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Arnold MS

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 1,345 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
−10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.9 ptsvs 79.1 average · 2,012 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
878 of 2,012tied with 77 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 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.1 average for 2,012 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
53%vs 50.8% avg · +2.2 pts
Masters
27%vs 20% avg · +7 pts

Among 1,890 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
60%vs 42.9% avg · +17.1 pts
Masters
37%vs 18.7% avg · +18.3 pts

Among 1,742 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

Arnold MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.1 average for 2,012 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 878th of 2,012 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 77 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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageArnold MS 9190848381 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 average
2025-26B8179.1 2,012 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8378.8 1,993 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8476.7 1,978 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9077.2 1,951 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9181.9 1,932 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 Achievement77 C+1.0 vs similar economic context · 1,892 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+4.9 vs similar economic context · 1,885 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps71 C−5.3 vs similar economic context · 1,873 reporting
  • Academic Growth75 C+1.8 vs similar economic context · 1,828 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+6.5 vs similar economic context · 1,885 reporting
  • Arnold MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,012 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement77C3
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps71C9
Academic Growth75C5
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 points below A 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 (85), so Student Achievement (77) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level70%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,890 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,890 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,890 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,882 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,882 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,882 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,742 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,742 reporting
  • Masters grade level37%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,742 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level59%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 885 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 885 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 885 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,012 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
1,345
Economically disadvantaged
70.1%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
16.7%−3.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.5%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.2%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
21.6%+3.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Arnold MS

African American: 24.8%Hispanic: 45.9%White: 19.3%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 6.2%Two or More Races: 3.2%
  • African American 24.8%
  • Hispanic 45.9%
  • White 19.3%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 6.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,012 reporting for every category shown · 2,012 in full cohort

African American: 12.4%Hispanic: 56.7%White: 24.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.4%
  • African American 12.4%
  • Hispanic 56.7%
  • White 24.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • 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
1,345
Economically disadvantaged students
943
Emergent bilingual students
224
Special education students
235

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
194
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,489
TEA-published mobility rate
13%

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 1,345 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 31 (2.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,345

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−31

Decrease · −2.3%

Change since 2021–22
−92

Decrease · −6.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,345
Selected comparison
636.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,974 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Arnold MS
School yearStudents enrolledArnold MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,437 First available year 648
2022–23 1,414 Decrease of 23 (1.6%) 654.9
2023–24 1,378 Decrease of 36 (2.5%) 654.1
2024–25 1,376 Decrease of 2 (0.1%) 652
2025–26 1,345 Decrease of 31 (2.3%) 636.8

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
376

25.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
1,907

130.26 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,464

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
25.7%
Selected comparison
13.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,535 rated schools reporting

+12.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
130.26
Selected comparison
30.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,648 rated schools reporting

+99.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Arnold MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,508 230 15.3% 723 47.94 9.6% 19
2021–22 1,514 419 27.7% 1,723 113.80 12.9% 30.2
2022–23 1,518 399 26.3% 1,637 107.84 13.5% 32.4
2023–24 1,486 360 24.2% 1,735 116.76 13.3% 32.2
2024–25 1,464 376 25.7% 1,907 130.26 13.0% 30.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Arnold MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 376 25.7% 1,907 130.26 13.0% 30.8
In-school suspensions 335 22.9% 1,334 91.12 11.6% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions 206 14.1% 510 34.84 7.4% 11.1
DAEP placements 49 3.4% 60 4.10 5.2% 6.2
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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Arnold MS
  • Parent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,129
Selected comparison
$13,203

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,992 rated schools reporting

−$5,074 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,129 per student for this campus, $16,633 per student for its parent district, Cypress-Fairbanks 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
YearArnold MSParent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,507$12,265$13,054$8,024 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,857 rated schools reporting
2019$6,737$12,730$13,108$8,186 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,874 rated schools reporting
2020$6,795$12,750$14,058$8,743 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 rated schools reporting
2021$7,177$14,470$14,797$9,233 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,909 rated schools reporting
2022$7,524$15,507$15,708$10,499 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,933 rated schools reporting
2023$7,964$15,990$16,792$11,189 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,953 rated schools reporting
2024$8,338$16,047$18,125$12,419 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,977 rated schools reporting
2025$8,129$16,633$18,972$13,203 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,992 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
$71,577+$5,151 vs similar economic context
Teachers
86+43.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.6+1.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Arnold MS

Beginning: 21.5%1 to 5 years: 25%6 to 10 years: 16.2%11 to 20 years: 25.7%21 to 30 years: 10.3%Over 30 years: 1.5%
  • Beginning 21.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 25%
  • 6 to 10 years 16.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 25.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.3%
  • Over 30 years 1.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,012 reporting for every category shown · 2,012 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.5%1 to 5 years: 27.1%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.4%21 to 30 years: 15.4%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Arnold MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classArnold MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 618.117.9
Secondary English16.215.2
Secondary languages other than English19.917.9
Secondary math1816.2
Secondary science19.817.5
Secondary social studies19.717.4

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 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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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 101907041.