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Early Childhood Center
Smith County · Region 07: Kilgore · 456 students
Early Childhood Center is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.9 average of the 1,939 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.3. It is up 2 points since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 95.
Ranks 379th of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 208 others), and 18th of 352 in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 12 others).
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5 years of ratings
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 A with 95 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 94 | 80.9 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | A | 94 | 80.7 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | A | 91 | 78.8 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | A | 91 | 79.3 | 79.1 |
| 2021-22 | A | 92 | 82.6 | 83.7 |
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 Early Childhood Center itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
Texas schools
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.
- Early Childhood Center
- Similar student population (1,939)
- Region 07: Kilgore (352)
| 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
- 456
- Economically disadvantaged
- 59.2%−0.3 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 8.6%−6.9 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 18.0%−0.8 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- —
- Chronically absent
- —
Student demographics
- African American 10.5%
- Hispanic 21.5%
- White 60.5%
- American Indian 0.7%
- Asian 1.3%
- Two or More Races 5.5%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Early Childhood 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
- $63,725−$2,764 vs similar
- Teachers
- 33
- Students per staff member
- 13.9
Teaching experience
- Beginning 11.9%
- 1 to 5 years 27.4%
- 6 to 10 years 15.2%
- 11 to 20 years 18.2%
- 21 to 30 years 21.3%
- Over 30 years 6.1%
Where this school ranks best
Out of 12 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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4of 59
Overall score
Smith County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 5
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18of 352
Overall score
Region 07: Kilgore · of the 352 that report this measure · tied with 12
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83of 1,939
Overall score
Similar student population · of the 1,939 that report this measure · tied with 40
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379of 7,646
Overall score
Texas average · of the 7,646 that report this measure · tied with 208 · ranking (top 1,500 shown)
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this campus ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
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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