Recent movement
Overall score rose 22 points
53 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
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Excelsior School
Shelby County · Region 07: Kilgore · 112 students
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- Current score
- 75/1002025-26
- Change
- −2 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −4.1 ptsvs 79.1 average · 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,345 of 2,023tied with 61 others
- Score vs region
- −5.0 ptsvs 80 average · 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore
- Region 07: Kilgore placement
- 249 of 352tied with 8 others
- Score vs county
- −2.2 ptsvs 77.2 average · 10 rated schools in Shelby County
- Shelby County placement
- 8 of 10among reporting schools
- Score vs similar-size group
- −7.0 ptsvs 82 average · 459 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 356 of 459tied with 13 others
- Score vs state
- −6.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 5,641 of 7,646tied with 202 others
C75
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.1 average for 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is below the 77.2 average for 10 rated schools in Shelby County.The current score is below the 82 average for 459 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 28 points
48 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
15.4% −2.2 pts vs 17.6%
- 15.4% is 2.2 percentage points lower than the 17.6% average among 1,956 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 22 points
53 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 1st of 350 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting both years for one-year gain.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 28 points
48 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Academic Growth above the Region 07: Kilgore average
75 +2.2 pts vs 72.8
- 75 is 2.2 points above the 72.8 average among 296 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 22 points
53 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 28 points
48 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 22 points
53 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 28 points
48 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-size average
15.4% −4.7 pts vs 20.1%
- 15.4% is 4.7 percentage points lower than the 20.1% average among 418 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 22 points
53 to 75 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 28 points
48 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Chronically absent lower than the Texas average
15.4% −1.3 pts vs 16.7%
- 15.4% is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 16.7% average among 7,358 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
Excelsior School is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.1 average for 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,345th of 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 61 others).
Excelsior School is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 249th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 8 others).
Excelsior School is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.2 average for 10 rated schools in Shelby County. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 8th of 10 rated schools in Shelby County.
Excelsior School is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82 average for 459 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 356th of 459 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 13 others).
Excelsior School is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 5,641st of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 202 others).
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- Overview
- Official improvement and transfer notices
- 5 years of ratings
- Where the score comes from
- Student outcomes
- Who this school serves
- Student counts behind the percentages
- Enrollment over time
- Discipline and removal from class
- Spending per student
- Teachers and actual class size
- Where this school ranks best
- 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
Comprehensive Support and Improvement
Official support label: Comprehensive Progress
Identification reason: CSI Low Performance
TEA track year 2 · Title I campus
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.
Schools identified for improvement
- This school
- Listed
- Selected comparison
- 29.5%
Schools on the PEG list
- This school
- Listed
- Selected comparison
- 3.9%
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
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 79 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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C | 75 | 79.1 2,023 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | F | 53 | 78.9 2,003 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | D | 69 | 76.8 1,987 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 81 | 77.3 1,958 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | C | 77 | 82.0 1,939 reporting | 83.7 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.
- Excelsior School
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,023 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 71 | C | 9 |
| School Progress | 75 | C | 5 |
| Closing the Gaps | 76 | C | 4 |
| Academic Growth | 75 | C | 5 |
| Relative Performance | 75 | C | 5 |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 points below B 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 (75), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 75.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,023 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
- 112
- Economically disadvantaged
- 69.6%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 4.5%−15.9 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 25.0%+6.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 94.6%+0.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 15.4%−2.2 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Excelsior School
- African American 2.7%
- Hispanic 12.5%
- White 83%
- Two or More Races 1.8%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,023 reporting for every category shown · 2,023 in full cohort
- African American 12.3%
- Hispanic 56.3%
- White 25.3%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 2.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3.5%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- African American 13.6%
- Hispanic 28.4%
- White 52.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4.7%
Selected comparison average For Shelby County · 10 reporting for every category shown · 10 in full cohort
- African American 16.1%
- Hispanic 31%
- White 47.6%
- American Indian 0.1%
- Asian 1.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3.3%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 459 reporting for every category shown · 459 in full cohort
- African American 6.4%
- Hispanic 46.5%
- White 43.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.6%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 112
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 78
- Emergent bilingual students
- 5
- Special education students
- 28
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 8
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 79
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 10.1%
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 112 students in 2025–26, an increase of 26 (30.2%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 112
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +26
Increase · +30.2%
- Change since 2021–22
- +44
Increase · +64.7%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 112
- Selected comparison
- 638.9
| School year | Students enrolledExcelsior School | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 68 | First available year | 651.6 |
| 2022–23 | 74 | Increase of 6 (8.8%) | 659 |
| 2023–24 | 77 | Increase of 3 (4.1%) | 657.4 |
| 2024–25 | 86 | Increase of 9 (11.7%) | 654.7 |
| 2025–26 | 112 | Increase of 26 (30.2%) | 638.9 |
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
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 96
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 77 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 79 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 80 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 85 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 96 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 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.
- Excelsior School
- Parent district: Excelsior ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $25,381
- Selected comparison
- $13,191
For 2025, TEA reported $25,381 per student for this campus, $30,072 per student for its parent district, Excelsior ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Excelsior School | Parent district: Excelsior ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $9,175 | $12,303 | $13,054 | $8,009 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,865 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $9,723 | $13,223 | $13,108 | $8,164 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,882 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $13,138 | $17,018 | $14,058 | $8,714 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,903 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $14,202 | $19,047 | $14,797 | $9,213 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $17,409 | $21,235 | $15,708 | $10,460 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,940 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $18,411 | $22,217 | $16,792 | $11,140 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $16,968 | $21,148 | $18,125 | $12,406 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,986 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $25,381 | $30,072 | $18,972 | $13,191 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,002 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
- $54,203−$12,246 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 16−27.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 7.1−6.9 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Excelsior School
- Beginning 12.1%
- 1 to 5 years 31.8%
- 6 to 10 years 12.7%
- 11 to 20 years 12.7%
- 21 to 30 years 20.4%
- Over 30 years 9.6%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,023 reporting for every category shown · 2,023 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.5%
- 1 to 5 years 26.9%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.6%
- 21 to 30 years 15.4%
- Over 30 years 3.9%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 24.6%
- 6 to 10 years 17.7%
- 11 to 20 years 28%
- 21 to 30 years 17.3%
- Over 30 years 6%
Selected comparison average For Shelby County · 10 reporting for every category shown · 10 in full cohort
- Beginning 4.2%
- 1 to 5 years 22.3%
- 6 to 10 years 18.7%
- 11 to 20 years 25.9%
- 21 to 30 years 17.6%
- Over 30 years 11.2%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 459 reporting for every category shown · 459 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.2%
- 1 to 5 years 23%
- 6 to 10 years 16.5%
- 11 to 20 years 26.6%
- 21 to 30 years 17.9%
- Over 30 years 7%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classExcelsior School · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 4 | 18 |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 18.2 |
| Grade 2 | 6 | 18.4 |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 18.6 |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 18.9 |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 19.9 |
| Grade 6 | 9 | 17.9 |
| Secondary English | 8 | 15.2 |
| Secondary math | 8 | 16.2 |
| Secondary science | 8 | 17.5 |
| Secondary social studies | 8 | 17.4 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 11 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 100 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.
#1 rankings
First-place results
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Per-student spending
Shelby County · of the 10 that report this measure
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
3 measures
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Attendance
Shelby County · of the 10 that report this measure
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7of 10
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Shelby County · of the 10 that report this measure
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8of 10
Overall score
Shelby County · of the 10 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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