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Gatesville JH

Coryell County · Region 12: Waco · 371 students

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Current score
78/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−5.0 ptsvs 83 average · 1,536 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,101 of 1,536tied with 41 others
C78

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 81 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 83 average for 1,536 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
56%vs 54.7% avg · +1.3 pts
Masters
28%vs 26.8% avg · +1.2 pts

Among 1,378 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

80 +3.5 pts vs 76.5

  • 80 is 3.5 points above the 76.5 average among 1,461 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.

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Gatesville JH is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 83 average for 1,536 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,101st of 1,536 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 41 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 school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGatesville JH 8187758078 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 B with 81 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
2025-26C7883.0 1,536 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8083.4 1,506 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7581.4 1,479 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8781.9 1,463 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8184.2 1,443 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 Achievement76 C−7.1 vs similar economic context · 1,490 reporting
  • School Progress80 B−2.0 vs similar economic context · 1,486 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps72 C−8.3 vs similar economic context · 1,477 reporting
  • Academic Growth80 B+3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,461 reporting
  • Relative Performance69 D−10.4 vs similar economic context · 1,486 reporting
  • Gatesville JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,536 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement76C4
School Progress80B10
Closing the Gaps72C8
Academic Growth80B10
Relative Performance69D1

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 8 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 (80), so Student Achievement (76) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 80.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level72%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,490 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,490 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,490 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,488 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,488 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,488 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,484 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,484 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,484 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,378 reporting
  • Meets grade level56%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,378 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,378 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level42%−36 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 772 reporting
  • Meets grade level19%−34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 772 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 772 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,536 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
371
Economically disadvantaged
45.3%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
5.4%−6.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
25.9%+7.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.2%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Gatesville JH

African American: 3.5%Hispanic: 25.6%White: 65%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.1%Two or More Races: 4.6%
  • African American 3.5%
  • Hispanic 25.6%
  • White 65%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting for every category shown · 1,536 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 38.2%White: 43.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 38.2%
  • White 43.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
371
Economically disadvantaged students
168
Emergent bilingual students
20
Special education students
96

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
41
Students in TEA mobility denominator
420
TEA-published mobility rate
9.8%

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 371 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 23 (5.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
371

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−23

Decrease · −5.8%

Change since 2021–22
−40

Decrease · −9.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
371
Selected comparison
673.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,498 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Gatesville JH
School yearStudents enrolledGatesville JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 411 First available year 670.5
2022–23 428 Increase of 17 (4.1%) 676.7
2023–24 419 Decrease of 9 (2.1%) 676.8
2024–25 394 Decrease of 25 (6.0%) 672.6
2025–26 371 Decrease of 23 (5.8%) 673.9

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
72

17.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
157

37.38 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
420

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
17.1%
Selected comparison
11.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,179 rated schools reporting

+5.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
37.38
Selected comparison
25.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,274 rated schools reporting

+12.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Gatesville JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 454 55 12.1% 84 18.50 9.4% 17.8
2021–22 443 94 21.2% 170 38.37 11.5% 24.7
2022–23 458 113 24.7% 251 54.80 11.9% 26.2
2023–24 439 95 21.6% 221 50.34 11.8% 26.7
2024–25 420 72 17.1% 157 37.38 11.5% 25.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Gatesville JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 72 17.1% 157 37.38 11.5% 25.1
In-school suspensions 67 15.9% 106 25.24 10.4% 19.4
Out-of-school suspensions 13 3.1% 25 5.95 5.6% 7.8
DAEP placements 22 5.2% 25 5.95 4.2% 5
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 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —

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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Gatesville JH
  • Parent district: Gatesville ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,603
Selected comparison
$11,989

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,505 rated schools reporting

−$1,386 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,603 per student for this campus, $14,235 per student for its parent district, Gatesville 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
YearGatesville JHParent district: Gatesville ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,570$9,664$13,054$7,792 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,383 rated schools reporting
2019$7,610$10,437$13,108$7,984 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,403 rated schools reporting
2020$8,466$12,491$14,058$8,443 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,414 rated schools reporting
2021$8,682$15,428$14,797$8,866 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,433 rated schools reporting
2022$9,198$13,161$15,708$10,232 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,446 rated schools reporting
2023$8,550$12,272$16,792$10,591 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 rated schools reporting
2024$9,668$13,049$18,125$11,603 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,479 rated schools reporting
2025$10,603$14,235$18,972$11,989 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,505 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
$60,860−$6,312 vs similar economic context
Teachers
31−12.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.9−8.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Gatesville JH

Beginning: 7.7%1 to 5 years: 20.2%6 to 10 years: 25.3%11 to 20 years: 27.9%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 2.6%
  • Beginning 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 20.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 25.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 2.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting for every category shown · 1,536 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 23.8%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 30.2%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Gatesville JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classGatesville JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English13.715.4
Secondary languages other than English2117.7
Secondary math16.316.4
Secondary science22.817.8
Secondary social studies21.417.8

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 117 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

3 measures

  • 3of 17

    Reading — Approaches

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 17

    Reading — Masters

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 3of 16

    Science — Meets

    Coryell County · of the 16 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

10 measures

  • 4of 16

    Science — Masters

    Coryell County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 5of 16

    Science — Approaches

    Coryell County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 6of 17

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure

  • 7of 17

    All Subjects — Masters

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 7of 17

    Reading — Meets

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 7of 17

    Math — Approaches

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 7of 15

    Academic Growth

    Coryell County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 9of 17

    Math — Meets

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure

  • 9of 17

    Attendance

    Coryell County · of the 17 that report this measure

  • 10of 17

    Math — Masters

    Coryell County · of the 17 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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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 050902041.