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Bay City JH

Matagorda County · Region 03: Victoria · 773 students

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Current score
72/1002025-26
Change
−9 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−6.8 ptsvs 78.8 average · 2,070 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,559 of 2,070tied with 36 others
C72

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 78.8 average for 2,070 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
47%vs 41.5% avg · +5.5 pts
Masters
23%vs 17.8% avg · +5.2 pts

Among 1,784 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

Bay City JH is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 78.8 average for 2,070 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 9 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,559th of 2,070 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 36 others).

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

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Additional Targeted Support

Official support label: ATS

Identification reason: Hispanic, Special Education, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
31.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
4.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 rated schools reporting

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.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBay City JH 8183777872 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
2025-26C7278.8 2,070 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7878.3 2,052 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7776.2 2,040 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8376.7 2,014 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8181.7 1,998 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 Achievement70 C−4.9 vs similar economic context · 1,936 reporting
  • School Progress75 C−4.9 vs similar economic context · 1,930 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps65 D−11.0 vs similar economic context · 1,914 reporting
  • Academic Growth67 D−5.9 vs similar economic context · 1,870 reporting
  • Relative Performance75 C−3.3 vs similar economic context · 1,930 reporting
  • Bay City JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,070 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement70C10
School Progress75C5
Closing the Gaps65D5
Academic Growth67D3
Relative Performance75C5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 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 (75), so Student Achievement (70) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 75.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level61%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level68%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,933 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,933 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,933 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level59%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level44%−27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 880 reporting
  • Meets grade level22%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 880 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 880 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,070 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
773
Economically disadvantaged
73.6%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
14.4%−8.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.2%−2.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.4%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
22.9%+4.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Bay City JH

African American: 11.4%Hispanic: 68.8%White: 16.4%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 0.5%Two or More Races: 2.7%
  • African American 11.4%
  • Hispanic 68.8%
  • White 16.4%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 2.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 reporting for every category shown · 2,070 in full cohort

African American: 12.8%Hispanic: 60.4%White: 21.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.2%
  • African American 12.8%
  • Hispanic 60.4%
  • White 21.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
773
Economically disadvantaged students
569
Emergent bilingual students
111
Special education students
125

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
79
Students in TEA mobility denominator
799
TEA-published mobility rate
9.9%

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 773 students in 2025–26, an increase of 23 (3.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
773

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+23

Increase · +3.1%

Change since 2021–22
−42

Decrease · −5.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
773
Selected comparison
639.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,038 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Bay City JH
School yearStudents enrolledBay City JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 815 First available year 656.5
2022–23 789 Decrease of 26 (3.2%) 660.7
2023–24 770 Decrease of 19 (2.4%) 658.6
2024–25 750 Decrease of 20 (2.6%) 655.8
2025–26 773 Increase of 23 (3.1%) 639.4

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
255

31.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
1,204

150.69 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
799

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
31.9%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,567 rated schools reporting

+18.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
150.69
Selected comparison
31.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 rated schools reporting

+118.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Bay City JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 897 277 30.9% 1,181 131.66 9.3% 18.5
2021–22 868 323 37.2% 1,480 170.51 13.0% 31.1
2022–23 835 253 30.3% 982 117.60 13.6% 33.3
2023–24 825 248 30.1% 988 119.76 13.5% 33.1
2024–25 799 255 31.9% 1,204 150.69 13.2% 31.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Bay City JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 255 31.9% 1,204 150.69 13.2% 31.8
In-school suspensions 226 28.3% 837 104.76 11.8% 23.8
Out-of-school suspensions 104 13.0% 231 28.91 7.7% 11.8
DAEP placements 94 11.8% 135 16.90 5.3% 6.3
Mandatory DAEP placements 39 4.9% 52 6.51 3.7% 4.3
Discretionary DAEP placements 70 8.8% 83 10.39 3.1% 3.7
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$18k$30k20182020202220242025
  • Bay City JH
  • Parent district: Bay City ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,465
Selected comparison
$13,139

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,050 rated schools reporting

−$4,674 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,465 per student for this campus, $15,588 per student for its parent district, Bay City 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
YearBay City JHParent district: Bay City ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,989$17,130$13,054$8,051 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 rated schools reporting
2019$8,042$28,575$13,108$8,191 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 rated schools reporting
2020$8,448$20,772$14,058$8,744 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,964 rated schools reporting
2021$8,671$20,375$14,797$9,285 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,977 rated schools reporting
2022$9,074$16,104$15,708$10,577 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,997 rated schools reporting
2023$10,299$16,167$16,792$11,193 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,014 rated schools reporting
2024$9,911$16,621$18,125$12,321 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,038 rated schools reporting
2025$8,465$15,588$18,972$13,139 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,050 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
$59,648−$6,932 vs similar economic context
Teachers
39−3.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
19.6+5.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Bay City JH

Beginning: 16.2%1 to 5 years: 40.6%6 to 10 years: 10.2%11 to 20 years: 10.2%21 to 30 years: 10.2%Over 30 years: 12.7%
  • Beginning 16.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 40.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 10.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 10.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.2%
  • Over 30 years 12.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 reporting for every category shown · 2,070 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.2%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.3%Over 30 years: 3.8%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Bay City JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBay City JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 619.717.8
Secondary English16.715.3
Secondary languages other than English20.518
Secondary math2016.2
Secondary science18.817.6
Secondary social studies20.317.5

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 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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

9 measures

  • 5of 13

    Science — Masters

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 6of 13

    Reading — Masters

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 13

    Academic Growth

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 13

    All Subjects — Masters

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 8of 13

    Math — Masters

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 9of 13

    School Progress

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 9of 13

    Relative Performance

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 13

    Math — Meets

    Matagorda County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 9of 13

    Science — Meets

    Matagorda County · of the 13 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.

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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 158901041.