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Big Spring Int

Howard County · Region 18: Midland · 474 students

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Current score
83/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.0 ptsvs 78 average · 2,113 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
674 of 2,113tied with 78 others
B83

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 82 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78 average for 2,113 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 4 points

79 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 5 points above the 78 average among 2,113 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 8 points

79 to 87 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 87 is 7.8 points above the 79.2 average among 1,949 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
53%vs 38.8% avg · +14.2 pts
Masters
24%vs 16.3% avg · +7.7 pts

Among 1,801 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

Big Spring Int is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78 average for 2,113 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 674th of 2,113 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 78 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 averageBig Spring Int 8379797983 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
2025-26B8378.0 2,113 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7977.6 2,103 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7975.2 2,089 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7975.6 2,069 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8381.6 2,049 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+3.7 vs similar economic context · 1,954 reporting
  • School Progress87 B+7.8 vs similar economic context · 1,949 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps73 C−2.2 vs similar economic context · 1,936 reporting
  • Academic Growth60 D−12.4 vs similar economic context · 1,900 reporting
  • Relative Performance87 B+9.4 vs similar economic context · 1,949 reporting
  • Big Spring Int
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,113 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement77C3
School Progress87B3
Closing the Gaps73C7
Academic Growth60D10
Relative Performance87B3

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 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 (87), so Student Achievement (77) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level75%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,952 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,952 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,952 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,801 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,801 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,801 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,113 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
474
Economically disadvantaged
77.6%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.6%−17.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.5%+5.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.8%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
17.4%−2.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Big Spring Int

African American: 5.1%Hispanic: 69.2%White: 21.3%Asian: 0.6%Two or More Races: 3.8%
  • African American 5.1%
  • Hispanic 69.2%
  • White 21.3%
  • Asian 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 3.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting for every category shown · 2,113 in full cohort

African American: 13.8%Hispanic: 64.8%White: 16.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.9%
  • African American 13.8%
  • Hispanic 64.8%
  • White 16.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
474
Economically disadvantaged students
368
Emergent bilingual students
41
Special education students
116

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
73
Students in TEA mobility denominator
555
TEA-published mobility rate
13.2%

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 474 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 48 (9.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
474

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−48

Decrease · −9.2%

Change since 2021–22
−60

Decrease · −11.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
474
Selected comparison
640.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,086 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Big Spring Int
School yearStudents enrolledBig Spring IntChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 534 First available year 659.9
2022–23 489 Decrease of 45 (8.4%) 662.9
2023–24 450 Decrease of 39 (8.0%) 659.5
2024–25 522 Increase of 72 (16.0%) 658
2025–26 474 Decrease of 48 (9.2%) 640.3

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
110

19.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
326

58.74 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
555

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
19.8%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,594 rated schools reporting

+6.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
58.74
Selected comparison
32.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,692 rated schools reporting

+26.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Big Spring Int
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 600 120 20.0% 263 43.83 8.8% 17.5
2021–22 564 120 21.3% 290 51.42 12.9% 31.1
2022–23 526 126 23.9% 319 60.65 13.7% 33.9
2023–24 506 108 21.3% 304 60.08 13.6% 33.8
2024–25 555 110 19.8% 326 58.74 13.3% 32.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Big Spring Int in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 110 19.8% 326 58.74 13.3% 32.3
In-school suspensions 95 17.1% 186 33.51 11.7% 23.5
Out-of-school suspensions 56 10.1% 120 21.62 8.0% 12.6
DAEP placements 15 2.7% 19 3.42 5.3% 6.4
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.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Big Spring Int
  • Parent district: Big Spring ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,704
Selected comparison
$13,025

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,101 rated schools reporting

−$4,321 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,704 per student for this campus, $14,721 per student for its parent district, Big Spring 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
YearBig Spring IntParent district: Big Spring ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,449$10,558$13,054$8,064 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,981 rated schools reporting
2019$5,793$10,763$13,108$8,215 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 rated schools reporting
2020$7,469$11,188$14,058$8,744 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,019 rated schools reporting
2021$7,331$12,967$14,797$9,338 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,031 rated schools reporting
2022$7,447$13,334$15,708$10,682 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,050 rated schools reporting
2023$10,183$17,116$16,792$11,249 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,069 rated schools reporting
2024$9,545$15,118$18,125$12,267 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,088 rated schools reporting
2025$8,704$14,721$18,972$13,025 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,101 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
$53,738−$13,051 vs similar economic context
Teachers
35−8.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.6−0.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Big Spring Int

Beginning: 5.7%1 to 5 years: 53.7%6 to 10 years: 21.3%11 to 20 years: 16.1%21 to 30 years: 2.9%
  • Beginning 5.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 53.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 16.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 2.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting for every category shown · 2,113 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.6%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Big Spring Int in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBig Spring Int · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 526.220
Grade 615.218

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 2 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 88 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

4 measures

  • 5of 11

    Overall score

    Howard County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 5of 11

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Howard County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 5of 11

    Per-student spending

    Howard County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 6of 11

    Attendance

    Howard County · of the 11 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.

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 114901044.