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Blackwell School

Nolan County · Region 14: Abilene · 171 students

Current score
97/1002025-26
Change
+7 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+10.1 ptsvs 86.9 average · 1,078 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
21 of 1,078tied with 12 others
A97

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 86.9 average for 1,078 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 8 points

89 to 97 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 97 is 10.1 points above the 86.9 average among 1,078 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 19 points

76 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 95 is 15 points above the 80 average among 1,053 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
79%vs 67.8% avg · +11.2 pts
Masters
34%vs 32.7% avg · +1.3 pts

Among 1,054 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

Blackwell School is rated A by TEA, scoring 97 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 86.9 average for 1,078 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 7 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 21st of 1,078 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 12 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBlackwell School 9088748997 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 89 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
2025-26A9786.9 1,078 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8986.8 1,058 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7485.5 1,041 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8885.8 1,027 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9087.2 1,011 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 Achievement97 A+9.4 vs similar economic context · 1,055 reporting
  • School Progress95 A+11.0 vs similar economic context · 1,053 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps97 A+12.6 vs similar economic context · 1,045 reporting
  • Academic Growth87 B+7.1 vs similar economic context · 1,035 reporting
  • Relative Performance95 A+15.0 vs similar economic context · 1,053 reporting
  • Blackwell School
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,078 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement97A—
School Progress95A—
Closing the Gaps97A—
Academic Growth87B3
Relative Performance95A—

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 (97), so School Progress (95) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 97.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level96%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,055 reporting
  • Meets grade level73%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,055 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,055 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level99%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,054 reporting
  • Meets grade level79%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,054 reporting
  • Masters grade level34%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,054 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level95%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,052 reporting
  • Meets grade level67%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,052 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,052 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 963 reporting
  • Meets grade level77%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 963 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 963 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 544 reporting
  • Meets grade level67%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 544 reporting
  • Masters grade level33%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 544 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,078 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
100.0%+8.0 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 315 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
100.0%+8.4 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 314 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
100.0%+8.7 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 315 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 315 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
100.0%+10.7 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria100.0%89.3%+10.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course75.0%63.6%+11.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA37.5%41.9%−4.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%19.3%−19.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course37.5%38.7%−1.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification0.0%35.8%−35.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%0.7%−0.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%4.5%−4.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%6.3%−6.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness6.3%2.6%+3.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student18.8%6.9%+11.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces6.3%3.1%+3.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 312 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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
171
Economically disadvantaged
31.6%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
1.8%−8.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.4%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.0%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
11.0%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Blackwell School

Hispanic: 12.3%White: 82.5%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 1.8%Two or More Races: 2.9%
  • Hispanic 12.3%
  • White 82.5%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Two or More Races 2.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,078 reporting for every category shown · 1,078 in full cohort

African American: 9.1%Hispanic: 30.5%White: 48%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 7.1%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.8%
  • African American 9.1%
  • Hispanic 30.5%
  • White 48%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 7.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
171
Economically disadvantaged students
54
Emergent bilingual students
3
Special education students
28

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
11
Students in TEA mobility denominator
181
TEA-published mobility rate
6.1%

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 171 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 15 (8.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
171

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−15

Decrease · −8.1%

Change since 2021–22
+16

Increase · +10.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
171
Selected comparison
785.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,065 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Blackwell School
School yearStudents enrolledBlackwell SchoolChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 155 First available year 797.1
2022–23 152 Decrease of 3 (1.9%) 800.5
2023–24 170 Increase of 18 (11.8%) 797.5
2024–25 186 Increase of 16 (9.4%) 794.1
2025–26 171 Decrease of 15 (8.1%) 785.3

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
24

12.50 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
192

2024–25

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
12.5
Selected comparison
18.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 895 rated schools reporting

−6.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Blackwell School
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 176 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 167 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 156 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 181 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 192 Suppressed — 24 12.50 — 18.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Blackwell School in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — 24 12.50 — 18.9
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 12 6.25 — 6.1
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.

$7k$33k$60k20182020202220242025
  • Blackwell School
  • Parent district: Blackwell CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$16,029
Selected comparison
$11,762

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,057 rated schools reporting

+$4,267 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $16,029 per student for this campus, $46,320 per student for its parent district, Blackwell CISD, $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
YearBlackwell SchoolParent district: Blackwell CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$15,323$29,550$13,054$7,651 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 951 rated schools reporting
2019$15,683$30,865$13,108$7,791 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 968 rated schools reporting
2020$14,555$28,268$14,058$8,127 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 978 rated schools reporting
2021$15,225$28,796$14,797$8,550 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 990 rated schools reporting
2022$18,260$30,549$15,708$9,791 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,010 rated schools reporting
2023$18,236$41,924$16,792$10,345 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,028 rated schools reporting
2024$17,695$56,854$18,125$11,454 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,040 rated schools reporting
2025$16,029$46,320$18,972$11,762 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,057 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
$70,772+$2,608 vs similar economic context
Teachers
22−29.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
7.8−6.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Blackwell School

1 to 5 years: 13.2%6 to 10 years: 4.5%11 to 20 years: 54.1%21 to 30 years: 19.5%Over 30 years: 8.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 13.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 4.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 54.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 19.5%
  • Over 30 years 8.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,078 reporting for every category shown · 1,078 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.8%1 to 5 years: 22.5%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 32.2%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 3.3%
  • Beginning 4.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Blackwell School in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBlackwell School · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1018.5
Grade 11519.1
Grade 213.119.5
Grade 31420.3
Grade 411.819.8
Grade 51421.4
Grade 62218.5
Secondary English7.116.5
Secondary languages other than English6.318.6
Secondary math10.117.3
Secondary science1318.9
Secondary social studies11.318.9

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 12 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 162 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.

#1 rankings

First-place results

3 measures

  • 1of 122

    Overall score

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 122 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 1of 114

    Student Achievement

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 114 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 1of 114

    Reading — Approaches

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 114 that report this measure

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

4 measures

  • 3of 112

    School Progress

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 112 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 112

    Relative Performance

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 112 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 111

    Closing the Gaps

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 111 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 3of 12

    Per-student spending

    Nolan County · of the 12 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

6 measures

  • 4of 114

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 114 that report this measure

  • 4of 113

    Math — Approaches

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 113 that report this measure

  • 6of 107

    Academic Growth

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 107 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 114

    Reading — Meets

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 114 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 312

    Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 312 that report this measure

  • 10of 113

    Math — Meets

    Region 14: Abilene · of the 113 that report this measure · tied with 1

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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