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Upshur County · Region 07: Kilgore · 881 students
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At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 84 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.5 average for 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is above the 82.4 average for 23 rated schools in Upshur County.The current score is above the 81 average for 3,269 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
STAAR result
Among 1,911 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Among 1,900 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Among 1,755 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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17.6% 2nd of 101 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure · 2025-26
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Among 316 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
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Among 314 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
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40% Tied for 1st of 13 schools in Upshur County reporting this measure · 2025-26 · 2 share this value
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82 +8.1 pts vs 73.9
Top placement
75% Tied for 2nd of 13 schools in Upshur County reporting this measure · 2025-26 · 2 share this value
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Among 3,213 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
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Among 3,213 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
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Among 3,006 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
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Among 7,260 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Among 7,227 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Among 6,717 Texas schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected 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.
Gilmer HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.5 average for 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 456th of 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 65 others).
Gilmer HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 99th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 13 others).
Gilmer HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.4 average for 23 rated schools in Upshur County. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 6th of 23 rated schools in Upshur County.
Gilmer HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81 average for 3,269 similarly sized rated schools. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,039th of 3,269 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 132 others).
Gilmer HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 2,456th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 307 others).
Put the numbers in context
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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 84 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.
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 87 | 79.5 2,023 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | A | 90 | 79.3 2,000 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 89 | 77.3 1,986 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 82 | 77.8 1,953 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 83 | 82.0 1,931 reporting | 83.7 7,283 reporting |
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.
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 83 | B | 7 |
| School Progress | 87 | B | 3 |
| Closing the Gaps | 87 | B | 3 |
| Academic Growth | 82 | B | 8 |
| Relative Performance | 87 | B | 3 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 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 (87), so Student Achievement (83) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.
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.
These measures use TEA's standard-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.
| Criterion | This school% of graduates | Averagesimilar economic context | Differencepercentage points | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 81.0% | 87.3% | −6.3 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 478 rated schools reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 36.2% | 59.5% | −23.3 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 33.0% | 27.2% | +5.8 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 15.4% | 11.1% | +4.3 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 18.6% | 33.6% | −15.0 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 70.7% | 37.1% | +33.6 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 2.0% | −2.0 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 7.3% | −7.3 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 17.6% | 3.6% | +14.0 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 3.2% | −3.2 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 10.6% | 8.2% | +2.4 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 rated schools reporting |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 4.8% | 3.1% | +1.7 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 482 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.
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.
Class of 2023–24
38.5% of graduates
59.9% of graduates
Fall 2024
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.
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Gilmer HS
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,023 reporting for every category shown · 2,023 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Upshur County · 23 reporting for every category shown · 23 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 3,269 reporting for every category shown · 3,269 in full cohort
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
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.
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 881 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 14 (1.6%) from 2024–25.
2025–26
Decrease · −1.6%
Increase · +12.2%
| School year | Students enrolledGilmer HS | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 785 | First available year | 651.4 |
| 2022–23 | 815 | Increase of 30 (3.8%) | 659 |
| 2023–24 | 857 | Increase of 42 (5.2%) | 659.1 |
| 2024–25 | 895 | Increase of 38 (4.4%) | 655.9 |
| 2025–26 | 881 | Decrease of 14 (1.6%) | 640.6 |
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.
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.
20.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment
50.63 per 100 students
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 822 | 142 | 17.3% | 286 | 34.79 | 9.7% | 19.3 |
| 2021–22 | 864 | 171 | 19.8% | 344 | 39.81 | 12.8% | 30.3 |
| 2022–23 | 881 | 201 | 22.8% | 519 | 58.91 | 13.4% | 32.3 |
| 2023–24 | 929 | 212 | 22.8% | 635 | 68.35 | 13.2% | 31.9 |
| 2024–25 | 958 | 197 | 20.6% | 485 | 50.63 | 12.8% | 30.4 |
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 197 | 20.6% | 485 | 50.63 | 12.8% | 30.4 |
| In-school suspensions | 163 | 17.0% | 283 | 29.54 | 11.5% | 23.1 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 81 | 8.5% | 103 | 10.75 | 7.1% | 10.7 |
| DAEP placements | 81 | 8.5% | 99 | 10.33 | 5.1% | 6.1 |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | 51 | 5.3% | 63 | 6.58 | 3.6% | 4.2 |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | 36 | 3.8% | 36 | 3.76 | 2.9% | 3.4 |
| 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.
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.
For 2025, TEA reported $12,269 per student for this campus, $15,516 per student for its parent district, Gilmer ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
| Year | Gilmer HS | Parent district: Gilmer ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $10,700 | $10,149 | $13,054 | $7,984 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $10,813 | $12,157 | $13,108 | $8,146 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,875 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $12,379 | $22,065 | $14,058 | $8,711 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $13,060 | $15,790 | $14,797 | $9,204 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $12,232 | $14,535 | $15,708 | $10,502 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $12,167 | $14,770 | $16,792 | $11,211 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,955 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $12,131 | $17,679 | $18,125 | $12,339 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,984 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $12,269 | $15,516 | $18,972 | $13,221 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,999 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.
Gilmer HS
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,023 reporting for every category shown · 2,023 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For Upshur County · 23 reporting for every category shown · 23 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 3,269 reporting for every category shown · 3,269 in full cohort
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
| Grade or subject | Average students per classGilmer HS · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary English | 18.8 | 15.1 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 20.4 | 17.7 |
| Secondary math | 18.6 | 16 |
| Secondary science | 20.2 | 17.4 |
| Secondary social studies | 22.3 | 17.3 |
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.
Out of 184 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.
First-place results
3 measures
Math — Meets
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure
Math — Masters
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure
Social Studies — Masters
Upshur County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1
Second- and third-place results
9 measures
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit
Region 07: Kilgore · of the 101 that report this measure
Math — Approaches
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 1
Academic Growth
Upshur County · of the 21 that report this measure
Science — Masters
Upshur County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1
Social Studies — Meets
Upshur County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1
All Subjects — Meets
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure
Science — Approaches
Upshur County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 2
Science — Meets
Upshur County · of the 20 that report this measure
Social Studies — Approaches
Upshur County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1
Fourth- through tenth-place results
7 measures
Closing the Gaps
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure
All Subjects — Approaches
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure
All Subjects — Masters
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 1
Overall score
Upshur County · of the 23 that report this measure
Per-student spending
Upshur County · of the 23 that report this measure
School Progress
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 1
Relative Performance
Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 1
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.
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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