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Caldwell Elem

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 462 students

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Current score
70/1002025-26
Change
−14 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−7.6 ptsvs 77.6 average · 2,085 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,546 of 2,085tied with 11 others
C70

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.6 average for 2,085 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

12.2% −10.9 pts vs 23.1%

  • 12.2% is 10.9 percentage points lower than the 23.1% average among 1,966 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Attendance above the similar-context average

94.9% +1.9 pts vs 93%

  • 94.9% is 1.9 percentage points above the 93% average among 1,972 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

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

Caldwell Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 70 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.6 average for 2,085 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 14 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,546th of 2,085 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 11 others).

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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.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: English Learners

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
33.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,085 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
9.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,085 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageCaldwell Elem 8483727670 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 C with 79 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
2025-26C7077.6 2,085 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7677.3 2,067 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7273.8 2,049 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8373.4 2,043 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8481.9 2,018 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 Achievement64 D−6.3 vs similar economic context · 1,935 reporting
  • School Progress71 C−7.8 vs similar economic context · 1,932 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps67 D−7.9 vs similar economic context · 1,918 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 1,901 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−6.8 vs similar economic context · 1,931 reporting
  • Caldwell Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,085 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement64D6
School Progress71C9
Closing the Gaps67D3
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance70C10

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 School Progress (71), so Student Achievement (64) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 71.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level63%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,928 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,928 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,928 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level42%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,820 reporting
  • Meets grade level9%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,820 reporting
  • Masters grade level2%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,820 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,085 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
462
Economically disadvantaged
92.6%+1.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
74.7%+33.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.9%+4.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.9%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.2%−10.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Caldwell Elem

African American: 8.9%Hispanic: 84.8%White: 5%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 0.6%Two or More Races: 0.2%
  • African American 8.9%
  • Hispanic 84.8%
  • White 5%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 0.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,085 reporting for every category shown · 2,085 in full cohort

African American: 14.9%Hispanic: 76.4%White: 5.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.6%
  • African American 14.9%
  • Hispanic 76.4%
  • White 5.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
462
Economically disadvantaged students
428
Emergent bilingual students
345
Special education students
101

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
54
Students in TEA mobility denominator
367
TEA-published mobility rate
14.7%

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 462 students in 2025–26, an increase of 40 (9.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
462

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+40

Increase · +9.5%

Change since 2021–22
+61

Increase · +15.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
462
Selected comparison
570.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,063 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Caldwell Elem
School yearStudents enrolledCaldwell ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 401 First available year 615.5
2022–23 404 Increase of 3 (0.7%) 612.1
2023–24 404 No change 602.4
2024–25 422 Increase of 18 (4.5%) 595.8
2025–26 462 Increase of 40 (9.5%) 570.6

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
30

6.45 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
465

2024–25

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
6.45
Selected comparison
30.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,356 rated schools reporting

−24.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Caldwell Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 444 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 444 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 435 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 439 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 465 Suppressed — 30 6.45 — 30.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Caldwell Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — 30 6.45 — 30.9
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 18 3.87 — 15.4
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Caldwell Elem
  • Parent district: Garland ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,162
Selected comparison
$13,229

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,065 rated schools reporting

−$2,067 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,162 per student for this campus, $18,172 per student for its parent district, Garland 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
YearCaldwell ElemParent district: Garland ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,253$13,522$13,054$8,320 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,968 rated schools reporting
2019$7,710$11,776$13,108$8,338 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 rated schools reporting
2020$8,499$11,425$14,058$8,843 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,998 rated schools reporting
2021$9,483$12,273$14,797$9,655 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 rated schools reporting
2022$9,701$12,983$15,708$11,236 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,018 rated schools reporting
2023$9,488$14,377$16,792$11,740 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,042 rated schools reporting
2024$9,948$17,363$18,125$12,663 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,052 rated schools reporting
2025$11,162$18,172$18,972$13,229 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,065 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
$71,143+$2,841 vs similar economic context
Teachers
30−9.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.4+0.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Caldwell Elem

Beginning: 10%1 to 5 years: 24.9%6 to 10 years: 21.9%11 to 20 years: 39.9%21 to 30 years: 3.3%
  • Beginning 10%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 39.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 3.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,085 reporting for every category shown · 2,085 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 27.2%6 to 10 years: 18.8%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 14.8%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.8%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Caldwell Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCaldwell Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.618.1
Grade 121.518.3
Grade 22118.3
Grade 32018.5
Grade 42118.5
Grade 51719.2

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 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 057909103.