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Dedre' & Ella Jefferson Early Learning Center
Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 333 students
Dedre' & Ella Jefferson Early Learning Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.4 average of the 2,378 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and below the statewide average of 81.3. It is up 4 points since 2022-23.
Ranks 4,963rd of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 264 others), and 950th of 1,303 in Region 04: Houston (tied with 52 others).
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4 years of ratings
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C | 78 | 77.4 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | C | 75 | 77.1 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | C | 75 | 73.9 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | C | 74 | 74.2 | 79.1 |
How this school's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Dedre' & Ella Jefferson Early Learning Center itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
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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.
- Dedre' & Ella Jefferson Early Learning Center
- Similar student population (2,378)
- Region 04: Houston (1,303)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | — | Not rated | — |
| School Progress | — | Not rated | — |
| Closing the Gaps | — | Not rated | — |
| Academic Growth | — | Not rated | — |
| Relative Performance | — | Not rated | — |
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 333
- Economically disadvantaged
- 86.2%−0.6 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 58.0%+22.1 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 9.9%−8.4 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- —
- Chronically absent
- —
Student demographics
- African American 37.8%
- Hispanic 47.4%
- White 3.9%
- Asian 10.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Dedre' & Ella Jefferson Early Learning Center
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
TEA's published file does not include peer-group spending for this entity, so no comparison is shown.
Not reported by TEA for this entity: peer.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $70,815+$3,109 vs similar
- Teachers
- 22
- Students per staff member
- 15.5
Teaching experience
- 1 to 5 years 9.3%
- 6 to 10 years 32.6%
- 11 to 20 years 30.2%
- 21 to 30 years 23.3%
- Over 30 years 4.7%
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.
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in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 101903131.