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Central MS

Galveston County · Region 04: Houston · 769 students

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Current score
69/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−8.5 ptsvs 77.5 average · 2,210 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,686 of 2,210tied with 122 others
D69

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 70 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.5 average for 2,210 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
45%vs 37.1% avg · +7.9 pts
Masters
27%vs 15.3% avg · +11.7 pts

Among 1,893 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 MS is rated D by TEA, scoring 69 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.5 average for 2,210 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,686th of 2,210 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 122 others).

1 consecutive year rated unacceptable.

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  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 comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: African American, Special Education, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
34.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
6.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageCentral MS 6979596969 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 C with 70 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
2025-26D6977.5 2,210 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6977.2 2,196 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24F5974.6 2,182 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7975.1 2,165 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6981.6 2,145 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 Achievement69 D−3.1 vs similar economic context · 2,046 reporting
  • School Progress77 C−1.8 vs similar economic context · 2,039 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps66 D−8.7 vs similar economic context · 2,025 reporting
  • Academic Growth69 D−3.2 vs similar economic context · 1,995 reporting
  • Relative Performance77 C−0.1 vs similar economic context · 2,039 reporting
  • Central MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,210 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement69D1
School Progress77C3
Closing the Gaps66D4
Academic Growth69D1
Relative Performance77C3

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 points 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 (77), so Student Achievement (69) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 77.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level58%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,044 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,044 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,044 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level53%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,034 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,034 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,034 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level44%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 811 reporting
  • Meets grade level25%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 811 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 811 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,210 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
769
Economically disadvantaged
80.7%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
25.1%−4.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.8%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
90.4%−3.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
36.5%+15.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Central MS

African American: 25.7%Hispanic: 46.7%White: 22.3%Asian: 1.8%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 3.3%
  • African American 25.7%
  • Hispanic 46.7%
  • White 22.3%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 3.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 reporting for every category shown · 2,210 in full cohort

African American: 14%Hispanic: 68.5%White: 12.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.5%
  • African American 14%
  • Hispanic 68.5%
  • White 12.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
768
Economically disadvantaged students
620
Emergent bilingual students
193
Special education students
144

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
142
Students in TEA mobility denominator
868
TEA-published mobility rate
16.4%

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 769 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 16 (2.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
769

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−16

Decrease · −2.0%

Change since 2021–22
+212

Increase · +38.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
769
Selected comparison
627.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,180 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Central MS
School yearStudents enrolledCentral MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 557 First available year 652.7
2022–23 879 Increase of 322 (57.8%) 655.5
2023–24 826 Decrease of 53 (6.0%) 649.6
2024–25 785 Decrease of 41 (5.0%) 646
2025–26 769 Decrease of 16 (2.0%) 627.1

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
310

35.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
1,142

131.72 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
867

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
35.8%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,620 rated schools reporting

+22.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
131.72
Selected comparison
32.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,728 rated schools reporting

+99.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Central MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 660 69 10.4% 114 17.27 8.4% 16.6
2021–22 610 133 21.8% 277 45.41 12.9% 30.8
2022–23 963 346 35.9% 1,270 131.88 13.7% 33.9
2023–24 903 331 36.7% 1,512 167.44 13.7% 34
2024–25 867 310 35.8% 1,142 131.72 13.3% 32.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Central MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 310 35.8% 1,142 131.72 13.3% 32.2
In-school suspensions 277 31.9% 884 101.96 11.7% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions 107 12.3% 165 19.03 8.2% 13
DAEP placements 70 8.1% 93 10.73 5.4% 6.5
Mandatory DAEP placements 29 3.3% 31 3.58 3.9% 4.5
Discretionary DAEP placements 48 5.5% 62 7.15 3.4% 4
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$20k$33k20182020202220242025
  • Central MS
  • Parent district: Galveston ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,419
Selected comparison
$13,061

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,195 rated schools reporting

−$3,642 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,419 per student for this campus, $31,814 per student for its parent district, Galveston 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 MSParent district: Galveston ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,206$11,507$13,054$8,162 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,078 rated schools reporting
2019$9,581$13,563$13,108$8,281 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,101 rated schools reporting
2020$7,576$13,185$14,058$8,786 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,117 rated schools reporting
2021$9,098$14,889$14,797$9,438 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,128 rated schools reporting
2022$10,063$16,010$15,708$10,879 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,146 rated schools reporting
2023$12,415$24,133$16,792$11,379 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,165 rated schools reporting
2024$11,694$28,192$18,125$12,304 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,181 rated schools reporting
2025$9,419$31,814$18,972$13,061 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,195 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
$65,898−$1,302 vs similar economic context
Teachers
55+12.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14−0.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Central MS

Beginning: 12.4%1 to 5 years: 28.2%6 to 10 years: 22.4%11 to 20 years: 23.8%21 to 30 years: 13.1%
  • Beginning 12.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 28.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 23.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 13.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 reporting for every category shown · 2,210 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.8%1 to 5 years: 27.7%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 6.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Central MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCentral MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English17.615.3
Secondary math18.316.5
Secondary science17.717.8
Secondary social studies17.917.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 4 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 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 084902042.