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Carpenter Hill Elem

Hays County · Region 13: Austin · 520 students

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Current score
88/1002025-26
Change
−5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−1.9 ptsvs 89.9 average · 754 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
539 of 754tied with 46 others
B88

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 94 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 89.9 average for 754 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

87 +3.1 pts vs 83.9

  • 87 is 3.1 points above the 83.9 average among 733 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

6.7% −1.3 pts vs 8%

  • 6.7% is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 8% average among 744 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

Carpenter Hill Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 89.9 average for 754 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 539th of 754 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 46 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 averageCarpenter Hill Elem 9392889088 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 A with 94 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
2025-26B8889.9 754 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9090.2 748 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8889.1 731 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9289.5 713 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9390.3 698 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 Achievement91 A+0.1 vs similar economic context · 743 reporting
  • School Progress87 B+0.9 vs similar economic context · 741 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps81 B−6.4 vs similar economic context · 738 reporting
  • Academic Growth87 B+3.1 vs similar economic context · 733 reporting
  • Relative Performance77 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 741 reporting
  • Carpenter Hill Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (754 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement91A—
School Progress87B3
Closing the Gaps81B9
Academic Growth87B3
Relative Performance77C3

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 9 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 Student Achievement (91), so School Progress (87) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 91.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level88%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 743 reporting
  • Meets grade level66%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 743 reporting
  • Masters grade level40%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 743 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level93%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 743 reporting
  • Meets grade level75%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 743 reporting
  • Masters grade level49%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 743 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level87%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 741 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 741 reporting
  • Masters grade level36%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 741 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 690 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 690 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 690 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (754 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
520
Economically disadvantaged
18.3%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
5.0%−5.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
26.8%+10.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.8%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
6.7%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Carpenter Hill Elem

African American: 1.5%Hispanic: 36.5%White: 55%Asian: 2.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 1.5%
  • Hispanic 36.5%
  • White 55%
  • Asian 2.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 754 reporting for every category shown · 754 in full cohort

African American: 7.3%Hispanic: 23.1%White: 48.3%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 15.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.5%
  • African American 7.3%
  • Hispanic 23.1%
  • White 48.3%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 15.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
518
Economically disadvantaged students
95
Emergent bilingual students
26
Special education students
139

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
16
Students in TEA mobility denominator
468
TEA-published mobility rate
3.4%

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 520 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 30 (5.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
520

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−30

Decrease · −5.5%

Change since 2021–22
−101

Decrease · −16.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
520
Selected comparison
869

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 749 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Carpenter Hill Elem
School yearStudents enrolledCarpenter Hill ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 621 First available year 888.4
2022–23 616 Decrease of 5 (0.8%) 901.6
2023–24 597 Decrease of 19 (3.1%) 890.5
2024–25 550 Decrease of 47 (7.9%) 878.3
2025–26 520 Decrease of 30 (5.5%) 869

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
15

2.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
26

4.78 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
544

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
2.8%
Selected comparison
6.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 510 rated schools reporting

−3.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
4.78
Selected comparison
12

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 585 rated schools reporting

−7.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Carpenter Hill Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 599 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 632 Suppressed — 11 1.74 — 12.4
2022–23 629 12 1.9% 20 3.18 6.8% 12.6
2023–24 598 10 1.7% 11 1.84 6.5% 12.5
2024–25 544 15 2.8% 26 4.78 6.4% 12
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Carpenter Hill Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 15 2.8% 26 4.78 6.4% 12
In-school suspensions 14 2.6% 20 3.68 5.9% 9.6
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

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$15k$24k20182020202220242025
  • Carpenter Hill Elem
  • Parent district: Hays CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,265
Selected comparison
$10,996

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 747 rated schools reporting

−$1,731 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,265 per student for this campus, $22,838 per student for its parent district, Hays 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
YearCarpenter Hill ElemParent district: Hays CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,885$17,264$13,054$7,380 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 652 rated schools reporting
2019$5,885$12,654$13,108$7,471 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 668 rated schools reporting
2020$6,505$11,919$14,058$7,763 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 680 rated schools reporting
2021$7,280$13,235$14,797$8,310 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 687 rated schools reporting
2022$7,692$17,669$15,708$9,508 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 698 rated schools reporting
2023$8,051$17,636$16,792$9,971 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 714 rated schools reporting
2024$8,169$22,264$18,125$10,829 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 731 rated schools reporting
2025$9,265$22,838$18,972$10,996 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 747 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
$69,728+$632 vs similar economic context
Teachers
37−18.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.1−0.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Carpenter Hill Elem

Beginning: 2.7%1 to 5 years: 13.6%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 46.3%21 to 30 years: 18.3%
  • Beginning 2.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 13.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 46.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 18.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 754 reporting for every category shown · 754 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.4%1 to 5 years: 22.8%6 to 10 years: 20%11 to 20 years: 32.6%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 2.8%
  • Beginning 4.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 20%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 2.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Carpenter Hill Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCarpenter Hill Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.318.8
Grade 120.319.2
Grade 220.419.7
Grade 318.221.5
Grade 419.920.5
Grade 522.522

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 school ranks best

Out of 105 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

2 measures

  • 3of 50

    All Subjects — Masters

    Hays County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 49

    Math — Masters

    Hays County · of the 49 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

10 measures

  • 4of 50

    Reading — Approaches

    Hays County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 4of 50

    Reading — Masters

    Hays County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 49

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Hays County · of the 49 that report this measure

  • 6of 49

    Math — Approaches

    Hays County · of the 49 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 49

    Academic Growth

    Hays County · of the 49 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 49

    Attendance

    Hays County · of the 49 that report this measure

  • 8of 50

    Reading — Meets

    Hays County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 49

    Math — Meets

    Hays County · of the 49 that report this measure

  • 10of 50

    School Progress

    Hays County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 50

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Hays County · of the 50 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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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 105906115.