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JH Hines Elem

McLennan County · Region 12: Waco · 360 students

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Current score
58/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−19.8 ptsvs 77.8 average · 1,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,301 of 1,385tied with 23 others
F58

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 68 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.8 average for 1,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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

JH Hines Elem is rated F by TEA, scoring 58 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.8 average for 1,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,301st of 1,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 23 others).

2 consecutive years rated unacceptable.

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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 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

Comprehensive Support and Improvement

Official support label: Comprehensive Progress

Identification reason: CSI Low Performance

TEA track year 2 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

2026-27 school year

Public Education Grant transfer eligibility

Students assigned to this campus may request a transfer under the state's PEG program.

A request is not guaranteed. A receiving district may apply its enrollment rules, and transportation is not automatically provided.

Read the official PEG rules and list

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
32.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,385 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
9.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,385 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
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageJH Hines Elem 5965655658 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 Not Rated with 68 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
2025-26F5877.8 1,385 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25F5677.4 1,370 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6573.8 1,357 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6572.8 1,353 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22F5981.9 1,340 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 Achievement44 F−26.0 vs similar economic context · 1,287 reporting
  • School Progress56 F−22.9 vs similar economic context · 1,284 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps62 D−13.2 vs similar economic context · 1,276 reporting
  • Academic Growth56 F−17.6 vs similar economic context · 1,266 reporting
  • Relative Performance45 F−31.7 vs similar economic context · 1,283 reporting
  • JH Hines Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,385 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement44F16
School Progress56F4
Closing the Gaps62D8
Academic Growth56F4
Relative Performance45F15

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 points below D 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 (56), so Student Achievement (44) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 56.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level30%−36 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,287 reporting
  • Meets grade level15%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,287 reporting
  • Masters grade level4%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,287 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level40%−28 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,287 reporting
  • Meets grade level23%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,287 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,287 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level23%−43 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 reporting
  • Meets grade level10%−29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 reporting
  • Masters grade level3%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,284 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level23%−39 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,219 reporting
  • Meets grade level8%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,219 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,219 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,385 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
360
Economically disadvantaged
98.6%+4.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
6.4%−37.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
30.6%+13.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
92.2%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
30.3%+6.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

JH Hines Elem

African American: 64.3%Hispanic: 22.3%White: 5%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 0.3%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 7.2%
  • African American 64.3%
  • Hispanic 22.3%
  • White 5%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 0.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 7.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,385 reporting for every category shown · 1,385 in full cohort

African American: 15.2%Hispanic: 77.7%White: 4.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 15.2%
  • Hispanic 77.7%
  • White 4.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
359
Economically disadvantaged students
354
Emergent bilingual students
23
Special education students
110

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
94
Students in TEA mobility denominator
328
TEA-published mobility rate
28.7%

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 360 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 19 (5.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
360

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−19

Decrease · −5.0%

Change since 2021–22
−52

Decrease · −12.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
360
Selected comparison
544.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,368 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for JH Hines Elem
School yearStudents enrolledJH Hines ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 412 First available year 595.1
2022–23 406 Decrease of 6 (1.5%) 589.6
2023–24 395 Decrease of 11 (2.7%) 579.8
2024–25 379 Decrease of 16 (4.1%) 572.4
2025–26 360 Decrease of 19 (5.0%) 544.6

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.

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
89

21.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
281

69.04 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
407

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
21.9%
Selected comparison
13.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 760 rated schools reporting

+8.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
69.04
Selected comparison
31

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 825 rated schools reporting

+38.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for JH Hines Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 530 140 26.4% 482 90.94 6.9% 13.5
2021–22 471 194 41.2% 979 207.86 12.8% 30.2
2022–23 444 116 26.1% 417 93.92 13.6% 32.3
2023–24 439 85 19.4% 267 60.82 13.8% 32.8
2024–25 407 89 21.9% 281 69.04 13.1% 31
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for JH Hines Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 89 21.9% 281 69.04 13.1% 31
In-school suspensions 81 19.9% 189 46.44 11.6% 22.3
Out-of-school suspensions 32 7.9% 84 20.64 9.9% 16.3
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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 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$18k$29k20182020202220242025
  • JH Hines Elem
  • Parent district: Waco ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,929
Selected comparison
$13,582

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,369 rated schools reporting

−$3,653 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,929 per student for this campus, $22,564 per student for its parent district, Waco 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
YearJH Hines ElemParent district: Waco ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,489$12,104$13,054$8,416 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,309 rated schools reporting
2019$8,635$12,288$13,108$8,373 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,324 rated schools reporting
2020$10,343$12,730$14,058$8,893 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,327 rated schools reporting
2021$11,170$14,324$14,797$9,781 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,327 rated schools reporting
2022$9,852$16,776$15,708$11,275 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,340 rated schools reporting
2023$9,049$25,534$16,792$11,835 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,353 rated schools reporting
2024$10,270$27,839$18,125$12,892 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,360 rated schools reporting
2025$9,929$22,564$18,972$13,582 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,369 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
$59,135−$9,654 vs similar economic context
Teachers
26−12.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.1−0.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

JH Hines Elem

Beginning: 33.3%1 to 5 years: 11.8%6 to 10 years: 20%11 to 20 years: 11.8%21 to 30 years: 11.8%Over 30 years: 11.8%
  • Beginning 33.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 11.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 20%
  • 11 to 20 years 11.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 11.8%
  • Over 30 years 11.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,385 reporting for every category shown · 1,385 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.7%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 18.5%11 to 20 years: 27%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 27%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for JH Hines Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classJH Hines Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten17.618.1
Grade 12018.3
Grade 22018.2
Grade 31918.3
Grade 41718.1
Grade 517.518.8

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 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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