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Central HS

Tarrant County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 2,320 students

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Current score
84/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−3.2 ptsvs 87.2 average · 1,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
725 of 1,026tied with 39 others
B84

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 87.2 average for 1,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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 84 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 87.2 average for 1,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 725th of 1,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 39 others).

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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. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageCentral HS 8587848484 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
2025-26B8487.2 1,026 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8487.1 1,007 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8485.8 992 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8786.2 976 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8587.4 962 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 Achievement84 B−3.9 vs similar economic context · 1,007 reporting
  • School Progress79 C−5.2 vs similar economic context · 1,005 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps83 B−1.7 vs similar economic context · 998 reporting
  • Academic Growth69 D−11.2 vs similar economic context · 987 reporting
  • Relative Performance79 C−0.9 vs similar economic context · 1,005 reporting
  • Central HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,026 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement84B6
School Progress79C1
Closing the Gaps83B7
Academic Growth69D1
Relative Performance79C1

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 6 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 (84), so School Progress (79) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 84.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level88%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,007 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,007 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,007 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,006 reporting
  • Meets grade level67%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,006 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,006 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,004 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,004 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,004 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level95%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 918 reporting
  • Meets grade level72%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 918 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 918 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level97%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 518 reporting
  • Meets grade level82%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 518 reporting
  • Masters grade level47%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 518 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,026 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
97.6%+5.4 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 300 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
97.9%+5.9 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 299 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
95.2%+3.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 300 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.2%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 300 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
77.0%−12.5 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria77.0%89.5%−12.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course51.5%64.0%−12.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA38.4%42.8%−4.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)31.1%20.0%+11.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course11.4%39.2%−27.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification39.2%35.8%+3.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%0.7%−0.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%4.5%−4.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit11.9%6.6%+5.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness3.6%2.5%+1.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student9.0%6.8%+2.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces1.9%3.0%−1.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 298 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
614

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
246

40.1% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
261

42.5% of graduates

Not trackable
107

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
614
Selected comparison
289.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 252 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
246
Selected comparison
140.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 252 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
40.1%
Selected comparison
49.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 252 rated schools reporting

−9.2 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
42.5%
Selected comparison
44.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 252 rated schools reporting

−2.1 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
17.4%
Selected comparison
6.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 252 rated schools reporting

+11.3 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE DIST (003626)82
  2. U. OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON (003656)30
  3. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (003594)30

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
2,320
Economically disadvantaged
30.4%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.6%−1.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
12.7%−4.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.1%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
18.0%+7.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Central HS

African American: 13.3%Hispanic: 26.4%White: 42.9%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 9%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 8%
  • African American 13.3%
  • Hispanic 26.4%
  • White 42.9%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,026 reporting for every category shown · 1,026 in full cohort

African American: 9%Hispanic: 30.1%White: 48%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 7.6%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.8%
  • African American 9%
  • Hispanic 30.1%
  • White 48%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 7.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
2,319
Economically disadvantaged students
706
Emergent bilingual students
200
Special education students
295

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
250
Students in TEA mobility denominator
2,524
TEA-published mobility rate
9.9%

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 2,320 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 90 (3.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
2,320

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−90

Decrease · −3.7%

Change since 2021–22
−278

Decrease · −10.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
2,320
Selected comparison
792.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,014 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Central HS
School yearStudents enrolledCentral HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 2,598 First available year 805.6
2022–23 2,551 Decrease of 47 (1.8%) 808
2023–24 2,542 Decrease of 9 (0.4%) 804.3
2024–25 2,410 Decrease of 132 (5.2%) 800.7
2025–26 2,320 Decrease of 90 (3.7%) 792.3

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
324

13.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
781

31.24 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
2,500

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
13.0%
Selected comparison
8.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 768 rated schools reporting

+4.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
31.24
Selected comparison
18

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 858 rated schools reporting

+13.2 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 2,671 52 1.9% 117 4.38 7.1% 12.8
2021–22 2,691 198 7.4% 495 18.39 9.4% 19
2022–23 2,663 168 6.3% 368 13.82 9.6% 19.7
2023–24 2,613 212 8.1% 541 20.70 9.2% 19.4
2024–25 2,500 324 13.0% 781 31.24 8.9% 18
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 324 13.0% 781 31.24 8.9% 18
In-school suspensions 272 10.9% 497 19.88 8.0% 14.1
Out-of-school suspensions 103 4.1% 189 7.56 4.4% 6
DAEP placements 70 2.8% 95 3.80 3.2% 3.7
Mandatory DAEP placements 52 2.1% 63 2.52 2.5% 2.8
Discretionary DAEP placements 23 0.9% 32 1.28 1.6% 1.9
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
  • Central HS
  • Parent district: Keller ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,346
Selected comparison
$11,727

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,006 rated schools reporting

−$3,381 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,346 per student for this campus, $14,753 per student for its parent district, Keller 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: Keller ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,305$11,211$13,054$7,651 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 907 rated schools reporting
2019$7,452$11,873$13,108$7,785 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 921 rated schools reporting
2020$7,582$11,448$14,058$8,120 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 932 rated schools reporting
2021$8,173$14,631$14,797$8,536 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 943 rated schools reporting
2022$8,522$15,919$15,708$9,775 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 961 rated schools reporting
2023$9,032$15,912$16,792$10,325 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 977 rated schools reporting
2024$8,812$16,294$18,125$11,490 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 991 rated schools reporting
2025$8,346$14,753$18,972$11,727 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,006 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
$67,263−$973 vs similar economic context
Teachers
145+93.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16+1.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Central HS

Beginning: 6%1 to 5 years: 21.9%6 to 10 years: 20.1%11 to 20 years: 33.3%21 to 30 years: 18%Over 30 years: 0.7%
  • Beginning 6%
  • 1 to 5 years 21.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 33.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 18%
  • Over 30 years 0.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,026 reporting for every category shown · 1,026 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.8%1 to 5 years: 22.5%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 32.3%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 3.2%
  • Beginning 4.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.2%

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 English20.616.7
Secondary languages other than English19.318.7
Secondary math21.317.4
Secondary science2118.9
Secondary social studies18.819

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 200 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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 7of 74

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

    Tarrant County · of the 74 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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 220907004.