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Central Heights Elem

Nacogdoches County · Region 07: Kilgore · 491 students

Current score
89/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+6.0 ptsvs 83 average · 1,528 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
395 of 1,528tied with 55 others
B89

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 83 average for 1,528 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
67%vs 55.7% avg · +11.3 pts
Masters
32%vs 24.8% avg · +7.2 pts

Among 1,485 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
61%vs 49.1% avg · +11.9 pts
Masters
26%vs 20.5% avg · +5.5 pts

Among 1,479 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
71%vs 60.6% avg · +10.4 pts
Masters
35%vs 26.4% avg · +8.6 pts

Among 1,483 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

Central Heights Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 83 average for 1,528 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 395th of 1,528 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 55 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 averageCentral Heights Elem 8779879289 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 87 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
2025-26B8983.0 1,528 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9283.4 1,498 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8781.4 1,472 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7982.0 1,457 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8784.2 1,437 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+7.8 vs similar economic context · 1,485 reporting
  • School Progress86 B+4.1 vs similar economic context · 1,481 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps83 B+2.6 vs similar economic context · 1,473 reporting
  • Academic Growth83 B+6.4 vs similar economic context · 1,457 reporting
  • Relative Performance86 B+6.7 vs similar economic context · 1,481 reporting
  • Central Heights Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,528 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement91A—
School Progress86B4
Closing the Gaps83B7
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance86B4

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 7 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 (86) 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 level87%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,485 reporting
  • Meets grade level67%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,485 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,485 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,483 reporting
  • Meets grade level71%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,483 reporting
  • Masters grade level35%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,483 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,479 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,479 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,479 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,374 reporting
  • Meets grade level72%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,374 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,374 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,528 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
491
Economically disadvantaged
45.0%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
9.8%−2.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.5%−2.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.0%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
6.0%−7.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Central Heights Elem

African American: 2.9%Hispanic: 25.3%White: 66.4%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 2%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 2.9%
  • Hispanic 25.3%
  • White 66.4%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 2%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,528 reporting for every category shown · 1,528 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 38.1%White: 44.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 38.1%
  • White 44.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
491
Economically disadvantaged students
221
Emergent bilingual students
48
Special education students
76

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
16
Students in TEA mobility denominator
384
TEA-published mobility rate
4.2%

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 491 students in 2025–26, an increase of 14 (2.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
491

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+14

Increase · +2.9%

Change since 2021–22
−25

Decrease · −4.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
491
Selected comparison
676.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,490 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Central Heights Elem
School yearStudents enrolledCentral Heights ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 516 First available year 673.7
2022–23 488 Decrease of 28 (5.4%) 679.6
2023–24 482 Decrease of 6 (1.2%) 680.1
2024–25 477 Decrease of 5 (1.0%) 676.3
2025–26 491 Increase of 14 (2.9%) 676.8

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
11

2.22 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
495

2024–25

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.22
Selected comparison
24.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,267 rated schools reporting

−22.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Central Heights Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 558 11 2.0% 21 3.76 9.4% 17.8
2021–22 536 14 2.6% 21 3.92 11.4% 24.4
2022–23 499 16 3.2% 29 5.81 11.8% 25.8
2023–24 500 17 3.4% 20 4.00 11.7% 26.4
2024–25 495 Suppressed — 11 2.22 — 24.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Central Heights Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — 11 2.22 — 24.8
In-school suspensions Suppressed — 10 2.02 — 19.1
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Central Heights Elem
  • Parent district: Central Heights ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,927
Selected comparison
$12,014

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,498 rated schools reporting

−$2,087 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,927 per student for this campus, $18,502 per student for its parent district, Central Heights 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
YearCentral Heights ElemParent district: Central Heights ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,719$8,537$13,054$7,769 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,377 rated schools reporting
2019$5,645$8,456$13,108$7,975 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,397 rated schools reporting
2020$6,260$9,328$14,058$8,423 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,407 rated schools reporting
2021$7,226$12,289$14,797$8,841 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,426 rated schools reporting
2022$6,631$13,809$15,708$10,200 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,439 rated schools reporting
2023$8,168$14,713$16,792$10,582 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,456 rated schools reporting
2024$9,303$17,012$18,125$11,626 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,472 rated schools reporting
2025$9,927$18,502$18,972$12,014 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,498 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
$61,963−$5,203 vs similar economic context
Teachers
43−1.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.4−9.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Central Heights Elem

1 to 5 years: 20.9%6 to 10 years: 9.3%11 to 20 years: 44.2%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 9.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 20.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 9.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 44.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 9.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,528 reporting for every category shown · 1,528 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.4%1 to 5 years: 23.8%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 30.2%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 5.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Central Heights Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCentral Heights Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten15.618
Grade 113.418.4
Grade 216.418.6
Grade 315.919.2
Grade 414.619.2
Grade 514.320.1

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

8 measures

  • 2of 23

    All Subjects — Masters

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 2of 23

    Reading — Approaches

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 2of 23

    Math — Meets

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 2of 23

    Math — Masters

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 3of 23

    Reading — Masters

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 3of 23

    Science — Meets

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 3of 23

    Science — Masters

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 23

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

12 measures

  • 4of 23

    All Subjects — Meets

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 4of 23

    Reading — Meets

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 4of 22

    Academic Growth

    Nacogdoches County · of the 22 that report this measure

  • 5of 23

    Student Achievement

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 23

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 23

    Attendance

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 24

    Overall score

    Nacogdoches County · of the 24 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 23

    Science — Approaches

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 23

    Math — Approaches

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 23

    School Progress

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 10of 23

    Closing the Gaps

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 10of 23

    Relative Performance

    Nacogdoches County · of the 23 that report this measure

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 174908101.