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Cedar Valley Elem

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 520 students

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Current score
85/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+6.2 ptsvs 78.8 average · 2,073 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
554 of 2,073tied with 77 others
B85

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78.8 average for 2,073 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 9 points

76 to 85 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 85 is 6.2 points above the 78.8 average among 2,073 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 12 points

75 to 87 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 87 is 7.1 points above the 79.9 average among 1,932 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
55%vs 44.9% avg · +10.1 pts
Masters
24%vs 17.8% avg · +6.2 pts

Among 1,938 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

Cedar Valley Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 85 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.8 average for 2,073 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 554th of 2,073 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 77 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 averageCedar Valley Elem 8487857685 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 83 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
2025-26B8578.8 2,073 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7678.3 2,055 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8576.3 2,043 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8776.8 2,018 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8481.8 2,002 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 Achievement82 B+7.0 vs similar economic context · 1,938 reporting
  • School Progress87 B+7.1 vs similar economic context · 1,932 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps79 C+3.0 vs similar economic context · 1,916 reporting
  • Academic Growth73 C+0.1 vs similar economic context · 1,872 reporting
  • Relative Performance87 B+8.7 vs similar economic context · 1,932 reporting
  • Cedar Valley Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,073 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement82B8
School Progress87B3
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth73C7
Relative Performance87B3

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point below B 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 (87), so Student Achievement (82) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level82%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,938 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,938 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,938 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,926 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,926 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,926 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level60%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,785 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,785 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,785 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,073 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
73.3%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.7%−13.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
22.7%+3.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.8%+2.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
8.1%−10.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Cedar Valley Elem

African American: 34.6%Hispanic: 35.8%White: 14.6%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 1.7%Pacific Islander: 1.5%Two or More Races: 11.2%
  • African American 34.6%
  • Hispanic 35.8%
  • White 14.6%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Pacific Islander 1.5%
  • Two or More Races 11.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,073 reporting for every category shown · 2,073 in full cohort

African American: 12.7%Hispanic: 60.2%White: 21.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.2%
  • African American 12.7%
  • Hispanic 60.2%
  • White 21.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
520
Economically disadvantaged students
381
Emergent bilingual students
45
Special education students
118

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
62
Students in TEA mobility denominator
499
TEA-published mobility rate
12.4%

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 50 (8.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
520

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−50

Decrease · −8.8%

Change since 2021–22
−79

Decrease · −13.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
520
Selected comparison
638.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,039 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Cedar Valley Elem
School yearStudents enrolledCedar Valley ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 599 First available year 655.2
2022–23 576 Decrease of 23 (3.8%) 659.6
2023–24 594 Increase of 18 (3.1%) 657.8
2024–25 570 Decrease of 24 (4.0%) 654.7
2025–26 520 Decrease of 50 (8.8%) 638.7

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.

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
65

10.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
156

25.79 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
605

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
10.7%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,565 rated schools reporting

−2.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
25.79
Selected comparison
31.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 rated schools reporting

−6.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Cedar Valley Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 670 16 2.4% 25 3.73 9.3% 18.5
2021–22 656 28 4.3% 84 12.80 13.0% 31.1
2022–23 630 42 6.7% 93 14.76 13.6% 33.3
2023–24 626 25 4.0% 51 8.15 13.5% 33.1
2024–25 605 65 10.7% 156 25.79 13.3% 31.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Cedar Valley Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 65 10.7% 156 25.79 13.3% 31.9
In-school suspensions 57 9.4% 130 21.49 11.8% 23.9
Out-of-school suspensions 16 2.6% 23 3.80 7.7% 11.7
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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Cedar Valley Elem
  • Parent district: Killeen ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,690
Selected comparison
$13,207

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,053 rated schools reporting

−$2,517 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,690 per student for this campus, $14,322 per student for its parent district, Killeen 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
YearCedar Valley ElemParent district: Killeen ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,740$9,955$13,054$8,061 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 rated schools reporting
2019$7,124$10,689$13,108$8,205 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,946 rated schools reporting
2020$8,833$13,484$14,058$8,753 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,967 rated schools reporting
2021$8,930$14,264$14,797$9,295 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,980 rated schools reporting
2022$10,178$13,404$15,708$10,586 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 rated schools reporting
2023$11,169$14,811$16,792$11,214 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,018 rated schools reporting
2024$11,344$15,038$18,125$12,367 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,041 rated schools reporting
2025$10,690$14,322$18,972$13,207 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,053 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
$73,489+$6,899 vs similar economic context
Teachers
36−7.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.5+0.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Cedar Valley Elem

Beginning: 5.6%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 20.7%11 to 20 years: 27.4%21 to 30 years: 19.3%
  • Beginning 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 19.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,073 reporting for every category shown · 2,073 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.6%1 to 5 years: 27.2%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.3%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Cedar Valley Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCedar Valley Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten15.517.9
Grade 118.818.2
Grade 220.518.3
Grade 321.318.6
Grade 41818.9
Grade 524.819.8

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

1 measure

  • 3of 95

    Reading — Approaches

    Bell County · of the 95 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

2 measures

  • 4of 97

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Bell County · of the 97 that report this measure

  • 8of 97

    Attendance

    Bell County · of the 97 that report this measure · tied with 2

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 014906124.