadors Preparatory AcademyTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,982$9,906$13,054$8,453 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 251 rated charter campuses reporting
2019$8,567$9,179$13,108$8,683 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 293 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$10,227$10,899$14,058$9,336 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 315 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$13,290$14,142$14,797$9,547 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 347 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$11,845$13,273$15,708$11,195 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 364 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$15,443$17,385$16,792$11,283 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 375 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$14,944$16,517$18,125$11,622 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 384 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$14,569$16,356$18,972$11,802 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 398 rated charter campuses 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
$51,184−$12,467 vs similar economic context
Teachers
15−14.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
9.1−8.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Ambassadors Preparatory Academy

1 to 5 years: 45.1%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 35.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 45.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 35.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 402 reporting for every category shown · 402 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.4%1 to 5 years: 47.2%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 14.7%21 to 30 years: 4.2%Over 30 years: 0.7%
  • Beginning 13.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.2%
  • Over 30 years 0.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Ambassadors Preparatory Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classAmbassadors Preparatory Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1421.4
Grade 11622.2
Grade 22123.7
Grade 31424.6
Grade 41224.6
Grade 512.924.4
Grade 615.523.5
Secondary English1318.6
Secondary math1318.8
Secondary science1319.8
Secondary social studies1320

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 11 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 72 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.

#1 rankings

First-place results

1 measure

  • 1of 402

    Reading — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 402 that report this measure

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

2 measures

  • 2of 402

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 402 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 402

    Reading — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 402 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

5 measures

  • 5of 402

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 402 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 7of 160

    Attendance

    Similar size · of the 160 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 9of 160

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Similar size · of the 160 that report this measure

  • 10of 165

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar size · of the 165 that report this measure

  • 10of 164

    Math — Meets

    Similar size · of the 164 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

3 measures

  • 12of 402

    All Subjects — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 402 that report this measure · tied with 5

  • 12of 383

    Academic Growth

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 383 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 18of 401

    Math — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 401 that report this measure · tied with 3

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.

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