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John and Shamarion Barber MS

Galveston County · Region 04: Houston · 569 students

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Current score
86/1002025-26
Change
−2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+7.9 ptsvs 78.1 average · 2,100 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
438 of 2,100tied with 81 others
B86

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78.1 average for 2,100 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 5 points

79 to 84 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 84 is 6.3 points above the 77.7 average among 1,937 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
50%vs 43.3% avg · +6.7 pts
Masters
24%vs 17.1% avg · +6.9 pts

Among 1,942 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
51%vs 39% avg · +12 pts
Masters
23%vs 14.6% avg · +8.4 pts

Among 1,932 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

John and Shamarion Barber MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.1 average for 2,100 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 438th of 2,100 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 81 others).

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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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageJohn and Shamarion Barber MS 8883638686 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 89 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
2025-26B8678.1 2,100 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8677.7 2,089 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6375.3 2,076 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8375.8 2,053 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8881.7 2,035 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 Achievement77 C+3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,942 reporting
  • School Progress84 B+4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,937 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps89 B+13.6 vs similar economic context · 1,924 reporting
  • Academic Growth79 C+6.5 vs similar economic context · 1,888 reporting
  • Relative Performance84 B+6.3 vs similar economic context · 1,937 reporting
  • John and Shamarion Barber MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,100 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement77C3
School Progress84B6
Closing the Gaps89B1
Academic Growth79C1
Relative Performance84B6

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point 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 School Progress (84), so Student Achievement (77) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 84.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level74%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,942 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,942 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,942 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,940 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,940 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,940 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,792 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,792 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,792 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,100 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
569
Economically disadvantaged
77.2%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
31.3%+5.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
22.5%+3.7 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.6%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
22.3%+2.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

John and Shamarion Barber MS

African American: 10%Hispanic: 52.7%White: 32.2%American Indian: 0.9%Asian: 0.4%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 10%
  • Hispanic 52.7%
  • White 32.2%
  • American Indian 0.9%
  • Asian 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,100 reporting for every category shown · 2,100 in full cohort

African American: 13.7%Hispanic: 64.5%White: 16.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.9%
  • African American 13.7%
  • Hispanic 64.5%
  • White 16.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
569
Economically disadvantaged students
439
Emergent bilingual students
178
Special education students
128

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
83
Students in TEA mobility denominator
662
TEA-published mobility rate
12.5%

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 569 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 45 (7.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
569

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−45

Decrease · −7.3%

Change since 2021–22
−16

Decrease · −2.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
569
Selected comparison
638.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,073 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for John and Shamarion Barber MS
School yearStudents enrolledJohn and Shamarion Barber MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 585 First available year 657.2
2022–23 568 Decrease of 17 (2.9%) 660.4
2023–24 620 Increase of 52 (9.2%) 657
2024–25 614 Decrease of 6 (1.0%) 655.6
2025–26 569 Decrease of 45 (7.3%) 638.8

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
77

11.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
158

24.35 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
649

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
11.9%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,584 rated schools reporting

−1.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
24.35
Selected comparison
32.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,684 rated schools reporting

−7.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for John and Shamarion Barber MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 739 50 6.8% 74 10.01 8.9% 17.7
2021–22 624 88 14.1% 153 24.52 12.9% 31
2022–23 601 106 17.6% 225 37.44 13.6% 33.7
2023–24 669 116 17.3% 263 39.31 13.6% 33.7
2024–25 649 77 11.9% 158 24.35 13.3% 32.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for John and Shamarion Barber MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 77 11.9% 158 24.35 13.3% 32.1
In-school suspensions 53 8.2% 77 11.86 11.7% 23.5
Out-of-school suspensions 37 5.7% 67 10.32 8.0% 12.5
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • John and Shamarion Barber MS
  • Parent district: Dickinson ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,134
Selected comparison
$12,967

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,087 rated schools reporting

−$2,833 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,134 per student for this campus, $18,124 per student for its parent district, Dickinson 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
YearJohn and Shamarion Barber MSParent district: Dickinson ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,084$15,492$13,054$8,062 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,967 rated schools reporting
2019$7,557$13,197$13,108$8,214 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting
2020$7,415$12,049$14,058$8,745 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,005 rated schools reporting
2021$8,027$13,933$14,797$9,334 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,017 rated schools reporting
2022$10,381$17,191$15,708$10,663 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,035 rated schools reporting
2023$10,929$18,592$16,792$11,243 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,053 rated schools reporting
2024$9,976$16,357$18,125$12,238 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,074 rated schools reporting
2025$10,134$18,124$18,972$12,967 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,087 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
$66,422−$323 vs similar economic context
Teachers
44±0.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.1−0.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

John and Shamarion Barber MS

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 23.2%6 to 10 years: 25.3%11 to 20 years: 23.9%21 to 30 years: 16.1%Over 30 years: 4.6%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 25.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 23.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.1%
  • Over 30 years 4.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,100 reporting for every category shown · 2,100 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.6%6 to 10 years: 18.9%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for John and Shamarion Barber MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classJohn and Shamarion Barber MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 421.119
Grade 520.220

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 2 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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