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G E 'Buddy' West Elem

Ector County · Region 18: Midland · 691 students

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Current score
69/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−8.8 ptsvs 77.8 average · 1,262 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
941 of 1,262tied with 77 others
D69

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 72 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.8 average for 1,262 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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

G E 'Buddy' West Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 69 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.8 average for 1,262 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 941st of 1,262 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 77 others).

1 consecutive year rated unacceptable.

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. 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.

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
32.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,262 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
9.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,262 rated schools reporting

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
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageG E 'Buddy' West Elem 6785536569 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 C with 72 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
2025-26D6977.8 1,262 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6577.4 1,248 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24F5373.7 1,236 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8572.6 1,233 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6781.9 1,222 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 Achievement64 D−5.9 vs similar economic context · 1,172 reporting
  • School Progress72 C−6.9 vs similar economic context · 1,171 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps67 D−8.3 vs similar economic context · 1,164 reporting
  • Academic Growth65 D−8.7 vs similar economic context · 1,156 reporting
  • Relative Performance72 C−4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,170 reporting
  • G E 'Buddy' West Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,262 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement64D6
School Progress72C8
Closing the Gaps67D3
Academic Growth65D5
Relative Performance72C8

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below C 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 (72), so Student Achievement (64) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 72.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level62%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,172 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,172 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,172 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,172 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,172 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,172 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,171 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,171 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,171 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level56%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,114 reporting
  • Meets grade level24%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,114 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,114 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,262 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
691
Economically disadvantaged
99.6%+5.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
46.6%+2.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.3%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
92.7%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
25.8%+2.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

G E 'Buddy' West Elem

African American: 1%Hispanic: 87.3%White: 9.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 0.1%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.4%
  • African American 1%
  • Hispanic 87.3%
  • White 9.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 0.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,262 reporting for every category shown · 1,262 in full cohort

African American: 15.3%Hispanic: 77.8%White: 4.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 15.3%
  • Hispanic 77.8%
  • White 4.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
691
Economically disadvantaged students
688
Emergent bilingual students
322
Special education students
106

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
115
Students in TEA mobility denominator
698
TEA-published mobility rate
16.5%

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 691 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 89 (11.4%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
691

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−89

Decrease · −11.4%

Change since 2021–22
+39

Increase · +6.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
691
Selected comparison
541.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,248 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for G E 'Buddy' West Elem
School yearStudents enrolledG E 'Buddy' West ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 652 First available year 593.1
2022–23 680 Increase of 28 (4.3%) 586.8
2023–24 683 Increase of 3 (0.4%) 576.6
2024–25 780 Increase of 97 (14.2%) 570.1
2025–26 691 Decrease of 89 (11.4%) 541.5

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
811

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for G E 'Buddy' West Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 748 Suppressed — 12 1.60 — 14.1
2021–22 722 14 1.9% 16 2.22 12.9% 30.5
2022–23 741 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 768 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 811 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for G E 'Buddy' West Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • G E 'Buddy' West Elem
  • Parent district: Ector County ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,335
Selected comparison
$13,618

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,247 rated schools reporting

−$5,283 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,335 per student for this campus, $13,905 per student for its parent district, Ector County 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
YearG E 'Buddy' West ElemParent district: Ector County ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,513$8,820$13,054$8,423 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,193 rated schools reporting
2019$5,603$9,133$13,108$8,366 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,207 rated schools reporting
2020$6,187$9,712$14,058$8,865 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,210 rated schools reporting
2021$6,400$11,838$14,797$9,788 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,210 rated schools reporting
2022$7,164$12,512$15,708$11,200 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,222 rated schools reporting
2023$7,548$13,039$16,792$11,849 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,233 rated schools reporting
2024$8,198$13,842$18,125$12,928 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,239 rated schools reporting
2025$8,335$13,905$18,972$13,618 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,247 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
$68,386−$454 vs similar economic context
Teachers
38−0.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
18.4+3.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

G E 'Buddy' West Elem

Beginning: 2.7%1 to 5 years: 23.4%6 to 10 years: 26.9%11 to 20 years: 33.5%21 to 30 years: 13.3%
  • Beginning 2.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 33.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 13.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,262 reporting for every category shown · 1,262 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.9%1 to 5 years: 26.9%6 to 10 years: 18.4%11 to 20 years: 26.8%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for G E 'Buddy' West Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classG E 'Buddy' West Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten27.218.2
Grade 126.618.2
Grade 224.518.2
Grade 322.818.2
Grade 42818.1
Grade 531.718.7

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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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 068901132.