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Central HS

Angelina County · Region 07: Kilgore · 415 students

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Current score
83/1002025-26
Change
+3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.8 ptsvs 81.2 average · 1,855 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
801 of 1,855tied with 71 others
B83

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 85 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 81.2 average for 1,855 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

86 +4.6 pts vs 81.4

  • 86 is 4.6 points above the 81.4 average among 1,776 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

85 +4.7 pts vs 80.3

  • 85 is 4.7 points above the 80.3 average among 1,784 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 HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.2 average for 1,855 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 801st of 1,855 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 71 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. After high school: the following fall
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  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 HS 8090868383 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 85 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
2025-26B8381.2 1,855 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8381.3 1,830 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8679.2 1,803 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9079.9 1,771 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8082.7 1,744 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 Achievement85 B+4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,784 reporting
  • School Progress86 B+4.6 vs similar economic context · 1,776 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C−2.4 vs similar economic context · 1,761 reporting
  • Academic Growth70 C−4.8 vs similar economic context · 1,729 reporting
  • Relative Performance86 B+6.5 vs similar economic context · 1,776 reporting
  • Central HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,855 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement85B5
School Progress86B4
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth70C10
Relative Performance86B4

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 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 School Progress (86), so Student Achievement (85) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 86.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level85%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,781 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,781 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,781 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level87%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level95%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,633 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,633 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,633 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 930 reporting
  • Meets grade level77%+29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 930 reporting
  • Masters grade level43%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 930 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,855 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
98.8%+5.6 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
98.0%+5.1 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 479 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
98.9%+6.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 479 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.2%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 485 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
88.0%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria88.0%87.9%+0.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 513 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course43.5%58.6%−15.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA43.5%28.4%+15.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%10.2%−10.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course29.4%33.8%−4.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification69.4%37.8%+31.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%1.6%−1.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%5.3%−5.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.8%−3.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness9.4%3.2%+6.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student17.6%7.6%+10.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces3.5%3.4%+0.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 516 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
96

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
68

70.8% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
28

29.2% of graduates

Not trackable
0

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
96
Selected comparison
222.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 406 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
68
Selected comparison
97.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 406 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
70.8%
Selected comparison
45.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 406 rated schools reporting

+25.7 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
29.2%
Selected comparison
50.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 406 rated schools reporting

−20.9 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
0.0%
Selected comparison
4.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 406 rated schools reporting

−4.8 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. ANGELINA COLLEGE (006661)45
  2. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIV (003624)12

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
415
Economically disadvantaged
55.9%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.1%−10.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.0%+2.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.2%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.5%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Central HS

African American: 5.8%Hispanic: 25.1%White: 65.8%Asian: 0.5%Two or More Races: 2.9%
  • African American 5.8%
  • Hispanic 25.1%
  • White 65.8%
  • Asian 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 2.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting for every category shown · 1,855 in full cohort

African American: 10%Hispanic: 45%White: 37.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4%
  • African American 10%
  • Hispanic 45%
  • White 37.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
415
Economically disadvantaged students
232
Emergent bilingual students
17
Special education students
87

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
48
Students in TEA mobility denominator
433
TEA-published mobility rate
11.1%

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.

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
124

29.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
288

67.45 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
427

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
29.0%
Selected comparison
12.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,429 rated schools reporting

+16.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
67.45
Selected comparison
28.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,547 rated schools reporting

+39.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Central HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 417 54 12.9% 75 17.99 9.7% 18.9
2021–22 384 100 26.0% 227 59.11 12.5% 28.2
2022–23 412 107 26.0% 223 54.13 12.9% 29.8
2023–24 432 125 28.9% 245 56.71 12.8% 30
2024–25 427 124 29.0% 288 67.45 12.5% 28.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Central HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 124 29.0% 288 67.45 12.5% 28.1
In-school suspensions 121 28.3% 239 55.97 11.3% 21.9
Out-of-school suspensions 21 4.9% 26 6.09 6.4% 9.1
DAEP placements 18 4.2% 22 5.15 4.7% 5.6
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements 18 4.2% 22 5.15 2.7% 3.1
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
  • Central HS
  • Parent district: Central ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,561
Selected comparison
$12,291

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,827 rated schools reporting

+$1,270 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,561 per student for this campus, $14,805 per student for its parent district, Central 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 HSParent district: Central ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,000$10,473$13,054$7,929 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,679 rated schools reporting
2019$9,342$11,503$13,108$8,095 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,695 rated schools reporting
2020$10,125$11,341$14,058$8,672 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,713 rated schools reporting
2021$9,420$11,541$14,797$9,047 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,729 rated schools reporting
2022$13,260$13,952$15,708$10,465 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 rated schools reporting
2023$11,651$13,854$16,792$10,927 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 rated schools reporting
2024$13,218$15,109$18,125$11,760 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,800 rated schools reporting
2025$13,561$14,805$18,972$12,291 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,827 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
$65,839−$693 vs similar economic context
Teachers
36−6.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.6−7.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Central HS

Beginning: 4.7%1 to 5 years: 17.3%6 to 10 years: 39.3%11 to 20 years: 29.2%21 to 30 years: 9.7%
  • Beginning 4.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 17.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 39.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 9.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting for every category shown · 1,855 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.8%1 to 5 years: 24.9%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 28.7%21 to 30 years: 16.4%Over 30 years: 4.4%
  • Beginning 5.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.4%
  • Over 30 years 4.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Central HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCentral HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English1614.9
Secondary languages other than English15.217.4
Secondary math12.115.8
Secondary science14.417.3
Secondary social studies18.717.2

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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 184 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

5 measures

  • 2of 28

    Per-student spending

    Angelina County · of the 28 that report this measure

  • 2of 13

    Social Studies — Approaches

    Angelina County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 2of 13

    Social Studies — Meets

    Angelina County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 2of 13

    Social Studies — Masters

    Angelina County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 3of 20

    Science — Approaches

    Angelina County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

13 measures

  • 4of 22

    Math — Approaches

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure

  • 5of 20

    Science — Meets

    Angelina County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 101

    Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

    Region 07: Kilgore · of the 101 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 23

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Angelina County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 6of 23

    All Subjects — Meets

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

  • 7of 23

    Student Achievement

    Angelina County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 7of 22

    School Progress

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure

  • 7of 22

    Relative Performance

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure

  • 8of 30

    Overall score

    Angelina County · of the 30 that report this measure

  • 8of 20

    Science — Masters

    Angelina County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 22

    Closing the Gaps

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 29

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Angelina County · of the 29 that report this measure

  • 10of 22

    Reading — Meets

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 24of 448

    Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness

    Similar size · of the 448 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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