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Gilbert Gerdes JH

Caldwell County · Region 13: Austin · 328 students

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Current score
78/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.6 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,269 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,152 of 2,269tied with 97 others
C78

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 75 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.4 average for 2,269 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 2 points

80 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 3.4 points above the 78.6 average among 2,094 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
52%vs 45.6% avg · +6.4 pts
Masters
29%vs 17.9% avg · +11.1 pts

Among 2,100 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
60%vs 35.9% avg · +24.1 pts
Masters
36%vs 14.6% avg · +21.4 pts

Among 1,939 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

Gilbert Gerdes JH is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.4 average for 2,269 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,152nd of 2,269 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 97 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. 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 school ranks best
  13. 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
35.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,269 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
7.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,269 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGilbert Gerdes JH 7876687878 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 75 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
2025-26C7877.4 2,269 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7877.0 2,255 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6874.3 2,239 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7674.7 2,225 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7881.7 2,204 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 Achievement73 C+1.5 vs similar economic context · 2,101 reporting
  • School Progress82 B+3.4 vs similar economic context · 2,094 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps70 C−4.6 vs similar economic context · 2,079 reporting
  • Academic Growth60 D−12.2 vs similar economic context · 2,047 reporting
  • Relative Performance82 B+5.2 vs similar economic context · 2,094 reporting
  • Gilbert Gerdes JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,269 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement73C7
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps70C10
Academic Growth60D10
Relative Performance82B8

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 8 points below A 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 (82), so Student Achievement (73) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level65%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,101 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,101 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,101 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,100 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,100 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,100 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,090 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,090 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,090 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,939 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,939 reporting
  • Masters grade level36%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,939 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level45%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 788 reporting
  • Meets grade level15%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 788 reporting
  • Masters grade level2%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 788 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,269 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
328
Economically disadvantaged
83.2%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
14.0%−18.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.6%+3.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.0%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
20.1%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Gilbert Gerdes JH

African American: 5.8%Hispanic: 69.8%White: 20.4%Asian: 0.3%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 3.4%
  • African American 5.8%
  • Hispanic 69.8%
  • White 20.4%
  • Asian 0.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 3.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,269 reporting for every category shown · 2,269 in full cohort

African American: 14.4%Hispanic: 70.9%White: 10.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2.3%
  • African American 14.4%
  • Hispanic 70.9%
  • White 10.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
328
Economically disadvantaged students
273
Emergent bilingual students
46
Special education students
71

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
42
Students in TEA mobility denominator
324
TEA-published mobility rate
13%

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 328 students in 2025–26, an increase of 22 (7.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
328

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+22

Increase · +7.2%

Change since 2021–22
+17

Increase · +5.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
328
Selected comparison
617

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,238 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Gilbert Gerdes JH
School yearStudents enrolledGilbert Gerdes JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 311 First available year 648.1
2022–23 310 Decrease of 1 (0.3%) 648
2023–24 302 Decrease of 8 (2.6%) 640.8
2024–25 306 Increase of 4 (1.3%) 637.5
2025–26 328 Increase of 22 (7.2%) 617

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
94

29.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
271

83.64 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
324

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
29.0%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,587 rated schools reporting

+15.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
83.64
Selected comparison
32.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,705 rated schools reporting

+51.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Gilbert Gerdes JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 336 52 15.5% 87 25.89 8.0% 15.6
2021–22 332 90 27.1% 196 59.04 12.8% 30.8
2022–23 330 77 23.3% 172 52.12 13.7% 34
2023–24 322 96 29.8% 284 88.20 13.8% 34
2024–25 324 94 29.0% 271 83.64 13.3% 32.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Gilbert Gerdes JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 94 29.0% 271 83.64 13.3% 32.2
In-school suspensions 90 27.8% 220 67.90 11.8% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions 15 4.6% 20 6.17 8.5% 13.4
DAEP placements 25 7.7% 31 9.57 5.3% 6.4
Mandatory DAEP placements 10 3.1% 10 3.09 3.9% 4.6
Discretionary DAEP placements 17 5.3% 21 6.48 3.4% 4
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.

$6k$15k$25k20182020202220242025
  • Gilbert Gerdes JH
  • Parent district: Luling ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,206
Selected comparison
$13,181

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,253 rated schools reporting

−$4,975 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,206 per student for this campus, $13,641 per student for its parent district, Luling 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
YearGilbert Gerdes JHParent district: Luling ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,470$9,426$13,054$8,246 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,139 rated schools reporting
2019$8,068$10,043$13,108$8,339 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,167 rated schools reporting
2020$7,398$16,479$14,058$8,852 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,179 rated schools reporting
2021$7,661$23,853$14,797$9,538 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,186 rated schools reporting
2022$8,192$19,215$15,708$11,032 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,204 rated schools reporting
2023$8,587$14,258$16,792$11,490 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,224 rated schools reporting
2024$7,703$13,483$18,125$12,408 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,238 rated schools reporting
2025$8,206$13,641$18,972$13,181 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,253 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
$62,140−$5,287 vs similar economic context
Teachers
23−19.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.3±0.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Gilbert Gerdes JH

Beginning: 17.5%1 to 5 years: 45%6 to 10 years: 13.1%11 to 20 years: 17.9%21 to 30 years: 5.7%Over 30 years: 0.9%
  • Beginning 17.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 45%
  • 6 to 10 years 13.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 17.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 5.7%
  • Over 30 years 0.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,269 reporting for every category shown · 2,269 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.1%1 to 5 years: 27.5%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 7.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Gilbert Gerdes JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classGilbert Gerdes JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 620.417.6
Secondary English18.715.2
Secondary languages other than English28.518.2
Secondary math18.216.5
Secondary science18.217.7
Secondary social studies18.417.8

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 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.

#1 rankings

First-place results

2 measures

  • 1of 14

    Science — Meets

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 1of 14

    Science — Masters

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 2of 14

    Reading — Masters

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

17 measures

  • 4of 14

    Relative Performance

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 4of 12

    Attendance

    Caldwell County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 14

    Reading — Meets

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 5of 12

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Caldwell County · of the 12 that report this measure

  • 6of 14

    All Subjects — Masters

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 7of 14

    All Subjects — Meets

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 7of 14

    Reading — Approaches

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 7of 14

    Science — Approaches

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 14

    Student Achievement

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 14

    School Progress

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 14

    Closing the Gaps

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 9of 14

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 9of 14

    Math — Approaches

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 9of 14

    Math — Meets

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure

  • 9of 14

    Math — Masters

    Caldwell County · of the 14 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 15

    Overall score

    Caldwell County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 10of 13

    Per-student spending

    Caldwell County · of the 13 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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