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Armstrong Elem

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 442 students

Current score
95/1002025-26
Change
+6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.9 ptsvs 92.1 average · 231 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
25 of 231tied with 33 others
A95

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 92.1 average for 231 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 3 points

90 to 93 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 93 is 2.8 points above the 90.2 average among 223 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
88%vs 78.2% avg · +9.8 pts
Masters
66%vs 49.2% avg · +16.8 pts

Among 226 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
87%vs 75.1% avg · +11.9 pts
Masters
62%vs 45.2% avg · +16.8 pts

Among 225 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

Armstrong Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 92.1 average for 231 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 25th of 231 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 33 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 averageArmstrong Elem 8994959495 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 89 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
2025-26A9592.1 231 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9492.7 223 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9591.7 220 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9492.1 212 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8992.6 207 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 Achievement96 A+2.9 vs similar economic context · 226 reporting
  • School Progress94 A+5.7 vs similar economic context · 225 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps93 A+2.8 vs similar economic context · 223 reporting
  • Academic Growth94 A+6.9 vs similar economic context · 223 reporting
  • Relative Performance87 B+9.3 vs similar economic context · 225 reporting
  • Armstrong Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (231 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement96A—
School Progress94A—
Closing the Gaps93A—
Academic Growth94A—
Relative Performance87B3

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 (96), so School Progress (94) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 96.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level96%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 226 reporting
  • Meets grade level88%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 226 reporting
  • Masters grade level66%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 226 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level97%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 226 reporting
  • Meets grade level88%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 226 reporting
  • Masters grade level69%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 226 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 225 reporting
  • Meets grade level87%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 225 reporting
  • Masters grade level62%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 225 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (231 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
442
Economically disadvantaged
0.2%−5.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
1.0%−9.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.3%+3.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.6%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
5.9%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Armstrong Elem

African American: 1%Hispanic: 10.2%White: 74.8%Asian: 6.7%Pacific Islander: 0.5%Two or More Races: 6.9%
  • African American 1%
  • Hispanic 10.2%
  • White 74.8%
  • Asian 6.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 6.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 231 reporting for every category shown · 231 in full cohort

African American: 4%Hispanic: 14.5%White: 49.2%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 25.9%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.8%
  • African American 4%
  • Hispanic 14.5%
  • White 49.2%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 25.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
420
Economically disadvantaged students
1
Emergent bilingual students
4
Special education students
77

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
14
Students in TEA mobility denominator
321
TEA-published mobility rate
4.4%

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 442 students in 2025–26, an increase of 11 (2.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
442

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+11

Increase · +2.6%

Change since 2021–22
−8

Decrease · −1.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
442
Selected comparison
834.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 228 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Armstrong Elem
School yearStudents enrolledArmstrong ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 450 First available year 844.5
2022–23 409 Decrease of 41 (9.1%) 858.4
2023–24 415 Increase of 6 (1.5%) 845.7
2024–25 431 Increase of 16 (3.9%) 842.5
2025–26 442 Increase of 11 (2.6%) 834.5

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
Not reported

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Not reported

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
417

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Armstrong Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 394 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 426 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 397 Suppressed — 11 2.77 — 6.1
2023–24 392 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 417 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Armstrong Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Not reported — Not reported — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$6k$18k$29k20182020202220242025
  • Armstrong Elem
  • Parent district: Highland Park ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,003
Selected comparison
$10,713

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

+$2,290 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,003 per student for this campus, $22,414 per student for its parent district, Highland Park 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
YearArmstrong ElemParent district: Highland Park ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,196$24,340$13,054$7,139 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 184 rated schools reporting
2019$9,304$27,242$13,108$7,290 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 190 rated schools reporting
2020$9,414$26,719$14,058$7,581 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 196 rated schools reporting
2021$11,012$18,178$14,797$8,054 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 204 rated schools reporting
2022$10,499$17,775$15,708$9,194 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 rated schools reporting
2023$11,664$18,180$16,792$9,047 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 211 rated schools reporting
2024$12,537$20,398$18,125$10,092 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 219 rated schools reporting
2025$13,003$22,414$18,972$10,713 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 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
$71,180+$1,644 vs similar economic context
Teachers
30−24.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.9−0.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Armstrong Elem

Beginning: 3.3%1 to 5 years: 39.4%6 to 10 years: 22.2%11 to 20 years: 18.5%21 to 30 years: 9.9%Over 30 years: 6.6%
  • Beginning 3.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 39.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 18.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 9.9%
  • Over 30 years 6.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 231 reporting for every category shown · 231 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.1%1 to 5 years: 24.5%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 30.9%21 to 30 years: 16.6%Over 30 years: 2.4%
  • Beginning 4.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.6%
  • Over 30 years 2.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Armstrong Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classArmstrong Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.518.9
Grade 11919.2
Grade 216.119.6
Grade 320.121.1
Grade 419.920.2

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 90 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 549

    Math — Masters

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 10of 549

    All Subjects — Masters

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

11 measures

  • 11of 549

    Math — Meets

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 11of 547

    Academic Growth

    Dallas County · of the 547 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 16of 549

    All Subjects — Meets

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 16of 549

    Reading — Masters

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure

  • 21of 549

    Student Achievement

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 8

  • 23of 549

    Reading — Approaches

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 9

  • 26of 549

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 5

  • 27of 563

    Overall score

    Dallas County · of the 563 that report this measure · tied with 11

  • 31of 549

    Reading — Meets

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 50of 1,106

    School Progress

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,106 that report this measure · tied with 22

  • 58of 1,106

    Math — Approaches

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,106 that report this measure · tied with 19

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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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 057911101.