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Dearing Elem

Travis County · Region 13: Austin · 453 students

Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−2.3 ptsvs 82.3 average · 1,641 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
996 of 1,641tied with 68 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 77 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 82.3 average for 1,641 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
57%vs 53.9% avg · +3.1 pts
Masters
28%vs 23.6% avg · +4.4 pts

Among 1,588 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
50%vs 47.6% avg · +2.4 pts
Masters
23%vs 19.4% avg · +3.6 pts

Among 1,579 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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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

Dearing Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.3 average for 1,641 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 996th of 1,641 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 68 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageDearing Elem 7979768180 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 77 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
2025-26B8082.3 1,641 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8182.6 1,613 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7680.6 1,587 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7981.1 1,568 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7983.6 1,547 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 Achievement82 B−0.2 vs similar economic context · 1,588 reporting
  • School Progress81 B−0.7 vs similar economic context · 1,582 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C−3.6 vs similar economic context · 1,569 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−5.0 vs similar economic context · 1,553 reporting
  • Relative Performance81 B+1.8 vs similar economic context · 1,582 reporting
  • Dearing Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,641 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement82B8
School Progress81B9
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance81B9

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 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 Student Achievement (82), so School Progress (81) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level78%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,588 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,588 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,588 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,586 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,586 reporting
  • Masters grade level33%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,586 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,579 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,579 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,579 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,466 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,466 reporting
  • Masters grade level25%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,466 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,641 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
453
Economically disadvantaged
48.3%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
15.7%+3.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.6%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.6%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Dearing Elem

African American: 23.3%Hispanic: 38.4%White: 25.9%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 4.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 7.8%
  • African American 23.3%
  • Hispanic 38.4%
  • White 25.9%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 4.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 7.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,641 reporting for every category shown · 1,641 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 39.7%White: 42.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 39.7%
  • White 42.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
451
Economically disadvantaged students
218
Emergent bilingual students
71
Special education students
84

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
55
Students in TEA mobility denominator
412
TEA-published mobility rate
13.3%

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 453 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 21 (4.4%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
453

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−21

Decrease · −4.4%

Change since 2021–22
−144

Decrease · −24.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
453
Selected comparison
656.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,604 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Dearing Elem
School yearStudents enrolledDearing ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 597 First available year 656.8
2022–23 580 Decrease of 17 (2.8%) 662.2
2023–24 531 Decrease of 49 (8.4%) 660.8
2024–25 474 Decrease of 57 (10.7%) 658
2025–26 453 Decrease of 21 (4.4%) 656.2

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
19

3.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
46

8.97 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
513

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.7%
Selected comparison
11.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,277 rated schools reporting

−8.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
8.97
Selected comparison
26.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,372 rated schools reporting

−17.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Dearing Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 658 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 644 14 2.2% 17 2.64 11.8% 25.7
2022–23 623 12 1.9% 24 3.85 12.2% 27.4
2023–24 578 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 513 19 3.7% 46 8.97 11.9% 26.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Dearing Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 19 3.7% 46 8.97 11.9% 26.3
In-school suspensions 18 3.5% 23 4.48 10.7% 20.1
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 21 4.09 — 8.4
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
  • Dearing Elem
  • Parent district: Pflugerville ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,882
Selected comparison
$12,031

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,611 rated schools reporting

−$149 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,882 per student for this campus, $18,042 per student for its parent district, Pflugerville 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
YearDearing ElemParent district: Pflugerville ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,074$12,556$13,054$7,827 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,489 rated schools reporting
2019$7,425$13,730$13,108$8,015 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,508 rated schools reporting
2020$7,845$14,991$14,058$8,513 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,520 rated schools reporting
2021$8,873$18,767$14,797$8,908 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,539 rated schools reporting
2022$8,428$17,058$15,708$10,185 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,549 rated schools reporting
2023$8,858$15,952$16,792$10,630 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,567 rated schools reporting
2024$10,335$17,433$18,125$11,596 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,585 rated schools reporting
2025$11,882$18,042$18,972$12,031 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,611 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
$71,835+$4,839 vs similar economic context
Teachers
32−10.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.1−6.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Dearing Elem

Beginning: 3.1%1 to 5 years: 15.6%6 to 10 years: 24.9%11 to 20 years: 37.7%21 to 30 years: 9.3%Over 30 years: 9.3%
  • Beginning 3.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 15.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 24.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 37.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 9.3%
  • Over 30 years 9.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,641 reporting for every category shown · 1,641 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.6%1 to 5 years: 24.1%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 29.7%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Dearing Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classDearing Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten17.318
Grade 12218.4
Grade 22018.6
Grade 321.719.1
Grade 418.819
Grade 52020

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 227904120.