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Garza Independence HS

Travis County · Region 13: Austin · 161 students

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Current score
83/1002025-26
Change
+8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−3.0 ptsvs 86 average · 1,181 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
801 of 1,181tied with 38 others
B83

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 90 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 86 average for 1,181 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

90 +3.4 pts vs 86.6

  • 90 is 3.4 points above the 86.6 average among 1,154 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement

Garza Independence HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 83 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 86 average for 1,181 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 801st of 1,181 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 38 others).

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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. After high school: the following fall
  7. Who this school serves
  8. Student counts behind the percentages
  9. Enrollment over time
  10. Discipline and removal from class
  11. Spending per student
  12. Teachers and actual class size
  13. Where this school ranks best
  14. 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
9.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,181 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
0.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,181 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGarza Independence HS 7589848683 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 90 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
2025-26B8386.0 1,181 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8685.9 1,158 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8484.5 1,142 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8984.8 1,129 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7586.5 1,114 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 Achievement90 A+3.4 vs similar economic context · 1,154 reporting
  • School Progress77 C−6.4 vs similar economic context · 1,151 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps66 D−17.5 vs similar economic context · 1,142 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 79.2 · 1,132 reporting
  • Relative Performance77 C−2.8 vs similar economic context · 1,151 reporting
  • Garza Independence HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,181 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement90A—
School Progress77C3
Closing the Gaps66D4
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance77C3

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 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 Student Achievement (90), so School Progress (77) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level73%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level39%−45 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,153 reporting
  • Meets grade level22%−44 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,153 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−26 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,153 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,150 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,150 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,150 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,064 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,064 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−32 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,064 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 597 reporting
  • Meets grade level74%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 597 reporting
  • Masters grade level47%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 597 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,181 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.

Completion

Four-Year
73.8%−18.9 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 11 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
78.5%−14.7 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 11 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
89.9%−4.1 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 11 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
1.4%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 11 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's alternative-education accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
43.0%−46.1 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria43.0%89.1%−46.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course27.8%63.1%−35.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA27.8%39.2%−11.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)9.3%17.2%−7.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course11.9%37.2%−25.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification2.0%36.3%−34.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%0.9%−0.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%4.1%−4.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit5.3%6.4%−1.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness4.0%2.7%+1.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student2.6%7.0%−4.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces1.3%3.3%−2.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 340 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
94

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
18

19.1% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
59

62.8% of graduates

Not trackable
17

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
94
Selected comparison
273

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 294 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
18
Selected comparison
131.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 294 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
19.1%
Selected comparison
49.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 294 rated schools reporting

−29.9 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
62.8%
Selected comparison
45.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 294 rated schools reporting

+17.1 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
18.1%
Selected comparison
5.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 294 rated schools reporting

+12.7 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (012015)14

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
161
Economically disadvantaged
34.8%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
18.2%+7.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.9%+1.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
65.9%−29.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
80.6%+68.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Garza Independence HS

African American: 12.1%Hispanic: 42.4%White: 42.4%Asian: 1.5%Two or More Races: 1.5%
  • African American 12.1%
  • Hispanic 42.4%
  • White 42.4%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Two or More Races 1.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,181 reporting for every category shown · 1,181 in full cohort

African American: 9.1%Hispanic: 32.2%White: 47.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 6%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.7%
  • African American 9.1%
  • Hispanic 32.2%
  • White 47.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
132
Economically disadvantaged students
46
Emergent bilingual students
24
Special education students
25

TEA context labels

  • Alternative education campus under AEA procedures
  • Alternative education type: dropout recovery school
  • Rated under AEA procedures

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
221
Students in TEA mobility denominator
296
TEA-published mobility rate
74.7%

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 161 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 38 (19.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
161

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−38

Decrease · −19.1%

Change since 2021–22
+5

Increase · +3.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
161
Selected comparison
762.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,157 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Garza Independence HS
School yearStudents enrolledGarza Independence HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 156 First available year 772.2
2022–23 150 Decrease of 6 (3.8%) 774.7
2023–24 188 Increase of 38 (25.3%) 774.6
2024–25 199 Increase of 11 (5.9%) 770
2025–26 161 Decrease of 38 (19.1%) 762.4

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
293

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Garza Independence HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 273 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 257 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 247 11 4.5% 15 6.07 10.4% 22
2023–24 270 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 293 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Garza Independence HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$18k$30k20182020202220242025
  • Garza Independence HS
  • Parent district: Austin ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$26,628
Selected comparison
$11,845

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,158 rated schools reporting

+$14,783 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $26,628 per student for this campus, $26,839 per student for its parent district, Austin 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
YearGarza Independence HSParent district: Austin ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$24,805$13,757$13,054$7,665 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,055 rated schools reporting
2019$25,918$14,067$13,108$7,799 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,071 rated schools reporting
2020$28,106$16,747$14,058$8,129 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,079 rated schools reporting
2021$23,055$18,042$14,797$8,588 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,093 rated schools reporting
2022$27,064$18,220$15,708$9,820 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,113 rated schools reporting
2023$28,234$16,721$16,792$10,385 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,130 rated schools reporting
2024$25,714$19,064$18,125$11,482 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,142 rated schools reporting
2025$26,628$26,839$18,972$11,845 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,158 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
$77,996+$10,119 vs similar economic context
Teachers
25−25.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
5.3−9.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Garza Independence HS

1 to 5 years: 8.1%6 to 10 years: 20.2%11 to 20 years: 60.7%21 to 30 years: 6.9%Over 30 years: 4%
  • 1 to 5 years 8.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 60.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 6.9%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,181 reporting for every category shown · 1,181 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.1%1 to 5 years: 22.9%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 31.6%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 5.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Garza Independence HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classGarza Independence HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English1.916.4
Secondary languages other than English1.518.5
Secondary math1.517.3
Secondary science1.718.7
Secondary social studies1.918.7

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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 191 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

1 measure

  • 1of 494

    Science — Approaches

    Region 13: Austin · of the 494 that report this measure · tied with 9

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

5 measures

  • 4of 15

    Dropout Rate (lowest is best)

    Region 13: Austin (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 8of 28

    Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness

    Travis County · of the 28 that report this measure

  • 9of 15

    Four-Year Completion Rate

    Region 13: Austin (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 9of 15

    Six-Year Completion Rate

    Region 13: Austin (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 10of 28

    Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces

    Travis County · of the 28 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 39of 874

    Per-student spending

    Similar size · of the 874 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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