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Grimes Education Center

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 86 students

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Current score
86/1002025-26
Change
+5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+6.3 ptsvs 79.7 average · 2,011 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
530 of 2,011tied with 82 others
B86

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 82 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.7 average for 2,011 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 5 points

81 to 86 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 86 is 6.3 points above the 79.7 average among 2,011 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Student Achievement rose 7 points

80 to 87 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 87 is 9.7 points above the 77.3 average among 1,903 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Closing the Gaps above the similar-context average

82 +5.1 pts vs 76.9

  • 82 is 5.1 points above the 76.9 average among 1,879 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

Grimes Education Center is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.7 average for 2,011 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 530th of 2,011 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 82 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. After high school: the following fall
  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
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGrimes Education Center 8162788186 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 82 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
2025-26B8679.7 2,011 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8179.4 1,989 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7877.5 1,974 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6278.1 1,942 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8182.1 1,921 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 Achievement87 B+9.7 vs similar economic context · 1,903 reporting
  • School Progress77 C−3.7 vs similar economic context · 1,896 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps82 B+5.1 vs similar economic context · 1,879 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 73.8 · 1,837 reporting
  • Relative Performance77 C−2.0 vs similar economic context · 1,896 reporting
  • Grimes Education Center
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,011 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement87B3
School Progress77C3
Closing the Gaps82B8
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance77C3

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 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 Student Achievement (87), so School Progress (77) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level55%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,903 reporting
  • Meets grade level17%−31 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,903 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,903 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level21%−54 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,900 reporting
  • Meets grade level5%−47 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,900 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,900 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Meets grade level14%−28 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 73.4% · 1,744 reporting
  • Meets grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 45% · 1,744 reporting
  • Masters grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 19.9% · 1,744 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 923 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,011 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
90.5%+16.6 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
92.3%+13.4 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
93.7%+13.0 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
6.8%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 43 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
88.0%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria88.0%87.7%+0.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 484 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course86.6%59.4%+27.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA3.4%27.3%−23.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)2.8%11.0%−8.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course0.0%34.0%−34.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification10.1%38.0%−27.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%1.9%−1.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%7.3%−7.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.6%3.7%−3.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness0.6%3.3%−2.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student2.2%8.1%−5.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces1.1%3.2%−2.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 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
185

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
29

15.7% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
133

71.9% of graduates

Not trackable
23

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
185
Selected comparison
241.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 390 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
29
Selected comparison
106.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 390 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
15.7%
Selected comparison
43.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 390 rated schools reporting

−28.2 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
71.9%
Selected comparison
50.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 390 rated schools reporting

+21.2 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
12.4%
Selected comparison
5.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 390 rated schools reporting

+7.0 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. DALLAS COLLEGE DISTRICT (009331)27

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
86
Economically disadvantaged
66.3%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
55.8%+37.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
11.6%−7.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
47.7%−46.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
92.3%+75.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Grimes Education Center

African American: 11.6%Hispanic: 80.2%White: 2.3%American Indian: 1.2%Asian: 1.2%Two or More Races: 3.5%
  • African American 11.6%
  • Hispanic 80.2%
  • White 2.3%
  • American Indian 1.2%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,011 reporting for every category shown · 2,011 in full cohort

African American: 11.7%Hispanic: 53.1%White: 28.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.7%
  • Hispanic 53.1%
  • White 28.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
86
Economically disadvantaged students
57
Emergent bilingual students
48
Special education students
10

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
211
Students in TEA mobility denominator
228
TEA-published mobility rate
92.5%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 86 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 13 (13.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
86

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−13

Decrease · −13.1%

Change since 2021–22
+21

Increase · +32.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
86
Selected comparison
629.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,977 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Grimes Education Center
School yearStudents enrolledGrimes Education CenterChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 65 First available year 645.1
2022–23 93 Increase of 28 (43.1%) 651.1
2023–24 107 Increase of 14 (15.1%) 648.8
2024–25 99 Decrease of 8 (7.5%) 644.7
2025–26 86 Decrease of 13 (13.1%) 629.2

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
18

8.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
34

15.32 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
222

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
8.1%
Selected comparison
12.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,549 rated schools reporting

−4.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
15.32
Selected comparison
30.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,656 rated schools reporting

−15.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Grimes Education Center
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 100 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 166 Suppressed — 13 7.83 — 30.5
2022–23 169 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 224 14 6.3% 30 13.39 13.2% 31.9
2024–25 222 18 8.1% 34 15.32 12.9% 30.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Grimes Education Center in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 18 8.1% 34 15.32 12.9% 30.5
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 16 7.2% 16 7.21 7.2% 10.7
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$20k$32k20182020202220242025
  • Grimes Education Center
  • Parent district: Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$18,269
Selected comparison
$12,759

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting

+$5,510 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $18,269 per student for this campus, $21,031 per student for its parent district, Carrollton-Farmers Branch 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
YearGrimes Education CenterParent district: Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$14,510$11,879$13,054$7,971 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,852 rated schools reporting
2019$25,125$14,148$13,108$8,128 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,867 rated schools reporting
2020$30,592$14,789$14,058$8,700 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 rated schools reporting
2021$25,604$17,995$14,797$9,172 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,899 rated schools reporting
2022$24,755$20,893$15,708$10,480 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,920 rated schools reporting
2023$18,833$18,021$16,792$11,203 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 rated schools reporting
2024$17,391$17,883$18,125$12,092 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,971 rated schools reporting
2025$18,269$21,031$18,972$12,759 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 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

Average salary
$70,296+$3,815 vs similar economic context
Teachers
10−33.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
9.1−4.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Grimes Education Center

1 to 5 years: 49.5%6 to 10 years: 9.5%11 to 20 years: 29.5%Over 30 years: 10.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 49.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 9.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.5%
  • Over 30 years 10.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,011 reporting for every category shown · 2,011 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 28%21 to 30 years: 15.7%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 28%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.7%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Where this school ranks best

Out of 176 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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

3 measures

  • 7of 15

    Four-Year Completion Rate

    Region 10: Richardson (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 8of 15

    Five-Year Completion Rate

    Region 10: Richardson (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 9of 15

    Six-Year Completion Rate

    Region 10: Richardson (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 15 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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