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Ella Banks JH

Fort Bend County · Region 04: Houston · 1,546 students

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Current score
91/1002025-26
Score vs similar economic context
+6.5 ptsvs 84.5 average · 1,323 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
277 of 1,323tied with 88 others
A91

At a glance

The current score is above the 84.5 average for 1,323 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
67%vs 58.5% avg · +8.5 pts
Masters
39%vs 27.1% avg · +11.9 pts

Among 1,284 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
63%vs 52.1% avg · +10.9 pts
Masters
30%vs 22.5% avg · +7.5 pts

Among 1,278 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
77%vs 63.3% avg · +13.7 pts
Masters
50%vs 28.6% avg · +21.4 pts

Among 1,283 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

Ella Banks JH is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 84.5 average for 1,323 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 277th of 1,323 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 88 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 school ranks best
  9. Where this comes from

1 year of ratings

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Compare against
908070 91 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
2025-26A9184.5 1,323 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+6.0 vs similar economic context · 1,284 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+7.4 vs similar economic context · 1,280 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps90 A+8.2 vs similar economic context · 1,270 reporting
  • Academic Growth87 B+9.1 vs similar economic context · 1,259 reporting
  • Relative Performance90 A+10.5 vs similar economic context · 1,280 reporting
  • Ella Banks JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,323 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement91A—
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps90A—
Academic Growth87B3
Relative Performance90A—

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 (90) 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 level87%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 reporting
  • Meets grade level67%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level92%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,283 reporting
  • Meets grade level77%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,283 reporting
  • Masters grade level50%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,283 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level85%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,278 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,278 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,278 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,186 reporting
  • Meets grade level69%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,186 reporting
  • Masters grade level43%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,186 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 672 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 672 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 672 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,323 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
1,546
Economically disadvantaged
39.4%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
12.8%+1.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
10.8%−7.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
—
Chronically absent
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Student demographics

Ella Banks JH

African American: 34.5%Hispanic: 22.9%White: 19.4%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 18.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.5%
  • African American 34.5%
  • Hispanic 22.9%
  • White 19.4%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 18.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,323 reporting for every category shown · 1,323 in full cohort

African American: 9.2%Hispanic: 35.1%White: 46.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 4.7%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.4%
  • African American 9.2%
  • Hispanic 35.1%
  • White 46.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 4.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,544
Economically disadvantaged students
609
Emergent bilingual students
197
Special education students
166

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
$74,026+$6,594 vs similar economic context
Teachers
70+23.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
22.1+8.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Ella Banks JH

Beginning: 10.3%1 to 5 years: 30.7%6 to 10 years: 20.8%11 to 20 years: 29.4%21 to 30 years: 7.4%Over 30 years: 1.4%
  • Beginning 10.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 30.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 7.4%
  • Over 30 years 1.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,323 reporting for every category shown · 1,323 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.3%1 to 5 years: 23.2%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 31.1%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 5.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 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.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 66of 1,283

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,283 that report this measure · tied with 6

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 079901047.