+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
Score vs region
+1.0 ptsvs 80 average · 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore
Region 07: Kilgore placement
178 of 352tied with 16 others
Score vs county
+5.0 ptsvs 76 average · 17 rated schools in Cherokee County
Cherokee County placement
7 of 17tied with 1 other
Score vs similar-size group
+0.9 ptsvs 80.1 average · 4,640 similarly sized rated schools
Similar size placement
2,277 of 4,640tied with 156 others
Score vs state
−0.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
Texas placement
4,141 of 7,646tied with 260 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.The current score is above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is above the 76 average for 17 rated schools in Cherokee County.The current score is above the 80.1 average for 4,640 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
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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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).
Joe Wright Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 178th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 16 others).
Joe Wright Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 76 average for 17 rated schools in Cherokee County. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 7th of 17 rated schools in Cherokee County (tied with 1 other).
Joe Wright Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.1 average for 4,640 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 2,277th of 4,640 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 156 others).
Joe Wright Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.
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Compare against
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.
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
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
74
C
6
School Progress
83
B
7
Closing the Gaps
76
C
4
Academic Growth
68
D
2
Relative Performance
83
B
7
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%
Selected comparison averageFor 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%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
African American 13.6%
Hispanic 28.4%
White 52.2%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 4.7%
Selected comparison averageFor Cherokee County · 17 reporting for every category shown · 17 in full cohort
African American 14.4%
Hispanic 41.4%
White 37.9%
American Indian 0.2%
Asian 0.4%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 5.6%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 4,640 reporting for every category shown · 4,640 in full cohort
African American 12%
Hispanic 55.1%
White 25.1%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 3.9%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.4%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
African American 11.5%
Hispanic 52.6%
White 27.8%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 4.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.4%
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 forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,343 rated schools reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Joe Wright Elem
School year
Students enrolledJoe Wright Elem
Change from previous school year
Average 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.
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 forschools 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 forschools 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 year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected 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
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected 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.
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 forschools 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.
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Spending per student by year
Year
Joe Wright Elem
Parent district: Jacksonville ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$7,171
$12,470
$13,054
$8,286
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,237 rated schools reporting
2019
$7,995
$12,616
$13,108
$8,316
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,268 rated schools reporting
2020
$8,431
$11,503
$14,058
$8,841
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,278 rated schools reporting
2021
$9,376
$13,021
$14,797
$9,605
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,283 rated schools reporting
2022
$9,233
$12,825
$15,708
$11,121
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,302 rated schools reporting
2023
$9,564
$13,475
$16,792
$11,676
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,328 rated schools reporting
2024
$10,744
$14,119
$18,125
$12,515
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,341 rated schools reporting
2025
$10,507
$17,255
$18,972
$13,045
average forschools 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%
Selected comparison averageFor 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%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 24.6%
6 to 10 years 17.7%
11 to 20 years 28%
21 to 30 years 17.3%
Over 30 years 6%
Selected comparison averageFor Cherokee County · 17 reporting for every category shown · 17 in full cohort
Beginning 5.7%
1 to 5 years 25.9%
6 to 10 years 18.3%
11 to 20 years 26.5%
21 to 30 years 19.6%
Over 30 years 4%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 4,640 reporting for every category shown · 4,640 in full cohort
Beginning 6.1%
1 to 5 years 26.2%
6 to 10 years 19.4%
11 to 20 years 28.9%
21 to 30 years 15.9%
Over 30 years 3.3%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 25.6%
6 to 10 years 19.2%
11 to 20 years 28.7%
21 to 30 years 15.9%
Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Joe Wright Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classJoe Wright Elem · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten
16.5
18.1
Grade 1
21
18.3
Grade 2
22.5
18.3
Grade 3
20
18.6
Grade 4
21.1
18.6
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.
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
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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
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Where this comes from
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outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through
txschools.gov,
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links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's
PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
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