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Central Texas Innovation Academy

Coryell County · Region 12: Waco · 114 students

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Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
+11 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.1 ptsvs 77.9 average · 2,106 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
912 of 2,106tied with 97 others
B80

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.9 average for 2,106 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

80 +2.1 pts vs 77.9

  • 80 is 2.1 points above the 77.9 average among 2,106 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

89 +16 pts vs 73

  • 89 is 16 points above the 73 average among 1,946 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 Texas Innovation Academy is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.9 average for 2,106 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 11 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 912th of 2,106 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 97 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageCentral Texas Innovation Academy 6983908680 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 79 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
2025-26B8077.9 2,106 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8677.5 2,095 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9075.1 2,080 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8375.6 2,062 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6981.6 2,044 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 Achievement89 B+16.0 vs similar economic context · 1,946 reporting
  • School Progress54 F−25.1 vs similar economic context · 1,941 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps60 D−15.1 vs similar economic context · 1,927 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 72.4 · 1,894 reporting
  • Relative Performance54 F−23.5 vs similar economic context · 1,941 reporting
  • Central Texas Innovation Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,106 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement89B1
School Progress54F6
Closing the Gaps60D10
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance54F6

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 1 point 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 (89), so School Progress (54) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 89.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level64%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,946 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,946 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,946 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level45%−27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
  • Meets grade level25%−23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level29%−38 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
  • Meets grade level5%−34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,798 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,798 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,798 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level87%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 806 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 806 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 806 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,106 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.

Completion

Four-Year
54.1%−26.1 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 42 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
79.3%−6.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 42 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
83.3%−4.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 42 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
6.8%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 42 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's alternative-education 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%+2.4 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria88.0%85.6%+2.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 373 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course66.3%57.9%+8.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA4.7%24.1%−19.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%11.8%−11.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course1.2%30.9%−29.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification7.0%36.3%−29.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%2.5%−2.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%7.1%−7.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%5.3%−5.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness17.4%3.3%+14.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student10.5%8.1%+2.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces7.0%2.9%+4.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 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
102

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
7

6.9% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
93

91.2% of graduates

Not trackable
2

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
102
Selected comparison
268.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 324 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
7
Selected comparison
111.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 324 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
6.9%
Selected comparison
41.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 324 rated schools reporting

−34.4 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
91.2%
Selected comparison
52.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 324 rated schools reporting

+38.5 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
2.0%
Selected comparison
6.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 324 rated schools reporting

−4.0 pts vs similar economic context

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
114
Economically disadvantaged
78.1%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.0%−20.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.9%+3.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
74.1%−19.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
75.2%+55.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Central Texas Innovation Academy

African American: 15.8%Hispanic: 28.9%White: 39.5%American Indian: 0.9%Pacific Islander: 3.5%Two or More Races: 11.4%
  • African American 15.8%
  • Hispanic 28.9%
  • White 39.5%
  • American Indian 0.9%
  • Pacific Islander 3.5%
  • Two or More Races 11.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,106 reporting for every category shown · 2,106 in full cohort

African American: 13.9%Hispanic: 65.4%White: 15.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.8%
  • African American 13.9%
  • Hispanic 65.4%
  • White 15.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
114
Economically disadvantaged students
89
Emergent bilingual students
8
Special education students
25

TEA context labels

  • Alternative education campus under AEA procedures
  • Alternative education type: dropout recovery school
  • Rated under AEA procedures

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
170
Students in TEA mobility denominator
248
TEA-published mobility rate
68.5%

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 114 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 16 (12.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
114

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−16

Decrease · −12.3%

Change since 2021–22
+8

Increase · +7.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
114
Selected comparison
634.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,079 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Central Texas Innovation Academy
School yearStudents enrolledCentral Texas Innovation AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 106 First available year 656.4
2022–23 139 Increase of 33 (31.1%) 660.3
2023–24 135 Decrease of 4 (2.9%) 655.4
2024–25 130 Decrease of 5 (3.7%) 652.7
2025–26 114 Decrease of 16 (12.3%) 634.3

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
33

13.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
73

30.04 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
243

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
13.6%
Selected comparison
13.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,578 rated schools reporting

+0.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
30.04
Selected comparison
32.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,679 rated schools reporting

−2.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Central Texas Innovation Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 213 Suppressed — 12 5.63 — 17.4
2021–22 248 33 13.3% 59 23.79 13.0% 31.3
2022–23 246 27 11.0% 39 15.85 13.8% 34.3
2023–24 247 33 13.4% 71 28.74 13.7% 34
2024–25 243 33 13.6% 73 30.04 13.4% 32.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Central Texas Innovation Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 33 13.6% 73 30.04 13.4% 32.5
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 33 13.6% 67 27.57 8.1% 12.8
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Central Texas Innovation Academy
  • Parent district: Copperas Cove ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$15,359
Selected comparison
$13,079

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,094 rated schools reporting

+$2,280 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $15,359 per student for this campus, $14,584 per student for its parent district, Copperas Cove 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 Texas Innovation AcademyParent district: Copperas Cove ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$17,103$10,585$13,054$8,081 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,978 rated schools reporting
2019$18,832$10,385$13,108$8,229 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,998 rated schools reporting
2020$12,080$10,464$14,058$8,734 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,015 rated schools reporting
2021$10,385$11,597$14,797$9,355 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,028 rated schools reporting
2022$13,377$14,218$15,708$10,734 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,045 rated schools reporting
2023$12,386$14,886$16,792$11,289 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,062 rated schools reporting
2024$12,368$13,804$18,125$12,349 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,080 rated schools reporting
2025$15,359$14,584$18,972$13,079 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,094 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
$74,594+$7,749 vs similar economic context
Teachers
9−34.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.5−1.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Central Texas Innovation Academy

Beginning: 3.3%1 to 5 years: 14.3%6 to 10 years: 13.2%11 to 20 years: 47.3%21 to 30 years: 22%
  • Beginning 3.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 14.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 13.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 47.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 22%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,106 reporting for every category shown · 2,106 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.6%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Central Texas Innovation Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCentral Texas Innovation Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English7.915.4
Secondary languages other than English818.3
Secondary math516.5
Secondary science3.317.8
Secondary social studies6.817.9

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 172 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

3 measures

  • 3of 19

    Per-student spending

    Coryell County · of the 19 that report this measure

  • 3of 17

    Student Achievement

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 3of 16

    Science — Masters

    Coryell County · of the 16 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

2 measures

  • 4of 85

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

    Region 12: Waco · of the 85 that report this measure

  • 9of 16

    Science — Approaches

    Coryell County · of the 16 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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