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Frank Newman MS

La Salle County · Region 20: San Antonio · 257 students

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Current score
79/1002025-26
Change
−12 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.7 ptsvs 77.3 average · 2,333 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,069 of 2,333tied with 105 others
C79

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.3 average for 2,333 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
50%vs 35.1% avg · +14.9 pts
Masters
16%vs 14.3% avg · +1.7 pts

Among 2,011 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

81 +2.6 pts vs 78.4

  • 81 is 2.6 points above the 78.4 average among 2,159 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Relative Performance above the similar-context average

81 +4.4 pts vs 76.6

  • 81 is 4.4 points above the 76.6 average among 2,159 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

Frank Newman MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.3 average for 2,333 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 12 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,069th of 2,333 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 105 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageFrank Newman MS 9187818279 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 A with 91 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
2025-26C7977.3 2,333 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8277.0 2,319 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8174.1 2,303 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8774.4 2,289 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9181.7 2,266 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 Achievement71 C−0.1 vs similar economic context · 2,166 reporting
  • School Progress81 B+2.6 vs similar economic context · 2,159 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps74 C−0.4 vs similar economic context · 2,144 reporting
  • Academic Growth72 C−0.2 vs similar economic context · 2,113 reporting
  • Relative Performance81 B+4.4 vs similar economic context · 2,159 reporting
  • Frank Newman MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,333 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement71C9
School Progress81B9
Closing the Gaps74C6
Academic Growth72C8
Relative Performance81B9

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 6 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 (81), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 81.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level64%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,166 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,166 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,166 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,165 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,165 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,165 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,155 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,155 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,155 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,011 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,011 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,011 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level40%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 784 reporting
  • Meets grade level11%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 784 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 784 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,333 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
257
Economically disadvantaged
84.8%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
9.7%−24.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
27.2%+8.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.1%+1.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
14.6%−7.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Frank Newman MS

African American: 0.4%Hispanic: 95.7%White: 3.9%
  • African American 0.4%
  • Hispanic 95.7%
  • White 3.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,333 reporting for every category shown · 2,333 in full cohort

African American: 14.3%Hispanic: 72.3%White: 9.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2.1%
  • African American 14.3%
  • Hispanic 72.3%
  • White 9.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
257
Economically disadvantaged students
218
Emergent bilingual students
25
Special education students
70

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
15
Students in TEA mobility denominator
269
TEA-published mobility rate
5.6%

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 257 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 2 (0.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
257

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−2

Decrease · −0.8%

Change since 2021–22
−28

Decrease · −9.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
257
Selected comparison
612.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,303 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Frank Newman MS
School yearStudents enrolledFrank Newman MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 285 First available year 645.1
2022–23 273 Decrease of 12 (4.2%) 643.5
2023–24 256 Decrease of 17 (6.2%) 637.1
2024–25 259 Increase of 3 (1.2%) 633.8
2025–26 257 Decrease of 2 (0.8%) 612.2

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
33

12.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
66

24.54 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
269

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
12.3%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,606 rated schools reporting

−0.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
24.54
Selected comparison
31.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,724 rated schools reporting

−7.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Frank Newman MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 306 29 9.5% 55 17.97 7.7% 15.1
2021–22 301 88 29.2% 242 80.40 12.6% 30
2022–23 279 60 21.5% 151 54.12 13.6% 33.3
2023–24 277 53 19.1% 117 42.24 13.7% 33.6
2024–25 269 33 12.3% 66 24.54 13.2% 31.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Frank Newman MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 33 12.3% 66 24.54 13.2% 31.8
In-school suspensions 31 11.5% 58 21.56 11.7% 23
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$27k$46k20182020202220242025
  • Frank Newman MS
  • Parent district: Cotulla ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$16,538
Selected comparison
$13,257

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,317 rated schools reporting

+$3,281 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $16,538 per student for this campus, $44,282 per student for its parent district, Cotulla 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
YearFrank Newman MSParent district: Cotulla ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,995$21,092$13,054$8,278 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,202 rated schools reporting
2019$9,553$23,250$13,108$8,339 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,231 rated schools reporting
2020$10,817$25,277$14,058$8,867 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,241 rated schools reporting
2021$10,824$27,000$14,797$9,586 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,248 rated schools reporting
2022$12,712$27,898$15,708$11,028 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,266 rated schools reporting
2023$15,285$30,629$16,792$11,531 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,288 rated schools reporting
2024$16,659$36,559$18,125$12,477 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,302 rated schools reporting
2025$16,538$44,282$18,972$13,257 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,317 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
$56,181−$11,412 vs similar economic context
Teachers
27−15.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
9.7−4.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Frank Newman MS

Beginning: 2.6%1 to 5 years: 37.2%6 to 10 years: 6.8%11 to 20 years: 27.8%21 to 30 years: 22.2%Over 30 years: 3%
  • Beginning 2.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 37.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 6.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 22.2%
  • Over 30 years 3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,333 reporting for every category shown · 2,333 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.1%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.3%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 7.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Frank Newman MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classFrank Newman MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 617.217.6
Secondary English13.315.2
Secondary languages other than English1918.3
Secondary math18.816.6
Secondary science16.517.8
Secondary social studies15.217.9

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 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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