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Traditional public school campus
Smith County · Region 07: Kilgore · 627 students
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 90 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 81.2 average for 1,844 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is above the 82.4 average for 59 rated schools in Smith County.The current score is above the 80.5 average for 4,610 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
STAAR result
Among 1,773 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Among 1,761 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Among 1,771 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureCurrent strength
2.3% −13.1 pts vs 15.4%
STAAR result
Among 316 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
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Among 314 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
See the full measureCurrent strength
97% +3 pts vs 94%
Current strength
2.3% −14.8 pts vs 17.1%
STAAR result
Among 55 schools in Smith County reporting this measure.
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Among 4,452 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
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Among 4,452 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
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Among 4,452 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
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Among 7,260 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Among 7,227 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Among 7,254 Texas schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected 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.
Caldwell Arts Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.2 average for 1,844 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.
Ranks 203rd of 1,844 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 81 others).
Caldwell Arts Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is unchanged since 2021-22.
Ranks 48th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 11 others).
Caldwell Arts Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.4 average for 59 rated schools in Smith County. It is unchanged since 2021-22.
Ranks 16th of 59 rated schools in Smith County.
Caldwell Arts Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.5 average for 4,610 similarly sized rated schools. It is unchanged since 2021-22.
Ranks 572nd of 4,610 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 260 others).
Caldwell Arts Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is unchanged since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,157th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 413 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 A with 90 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.
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 91 | 81.2 1,844 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | A | 91 | 81.3 1,819 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | A | 91 | 79.2 1,791 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | A | 92 | 79.9 1,759 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 91 | 82.8 1,733 reporting | 83.7 7,283 reporting |
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.
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 91 | A | — |
| School Progress | 91 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 90 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 88 | B | 2 |
| Relative Performance | 91 | A | — |
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%.
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.
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Caldwell Arts Academy
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,844 reporting for every category shown · 1,844 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Smith County · 59 reporting for every category shown · 59 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,610 reporting for every category shown · 4,610 in full cohort
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
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.
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 627 students in 2025–26, an increase of 9 (1.5%) from 2024–25.
2025–26
Increase · +1.5%
Increase · +8.7%
| School year | Students enrolledCaldwell Arts Academy | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 577 | First available year | 636.3 |
| 2022–23 | 593 | Increase of 16 (2.8%) | 642.3 |
| 2023–24 | 611 | Increase of 18 (3.0%) | 640.5 |
| 2024–25 | 618 | Increase of 7 (1.1%) | 637.7 |
| 2025–26 | 627 | Increase of 9 (1.5%) | 632.7 |
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.
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.
1.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment
2.11 per 100 students
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 | 571 | 20 | 3.5% | 24 | 4.20 | 9.7% | 18.9 |
| 2021–22 | 577 | 30 | 5.2% | 45 | 7.80 | 12.4% | 28.1 |
| 2022–23 | 593 | 31 | 5.2% | 47 | 7.93 | 12.9% | 29.6 |
| 2023–24 | 605 | 39 | 6.5% | 63 | 10.41 | 12.8% | 29.7 |
| 2024–25 | 615 | 11 | 1.8% | 13 | 2.11 | 12.4% | 27.8 |
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 11 | 1.8% | 13 | 2.11 | 12.4% | 27.8 |
| In-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 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.
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.
For 2025, TEA reported $9,321 per student for this campus, $14,333 per student for its parent district, Tyler ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
| Year | Caldwell Arts Academy | Parent district: Tyler ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,883 | $12,660 | $13,054 | $7,897 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,669 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $8,333 | $16,047 | $13,108 | $8,079 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,687 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $8,764 | $14,755 | $14,058 | $8,647 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,703 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $7,372 | $15,099 | $14,797 | $9,033 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,719 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $8,304 | $14,624 | $15,708 | $10,398 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,735 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $8,504 | $16,225 | $16,792 | $10,921 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,759 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $13,703 | $16,622 | $18,125 | $11,778 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,788 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $9,321 | $14,333 | $18,972 | $12,296 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,816 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.
Caldwell Arts Academy
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,844 reporting for every category shown · 1,844 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Smith County · 59 reporting for every category shown · 59 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,610 reporting for every category shown · 4,610 in full cohort
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
| Grade or subject | Average students per classCaldwell Arts Academy · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 21 | 17.9 |
| Grade 1 | 22.7 | 18.2 |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 18.4 |
| Grade 3 | 22.7 | 18.8 |
| Grade 4 | 24.3 | 19 |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 19.8 |
| Grade 6 | 24.6 | 17.6 |
| Secondary English | 16.4 | 14.9 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 4 | 17.4 |
| Secondary math | 21.3 | 15.8 |
| Secondary science | 21.3 | 17.3 |
| Secondary social studies | 21.3 | 17.2 |
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.
Out of 120 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.
First-place results
1 measure
Attendance
Smith County · of the 57 that report this measure · tied with 1
Second- and third-place results
1 measure
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Smith County · of the 57 that report this measure
Fourth- through tenth-place results
8 measures
Reading — Approaches
Smith County · of the 55 that report this measure
All Subjects — Approaches
Smith County · of the 55 that report this measure · tied with 2
Social Studies — Masters
Smith County · of the 24 that report this measure
Reading — Meets
Smith County · of the 55 that report this measure · tied with 1
Academic Growth
Smith County · of the 50 that report this measure
Science — Masters
Smith County · of the 48 that report this measure
Social Studies — Approaches
Smith County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1
Social Studies — Meets
Smith County · of the 24 that report this measure
High placements in larger reporting groups
1 measure
All Subjects — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,773 that report this measure · tied with 14
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.
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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