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Joe Wright Elem

Cherokee County · Region 07: Kilgore · 483 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+3.5 ptsvs 77.5 average · 2,369 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
938 of 2,369tied with 81 others
B81

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 85 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.5 average for 2,369 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
49%vs 40.4% avg · +8.6 pts
Masters
18%vs 15.9% avg · +2.1 pts

Among 2,209 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
49%vs 44.3% avg · +4.7 pts
Masters
22%vs 17.6% avg · +4.4 pts

Among 2,208 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

81 +3.5 pts vs 77.5

  • 81 is 3.5 points above the 77.5 average among 2,369 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

Joe Wright Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.5 average for 2,369 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 938th of 2,369 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 81 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageJoe Wright Elem 8469798681 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 85 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
2025-26B8177.5 2,369 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8677.1 2,358 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7973.8 2,340 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6973.7 2,330 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8481.7 2,303 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 Achievement74 C+3.5 vs similar economic context · 2,209 reporting
  • School Progress83 B+4.4 vs similar economic context · 2,204 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C+1.2 vs similar economic context · 2,190 reporting
  • Academic Growth68 D−4.8 vs similar economic context · 2,167 reporting
  • Relative Performance83 B+6.3 vs similar economic context · 2,204 reporting
  • Joe Wright Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,369 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement74C6
School Progress83B7
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth68D2
Relative Performance83B7

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 points below B 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 (83), so Student Achievement (74) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level72%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,209 reporting
  • Meets grade level49%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,209 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,209 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,208 reporting
  • Meets grade level49%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,208 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,208 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,200 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,200 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,200 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,369 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
483
Economically disadvantaged
88.8%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
45.7%+7.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
27.2%+9.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.7%+1.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.2%−9.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Joe Wright Elem

African American: 19.3%Hispanic: 59.7%White: 17.7%Asian: 0.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.3%
  • African American 19.3%
  • Hispanic 59.7%
  • White 17.7%
  • Asian 0.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,369 reporting for every category shown · 2,369 in full cohort

African American: 14.6%Hispanic: 74.9%White: 7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.8%
  • African American 14.6%
  • Hispanic 74.9%
  • White 7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
481
Economically disadvantaged students
427
Emergent bilingual students
220
Special education students
131

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
33
Students in TEA mobility denominator
382
TEA-published mobility rate
8.6%

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 483 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 43 (8.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
483

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−43

Decrease · −8.2%

Change since 2021–22
−53

Decrease · −9.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
483
Selected comparison
584.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,343 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Joe Wright Elem
School yearStudents enrolledJoe Wright ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 536 First available year 625.4
2022–23 542 Increase of 6 (1.1%) 621.3
2023–24 525 Decrease of 17 (3.1%) 612.6
2024–25 526 Increase of 1 (0.2%) 606.9
2025–26 483 Decrease of 43 (8.2%) 584.6

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
43

7.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
92

16.43 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
560

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
7.7%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,523 rated schools reporting

−5.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
16.43
Selected comparison
31.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,635 rated schools reporting

−15.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Joe Wright Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 562 10 1.8% 17 3.02 7.5% 14.4
2021–22 571 12 2.1% 21 3.68 12.8% 30.8
2022–23 590 23 3.9% 38 6.44 13.7% 33.5
2023–24 562 21 3.7% 36 6.41 13.8% 33.6
2024–25 560 43 7.7% 92 16.43 13.2% 31.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Joe Wright Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 43 7.7% 92 16.43 13.2% 31.6
In-school suspensions 41 7.3% 77 13.75 11.6% 22.6
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 11 1.96 — 14.8
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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Joe Wright Elem
  • Parent district: Jacksonville ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,507
Selected comparison
$13,045

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,356 rated schools reporting

−$2,538 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,507 per student for this campus, $17,255 per student for its parent district, Jacksonville 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
YearJoe Wright ElemParent district: Jacksonville ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,171$12,470$13,054$8,286 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,237 rated schools reporting
2019$7,995$12,616$13,108$8,316 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,268 rated schools reporting
2020$8,431$11,503$14,058$8,841 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,278 rated schools reporting
2021$9,376$13,021$14,797$9,605 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,283 rated schools reporting
2022$9,233$12,825$15,708$11,121 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,302 rated schools reporting
2023$9,564$13,475$16,792$11,676 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,328 rated schools reporting
2024$10,744$14,119$18,125$12,515 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,341 rated schools reporting
2025$10,507$17,255$18,972$13,045 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,356 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
$62,206−$5,853 vs similar economic context
Teachers
33−7.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.6+0.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Joe Wright Elem

1 to 5 years: 21.2%6 to 10 years: 26.7%11 to 20 years: 34.2%21 to 30 years: 12.1%Over 30 years: 6.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 21.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 34.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 12.1%
  • Over 30 years 6.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,369 reporting for every category shown · 2,369 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.4%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 18.9%11 to 20 years: 27%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.9%
  • 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 Joe Wright Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classJoe Wright Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten16.518.1
Grade 12118.3
Grade 222.518.3
Grade 32018.6
Grade 421.118.6

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.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 90 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

3 measures

  • 2of 16

    Math — Meets

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 3of 16

    Reading — Masters

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 3of 16

    Math — Masters

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure · tied with 2

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

13 measures

  • 4of 16

    All Subjects — Meets

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 4of 16

    All Subjects — Masters

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 16

    Closing the Gaps

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 5of 16

    Reading — Approaches

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 6of 16

    Reading — Meets

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 7of 17

    Overall score

    Cherokee County · of the 17 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 16

    School Progress

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 7of 16

    Relative Performance

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 7of 15

    Academic Growth

    Cherokee County · of the 15 that report this measure

  • 8of 16

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 16

    Student Achievement

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 9of 16

    Math — Approaches

    Cherokee County · of the 16 that report this measure

  • 10of 17

    Per-student spending

    Cherokee County · of the 17 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 037904105.