Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
12.1% −4.9 pts vs 17%
- 12.1% is 4.9 percentage points lower than the 17% average among 1,954 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
Big Sandy Elem
Upshur County · Region 07: Kilgore · 326 students
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- Current score
- 65/1002025-26
- Change
- −19 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −14.6 ptsvs 79.6 average · 2,017 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,865 of 2,017tied with 15 others
- Score vs region
- −15.0 ptsvs 80 average · 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore
- Region 07: Kilgore placement
- 315 of 352tied with 2 others
- Score vs county
- −17.4 ptsvs 82.4 average · 23 rated schools in Upshur County
- Upshur County placement
- 23 of 23among reporting schools
- Score vs similar-size group
- −15.4 ptsvs 80.4 average · 3,112 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 2,846 of 3,112tied with 30 others
- Score vs state
- −16.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 7,094 of 7,646tied with 64 others
D65
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 79.6 average for 2,017 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is below the 82.4 average for 23 rated schools in Upshur County.The current score is below the 80.4 average for 3,112 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Region 07: Kilgore average
12.1% −3.3 pts vs 15.4%
- 12.1% is 3.3 percentage points lower than the 15.4% average among 341 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Upshur County average
12.1% −2 pts vs 14.1%
- 12.1% is 2 percentage points lower than the 14.1% average among 22 schools in Upshur County reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-size average
12.1% −3.8 pts vs 15.9%
- 12.1% is 3.8 percentage points lower than the 15.9% average among 2,971 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Texas average
12.1% −4.6 pts vs 16.7%
- 12.1% is 4.6 percentage points lower than the 16.7% average among 7,358 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Big Sandy Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 65 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.6 average for 2,017 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 19 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,865th of 2,017 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 15 others).
Big Sandy Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 65 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is down 19 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 315th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 2 others).
Big Sandy Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 65 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.4 average for 23 rated schools in Upshur County. It is down 19 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 23rd of 23 rated schools in Upshur County.
Big Sandy Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 65 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.4 average for 3,112 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 19 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 2,846th of 3,112 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 30 others).
Big Sandy Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 65 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 19 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 7,094th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 64 others).
Put the numbers in context
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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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | D | 65 | 79.6 2,017 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 85 | 79.4 1,995 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 83 | 77.5 1,980 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 81 | 78.1 1,948 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 84 | 82.2 1,927 reporting | 83.7 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.
- Big Sandy Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,017 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 64 | D | 6 |
| School Progress | 60 | D | 10 |
| Closing the Gaps | 67 | D | 3 |
| Academic Growth | 58 | F | 2 |
| Relative Performance | 60 | D | 10 |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below C 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 (64), so School Progress (60) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 64.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,017 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
- 326
- Economically disadvantaged
- 66.5%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 7.1%−11.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 19.1%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.0%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 12.1%−4.9 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Big Sandy Elem
- African American 8.9%
- Hispanic 17.8%
- White 65.5%
- Asian 0.3%
- Two or More Races 7.4%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,017 reporting for every category shown · 2,017 in full cohort
- African American 11.8%
- Hispanic 53.3%
- White 28.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 2.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3.6%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- African American 13.6%
- Hispanic 28.4%
- White 52.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4.7%
Selected comparison average For Upshur County · 23 reporting for every category shown · 23 in full cohort
- African American 5.9%
- Hispanic 19.5%
- White 67.7%
- American Indian 0.4%
- Asian 0.6%
- Two or More Races 5.8%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 3,112 reporting for every category shown · 3,112 in full cohort
- African American 11%
- Hispanic 53.9%
- White 29.1%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 2.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.2%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- 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
- 325
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 216
- Emergent bilingual students
- 23
- Special education students
- 62
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 38
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 267
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 14.2%
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 326 students in 2025–26, an increase of 6 (1.9%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 326
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +6
Increase · +1.9%
- Change since 2021–22
- +9
Increase · +2.8%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 326
- Selected comparison
- 628.5
| School year | Students enrolledBig Sandy Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 317 | First available year | 645.3 |
| 2022–23 | 337 | Increase of 20 (6.3%) | 651.1 |
| 2023–24 | 326 | Decrease of 11 (3.3%) | 648.8 |
| 2024–25 | 320 | Decrease of 6 (1.8%) | 644.1 |
| 2025–26 | 326 | Increase of 6 (1.9%) | 628.5 |
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
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 358
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 363 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 357 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 371 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 348 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 358 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected 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 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 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.
- Big Sandy Elem
- Parent district: Big Sandy ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $8,041
- Selected comparison
- $12,741
For 2025, TEA reported $8,041 per student for this campus, $16,666 per student for its parent district, Big Sandy ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Big Sandy Elem | Parent district: Big Sandy ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,111 | $17,073 | $13,054 | $7,964 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $5,848 | $17,565 | $13,108 | $8,131 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,874 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $6,923 | $18,604 | $14,058 | $8,701 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $7,449 | $13,008 | $14,797 | $9,174 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,906 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $7,523 | $14,958 | $15,708 | $10,481 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,926 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $7,723 | $14,542 | $16,792 | $11,204 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,949 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $8,386 | $15,839 | $18,125 | $12,087 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,977 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $8,041 | $16,666 | $18,972 | $12,741 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 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
- $53,597−$12,874 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 27−15.9 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 12−1.9 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Big Sandy Elem
- Beginning 14.8%
- 1 to 5 years 18.5%
- 6 to 10 years 11.1%
- 11 to 20 years 25.9%
- 21 to 30 years 22.2%
- Over 30 years 7.4%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,017 reporting for every category shown · 2,017 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.3%
- 1 to 5 years 26.5%
- 6 to 10 years 19.1%
- 11 to 20 years 28%
- 21 to 30 years 15.7%
- Over 30 years 4%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 24.6%
- 6 to 10 years 17.7%
- 11 to 20 years 28%
- 21 to 30 years 17.3%
- Over 30 years 6%
Selected comparison average For Upshur County · 23 reporting for every category shown · 23 in full cohort
- Beginning 4.8%
- 1 to 5 years 23.2%
- 6 to 10 years 18%
- 11 to 20 years 27.5%
- 21 to 30 years 19.8%
- Over 30 years 6.6%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 3,112 reporting for every category shown · 3,112 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.2%
- 6 to 10 years 18.7%
- 11 to 20 years 28.8%
- 21 to 30 years 16.9%
- Over 30 years 4%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classBig Sandy Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 15 | 18 |
| Grade 1 | 16.3 | 18.2 |
| Grade 2 | 22.3 | 18.4 |
| Grade 3 | 13.1 | 18.6 |
| Grade 4 | 18.8 | 19 |
| Grade 5 | 18.9 | 19.9 |
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
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#4–10 rankings
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Attendance
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 2
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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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