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Dunbar College Preparatory Academy

Lubbock County · Region 17: Lubbock · 400 students

Current score
68/1002025-26
Change
−6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−9.8 ptsvs 77.8 average · 1,299 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,050 of 1,299tied with 25 others
D68

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 72 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.8 average for 1,299 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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Read the full rating context and placement

Dunbar College Preparatory Academy is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.8 average for 1,299 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,050th of 1,299 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 25 others).

3 consecutive years rated unacceptable. At three or more years, Texas law provides for state intervention.

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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 school ranks best
  13. 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: Hispanic, Special Education, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

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2026-27 school year

Public Education Grant transfer eligibility

Students assigned to this campus may request a transfer under the state's PEG program.

A request is not guaranteed. A receiving district may apply its enrollment rules, and transportation is not automatically provided.

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Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
32.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,299 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
9.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,299 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 averageDunbar College Preparatory Academy 7453585968 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 72 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
2025-26D6877.8 1,299 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25F5977.4 1,285 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24F5873.7 1,273 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5372.7 1,270 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7481.9 1,259 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 Achievement57 F−12.9 vs similar economic context · 1,207 reporting
  • School Progress69 D−9.9 vs similar economic context · 1,205 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps66 D−9.3 vs similar economic context · 1,198 reporting
  • Academic Growth69 D−4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,190 reporting
  • Relative Performance66 D−10.7 vs similar economic context · 1,204 reporting
  • Dunbar College Preparatory Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,299 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement57F3
School Progress69D1
Closing the Gaps66D4
Academic Growth69D1
Relative Performance66D4

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point below C 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 (69), so Student Achievement (57) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 69.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level53%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,207 reporting
  • Meets grade level26%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,207 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,207 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,207 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,207 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,207 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level56%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,205 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,205 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,205 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level41%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,145 reporting
  • Meets grade level15%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,145 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,145 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level21%−40 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 352 reporting
  • Meets grade level7%−26 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 352 reporting
  • Masters grade level3%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 352 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,299 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
400
Economically disadvantaged
99.3%+5.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
9.3%−35.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
34.3%+17.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
88.3%−4.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
46.5%+22.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Dunbar College Preparatory Academy

African American: 39.8%Hispanic: 55.5%White: 2.8%American Indian: 0.3%Two or More Races: 1.8%
  • African American 39.8%
  • Hispanic 55.5%
  • White 2.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 1.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,299 reporting for every category shown · 1,299 in full cohort

African American: 15.3%Hispanic: 77.8%White: 4.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 15.3%
  • Hispanic 77.8%
  • White 4.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
400
Economically disadvantaged students
397
Emergent bilingual students
37
Special education students
137

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
147
Students in TEA mobility denominator
482
TEA-published mobility rate
30.5%

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 400 students in 2025–26, an increase of 10 (2.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
400

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+10

Increase · +2.6%

Change since 2021–22
−51

Decrease · −11.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
400
Selected comparison
542.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,285 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Dunbar College Preparatory Academy
School yearStudents enrolledDunbar College Preparatory AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 451 First available year 593.4
2022–23 430 Decrease of 21 (4.7%) 587
2023–24 382 Decrease of 48 (11.2%) 577.1
2024–25 390 Increase of 8 (2.1%) 570.8
2025–26 400 Increase of 10 (2.6%) 542.3

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
215

47.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
738

162.20 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
455

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
47.3%
Selected comparison
13.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 702 rated schools reporting

+34.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
162.2
Selected comparison
30.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 762 rated schools reporting

+131.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Dunbar College Preparatory Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 606 248 40.9% 815 134.49 7.1% 13.9
2021–22 522 217 41.6% 776 148.66 12.9% 30.3
2022–23 496 261 52.6% 1,000 201.61 13.7% 32.3
2023–24 457 231 50.5% 885 193.65 13.9% 32.9
2024–25 455 215 47.3% 738 162.20 13.1% 30.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Dunbar College Preparatory Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 215 47.3% 738 162.20 13.1% 30.8
In-school suspensions 155 34.1% 351 77.14 11.5% 22.1
Out-of-school suspensions 150 33.0% 302 66.37 9.9% 16.6
DAEP placements 62 13.6% 74 16.26 5.0% 6.1
Mandatory DAEP placements 49 10.8% 57 12.53 3.8% 4.5
Discretionary DAEP placements 15 3.3% 17 3.74 3.1% 3.8
JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Dunbar College Preparatory Academy
  • Parent district: Lubbock ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,342
Selected comparison
$13,619

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 rated schools reporting

−$1,277 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,342 per student for this campus, $14,938 per student for its parent district, Lubbock 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
YearDunbar College Preparatory AcademyParent district: Lubbock ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$10,983$11,154$13,054$8,430 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,229 rated schools reporting
2019$9,487$11,025$13,108$8,383 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,244 rated schools reporting
2020$12,167$12,439$14,058$8,893 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,247 rated schools reporting
2021$12,628$14,076$14,797$9,796 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,247 rated schools reporting
2022$14,411$14,384$15,708$11,275 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,259 rated schools reporting
2023$14,030$16,314$16,792$11,875 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,270 rated schools reporting
2024$13,215$15,605$18,125$12,931 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,276 rated schools reporting
2025$12,342$14,938$18,972$13,619 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 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
$51,636−$17,176 vs similar economic context
Teachers
36−1.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11−4.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Dunbar College Preparatory Academy

Beginning: 22%1 to 5 years: 38.5%6 to 10 years: 24.7%11 to 20 years: 14.8%
  • Beginning 22%
  • 1 to 5 years 38.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 24.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,299 reporting for every category shown · 1,299 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.9%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 18.5%11 to 20 years: 26.9%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Dunbar College Preparatory Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classDunbar College Preparatory Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 610.617.2
Secondary English9.915
Secondary languages other than English8.518
Secondary math916.9
Secondary science7.617.6
Secondary social studies1017.6

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 school ranks best

Out of 120 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

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    Per-student spending

    Lubbock County · of the 82 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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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 152901063.