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East Cardinal MS

Collin County · Region 10: Richardson · 1,304 students

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Current score
90/1002025-26
Score vs similar economic context
−0.3 ptsvs 90.3 average · 710 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
413 of 710tied with 66 others
A90

At a glance

The current score is level with the 90.3 average for 710 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
79%vs 67.4% avg · +11.6 pts
Masters
51%vs 41% avg · +10 pts

Among 656 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

East Cardinal MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 90 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 90.3 average for 710 rated schools serving a similar economic context. TEA has published 1 year of scores for this school, so there is no trend to read yet.

Ranks 413th of 710 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 66 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 1 year of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Teachers
  8. Where this comes from

1 year of ratings

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Compare against
908070 90 2025-26

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
2025-26A9090.3 710 reporting81.3 7,646 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 Achievement91 A−0.3 vs similar economic context · 698 reporting
  • School Progress85 B−1.5 vs similar economic context · 696 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps88 B+0.2 vs similar economic context · 694 reporting
  • Academic Growth85 B+0.5 vs similar economic context · 692 reporting
  • Relative Performance72 C−6.9 vs similar economic context · 696 reporting
  • East Cardinal MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (710 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement91A—
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps88B2
Academic Growth85B5
Relative Performance72C8

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points 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 (91), so School Progress (85) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 91.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level85%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 698 reporting
  • Meets grade level66%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 698 reporting
  • Masters grade level38%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 698 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 698 reporting
  • Meets grade level75%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 698 reporting
  • Masters grade level47%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 698 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 696 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 696 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 696 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 656 reporting
  • Meets grade level79%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 656 reporting
  • Masters grade level51%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 656 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 276 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (710 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
1,304
Economically disadvantaged
16.7%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
6.7%−4.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.0%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
—
Chronically absent
—

Student demographics

East Cardinal MS

African American: 19.3%Hispanic: 18%White: 37.2%American Indian: 0.7%Asian: 17.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 7.1%
  • African American 19.3%
  • Hispanic 18%
  • White 37.2%
  • American Indian 0.7%
  • Asian 17.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 7.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 710 reporting for every category shown · 710 in full cohort

African American: 6.9%Hispanic: 22%White: 48.2%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 16.8%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.5%
  • African American 6.9%
  • Hispanic 22%
  • White 48.2%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 16.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,303
Economically disadvantaged students
217
Emergent bilingual students
87
Special education students
196

TEA context labels

  • New campus compared with last year’s fall enrollment

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
Not reported
Students in TEA mobility denominator
Not reported
TEA-published mobility rate
Not reported

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.

Teachers

Average salary
$67,508−$1,649 vs similar economic context
Teachers
79+23.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.5+1.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

East Cardinal MS

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 29.2%6 to 10 years: 25.2%11 to 20 years: 23.1%21 to 30 years: 13.8%Over 30 years: 1.3%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 29.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 25.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 23.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 13.8%
  • Over 30 years 1.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 710 reporting for every category shown · 710 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.4%1 to 5 years: 23.1%6 to 10 years: 20.1%11 to 20 years: 32.6%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 2.7%
  • Beginning 4.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 2.7%

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 043908042.