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Big Springs Elem

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 387 students

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Current score
84/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.7 ptsvs 83.3 average · 1,507 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
729 of 1,507tied with 65 others
B84

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 83.3 average for 1,507 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 6 points

77 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 2.4 points above the 80.6 average among 1,451 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
57%vs 56% avg · +1 pts
Masters
31%vs 25.1% avg · +5.9 pts

Among 1,463 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 Springs Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 84 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 83.3 average for 1,507 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 729th of 1,507 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 65 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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.

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
15.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
0.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBig Springs Elem 8787788184 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 87 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
2025-26B8483.3 1,507 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8183.6 1,475 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7881.6 1,453 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8782.2 1,438 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8784.4 1,418 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 Achievement83 B−0.4 vs similar economic context · 1,463 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+2.9 vs similar economic context · 1,460 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps83 B+2.4 vs similar economic context · 1,451 reporting
  • Academic Growth85 B+8.2 vs similar economic context · 1,434 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+0.6 vs similar economic context · 1,460 reporting
  • Big Springs Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,507 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement83B7
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps83B7
Academic Growth85B5
Relative Performance80B10

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 (83) 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 level77%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,462 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,462 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,462 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,458 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,458 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,458 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,353 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,353 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,353 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,507 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
387
Economically disadvantaged
44.3%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
16.1%+4.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
32.9%+14.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.5%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
10.3%−3.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Big Springs Elem

African American: 18.9%Hispanic: 27.2%White: 34.7%American Indian: 0.8%Asian: 12.4%Two or More Races: 6%
  • African American 18.9%
  • Hispanic 27.2%
  • White 34.7%
  • American Indian 0.8%
  • Asian 12.4%
  • Two or More Races 6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 reporting for every category shown · 1,507 in full cohort

African American: 9.1%Hispanic: 38%White: 44.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.1%
  • Hispanic 38%
  • White 44.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.8%
  • 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
386
Economically disadvantaged students
171
Emergent bilingual students
62
Special education students
127

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
43
Students in TEA mobility denominator
350
TEA-published mobility rate
12.3%

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 387 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 16 (4.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
387

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−16

Decrease · −4.0%

Change since 2021–22
+15

Increase · +4.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
387
Selected comparison
679.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,470 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Big Springs Elem
School yearStudents enrolledBig Springs ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 372 First available year 677
2022–23 390 Increase of 18 (4.8%) 682.3
2023–24 401 Increase of 11 (2.8%) 682.9
2024–25 403 Increase of 2 (0.5%) 679.7
2025–26 387 Decrease of 16 (4.0%) 679.1

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
19

4.4% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
53

12.33 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
430

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
4.4%
Selected comparison
11.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,159 rated schools reporting

−6.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
12.33
Selected comparison
24.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,246 rated schools reporting

−12.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Big Springs Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 378 15 4.0% 19 5.03 9.4% 17.7
2021–22 422 Suppressed — 16 3.79 — 24.3
2022–23 427 12 2.8% 18 4.22 11.7% 25.6
2023–24 411 19 4.6% 30 7.30 11.6% 26.2
2024–25 430 19 4.4% 53 12.33 11.3% 24.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Big Springs Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 19 4.4% 53 12.33 11.3% 24.6
In-school suspensions Suppressed — 20 4.65 — 18.9
Out-of-school suspensions 14 3.3% 29 6.74 5.5% 7.6
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$17k$26k20182020202220242025
  • Big Springs Elem
  • Parent district: Richardson ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$15,508
Selected comparison
$12,017

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,476 rated schools reporting

+$3,491 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $15,508 per student for this campus, $18,058 per student for its parent district, Richardson 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 Springs ElemParent district: Richardson ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$11,420$13,362$13,054$7,810 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,356 rated schools reporting
2019$10,038$14,350$13,108$8,016 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,377 rated schools reporting
2020$12,576$14,083$14,058$8,450 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,386 rated schools reporting
2021$12,147$14,192$14,797$8,859 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,406 rated schools reporting
2022$17,663$17,047$15,708$10,240 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,419 rated schools reporting
2023$24,852$19,884$16,792$10,633 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,438 rated schools reporting
2024$14,281$19,167$18,125$11,665 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,454 rated schools reporting
2025$15,508$18,058$18,972$12,017 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,476 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
$71,608+$4,363 vs similar economic context
Teachers
35−9.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.1−9.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Big Springs Elem

Beginning: 11.8%1 to 5 years: 26.1%6 to 10 years: 25.9%11 to 20 years: 21.6%21 to 30 years: 11.8%Over 30 years: 2.9%
  • Beginning 11.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 25.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 21.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 11.8%
  • Over 30 years 2.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 reporting for every category shown · 1,507 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.4%1 to 5 years: 23.6%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 30.4%21 to 30 years: 16.9%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 5.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Big Springs Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBig Springs Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.518
Grade 121.518.4
Grade 218.318.6
Grade 318.919.3
Grade 415.419.2
Grade 52220.3
Grade 615.217.9

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 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 057916133.