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Hector P Garcia Elem

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 411 students

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Current score
73/1002025-26
Change
−5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−4.7 ptsvs 77.7 average · 2,372 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,641 of 2,372tied with 54 others
C73

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 76 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.7 average for 2,372 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

14.6% −8.2 pts vs 22.8%

  • 14.6% is 8.2 percentage points lower than the 22.8% average among 2,240 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Attendance above the similar-context average

94.5% +1.5 pts vs 93%

  • 94.5% is 1.5 percentage points above the 93% average among 2,247 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

Hector P Garcia Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 73 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.7 average for 2,372 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,641st of 2,372 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 54 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.

2026 federal improvement status

Additional Targeted Support

Official support label: ATS

Identification reason: Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
33.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,372 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
8.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,372 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 averageHector P Garcia Elem 7879668273 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 76 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
2025-26C7377.7 2,372 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8277.2 2,353 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6674.0 2,334 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7973.6 2,324 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7881.8 2,297 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 Achievement64 D−6.6 vs similar economic context · 2,193 reporting
  • School Progress74 C−4.8 vs similar economic context · 2,188 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps69 D−6.0 vs similar economic context · 2,172 reporting
  • Academic Growth74 C+1.0 vs similar economic context · 2,152 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−6.9 vs similar economic context · 2,187 reporting
  • Hector P Garcia Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,372 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement64D6
School Progress74C6
Closing the Gaps69D1
Academic Growth74C6
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point 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 School Progress (74), so Student Achievement (64) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 74.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level65%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,193 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,193 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,193 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,192 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,192 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,192 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,184 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,184 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,184 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level56%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,056 reporting
  • Meets grade level25%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,056 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,056 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,372 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
411
Economically disadvantaged
90.0%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
63.8%+24.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.7%+5.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%+1.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
14.6%−8.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Hector P Garcia Elem

African American: 6.8%Hispanic: 81.9%White: 7.3%Asian: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 6.8%
  • Hispanic 81.9%
  • White 7.3%
  • Asian 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,372 reporting for every category shown · 2,372 in full cohort

African American: 14.7%Hispanic: 75.5%White: 6.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.7%
  • African American 14.7%
  • Hispanic 75.5%
  • White 6.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
409
Economically disadvantaged students
368
Emergent bilingual students
261
Special education students
97

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
65
Students in TEA mobility denominator
380
TEA-published mobility rate
17.1%

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 411 students in 2025–26, an increase of 15 (3.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
411

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+15

Increase · +3.8%

Change since 2021–22
+17

Increase · +4.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
411
Selected comparison
578

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,348 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Hector P Garcia Elem
School yearStudents enrolledHector P Garcia ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 394 First available year 622.1
2022–23 437 Increase of 43 (10.9%) 618.4
2023–24 484 Increase of 47 (10.8%) 609.1
2024–25 396 Decrease of 88 (18.2%) 602.5
2025–26 411 Increase of 15 (3.8%) 578

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
17

3.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
29

6.50 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
446

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.8%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,475 rated schools reporting

−9.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
6.5
Selected comparison
31.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,586 rated schools reporting

−25.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Hector P Garcia Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 464 30 6.5% 52 11.21 7.4% 14.3
2021–22 464 42 9.1% 83 17.89 12.8% 30.7
2022–23 499 33 6.6% 83 16.63 13.7% 33.5
2023–24 527 26 4.9% 45 8.54 13.8% 33.7
2024–25 446 17 3.8% 29 6.50 13.2% 31.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Hector P Garcia Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 17 3.8% 29 6.50 13.2% 31.6
In-school suspensions 17 3.8% 26 5.83 11.5% 22.4
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$15k$24k20182020202220242025
  • Hector P Garcia Elem
  • Parent district: Temple ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$20,046
Selected comparison
$13,142

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,351 rated schools reporting

+$6,904 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $20,046 per student for this campus, $22,411 per student for its parent district, Temple 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
YearHector P Garcia ElemParent district: Temple ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,006$16,242$13,054$8,292 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,236 rated schools reporting
2019$8,186$15,314$13,108$8,313 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,266 rated schools reporting
2020$8,247$15,736$14,058$8,823 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,274 rated schools reporting
2021$8,718$15,164$14,797$9,630 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,278 rated schools reporting
2022$10,387$14,536$15,708$11,146 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,297 rated schools reporting
2023$12,027$17,713$16,792$11,696 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,323 rated schools reporting
2024$11,159$20,910$18,125$12,561 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,337 rated schools reporting
2025$20,046$22,411$18,972$13,142 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,351 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
$60,985−$7,116 vs similar economic context
Teachers
30−10.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.6−1.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Hector P Garcia Elem

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 46.7%6 to 10 years: 13.3%11 to 20 years: 20%21 to 30 years: 10%Over 30 years: 3.3%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 46.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 13.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 20%
  • 21 to 30 years 10%
  • Over 30 years 3.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,372 reporting for every category shown · 2,372 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 27.2%6 to 10 years: 18.8%11 to 20 years: 27%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Hector P Garcia Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classHector P Garcia Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1118.1
Grade 1918.3
Grade 21418.3
Grade 313.518.5
Grade 413.518.5
Grade 514.619.3

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 105 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

1 measure

  • 4of 100

    Per-student spending

    Bell County · of the 100 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 014909118.