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Belton MS

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 680 students

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Current score
72/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−10.9 ptsvs 82.9 average · 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,391 of 1,568tied with 38 others
C72

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 74 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 82.9 average for 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Similar economic-disadvantage rate.

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

Belton MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.9 average for 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,391st of 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 38 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 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

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: African American, Special Education

TEA track year 0

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
15.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
0.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 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

Follow the solid line to see how this school has changed. Turn comparison lines on or off to add context.

Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBelton MS 7276707772 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 C with 74 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
2025-26C7282.9 1,568 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7783.2 1,536 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7081.2 1,508 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7681.7 1,491 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7284.1 1,471 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 Achievement75 C−7.9 vs similar economic context · 1,519 reporting
  • School Progress69 D−12.9 vs similar economic context · 1,515 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps65 D−15.3 vs similar economic context · 1,504 reporting
  • Academic Growth69 D−7.5 vs similar economic context · 1,487 reporting
  • Relative Performance66 D−13.4 vs similar economic context · 1,515 reporting
  • Belton MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,568 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress69D1
Closing the Gaps65D5
Academic Growth69D1
Relative Performance66D4

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 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 Student Achievement (75), so School Progress (69) 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 level68%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,519 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,519 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,519 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,512 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,512 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,512 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level52%−26 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 790 reporting
  • Meets grade level25%−27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 790 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 790 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,568 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
680
Economically disadvantaged
45.9%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.2%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
25.6%+7.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.9%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.9%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Belton MS

African American: 7.8%Hispanic: 35.4%White: 49.9%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 0.9%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 5.3%
  • African American 7.8%
  • Hispanic 35.4%
  • White 49.9%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 0.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 5.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 reporting for every category shown · 1,568 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 38.6%White: 43.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.6%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 38.6%
  • White 43.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
680
Economically disadvantaged students
312
Emergent bilingual students
49
Special education students
174

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
104
Students in TEA mobility denominator
724
TEA-published mobility rate
14.4%

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 680 students in 2025–26, an increase of 19 (2.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
680

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+19

Increase · +2.9%

Change since 2021–22
−39

Decrease · −5.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
680
Selected comparison
671.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,529 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Belton MS
School yearStudents enrolledBelton MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 719 First available year 669.7
2022–23 691 Decrease of 28 (3.9%) 675
2023–24 715 Increase of 24 (3.5%) 674.8
2024–25 661 Decrease of 54 (7.6%) 671.3
2025–26 680 Increase of 19 (2.9%) 671.7

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
188

26.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
591

83.36 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
709

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
26.5%
Selected comparison
11.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,205 rated schools reporting

+14.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
83.36
Selected comparison
25.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,300 rated schools reporting

+58.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Belton MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 794 111 14.0% 337 42.44 9.4% 17.9
2021–22 769 127 16.5% 341 44.34 11.5% 24.9
2022–23 743 142 19.1% 414 55.72 11.9% 26.3
2023–24 760 164 21.6% 477 62.76 11.9% 27
2024–25 709 188 26.5% 591 83.36 11.6% 25.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Belton MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 188 26.5% 591 83.36 11.6% 25.3
In-school suspensions 186 26.2% 520 73.34 10.5% 19.5
Out-of-school suspensions 31 4.4% 33 4.65 5.7% 8
DAEP placements 28 4.0% 31 4.37 4.2% 5
Mandatory DAEP placements 16 2.3% 16 2.26 3.2% 3.7
Discretionary DAEP placements 14 2.0% 15 2.12 2.4% 2.8
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.

$7k$15k$22k202120232025
  • Belton MS
  • Parent district: Belton ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,097
Selected comparison
$11,977

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

−$2,880 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,097 per student for this campus, $15,078 per student for its parent district, Belton 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
YearBelton MSParent district: Belton ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2021$8,487$13,397$14,797$8,886 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,462 rated schools reporting
2022$8,353$13,081$15,708$10,200 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,474 rated schools reporting
2023$8,272$16,763$16,792$10,623 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,491 rated schools reporting
2024$8,333$21,002$18,125$11,614 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,508 rated schools reporting
2025$9,097$15,078$18,972$11,977 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,535 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
$63,996−$3,108 vs similar economic context
Teachers
48+3.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.3−6.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Belton MS

Beginning: 4.2%1 to 5 years: 35.8%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 27.6%21 to 30 years: 10.9%Over 30 years: 2.1%
  • Beginning 4.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 35.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.9%
  • Over 30 years 2.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 reporting for every category shown · 1,568 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 23.9%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 29.9%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Belton MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBelton MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 621.717.8
Secondary English16.415.3
Secondary languages other than English24.217.7
Secondary math19.116.3
Secondary science22.417.8
Secondary social studies22.417.7

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 014903046.