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Kelton ISD

Wheeler County · Region 16: Amarillo · 129 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
+5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.1 ptsvs 80.9 average · 1,918 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
891 of 1,918tied with 70 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 86 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.9 average for 1,918 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

86 +6.4 pts vs 79.6

  • 86 is 6.4 points above the 79.6 average among 1,840 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Relative Performance above the similar-context average

83 +3.5 pts vs 79.5

  • 83 is 3.5 points above the 79.5 average among 1,833 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

Kelton ISD is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.9 average for 1,918 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 891st of 1,918 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 70 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageKelton ISD 7782778582 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 86 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
2025-26B8280.9 1,918 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8580.7 1,891 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7778.8 1,871 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8279.3 1,839 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7782.7 1,814 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 Achievement86 B+6.4 vs similar economic context · 1,840 reporting
  • School Progress83 B+1.7 vs similar economic context · 1,833 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps74 C−4.1 vs similar economic context · 1,816 reporting
  • Academic Growth74 C−0.5 vs similar economic context · 1,781 reporting
  • Relative Performance83 B+3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,833 reporting
  • Kelton ISD
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,918 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement86B4
School Progress83B7
Closing the Gaps74C6
Academic Growth74C6
Relative Performance83B7

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 4 points 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 Student Achievement (86), so School Progress (83) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 86.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level77%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,837 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,837 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,837 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,829 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,829 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,829 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,688 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,688 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,688 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level68%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 937 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 937 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 937 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,918 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
100.0%+6.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 493 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
100.0%+6.6 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 489 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
100.0%+7.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 489 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 496 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
100.0%+12.1 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria100.0%87.9%+12.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 527 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course55.6%58.7%−3.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA0.0%28.6%−28.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%10.4%−10.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course33.3%34.6%−1.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification44.4%37.8%+6.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%1.8%−1.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%6.3%−6.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.9%−3.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness11.1%3.2%+7.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student11.1%7.8%+3.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces11.1%3.4%+7.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 530 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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
129
Economically disadvantaged
58.9%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
2.3%−13.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.6%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.3%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
21.5%+5.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Kelton ISD

African American: 5.4%Hispanic: 14%White: 69%Asian: 3.9%Two or More Races: 7.8%
  • African American 5.4%
  • Hispanic 14%
  • White 69%
  • Asian 3.9%
  • Two or More Races 7.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,918 reporting for every category shown · 1,918 in full cohort

African American: 10.2%Hispanic: 47.1%White: 35.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 10.2%
  • Hispanic 47.1%
  • White 35.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
129
Economically disadvantaged students
76
Emergent bilingual students
3
Special education students
24

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
22
Students in TEA mobility denominator
133
TEA-published mobility rate
16.5%

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 129 students in 2025–26, no change from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
129

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
0

No change

Change since 2021–22
−8

Decrease · −5.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
129
Selected comparison
631.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,884 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Kelton ISD
School yearStudents enrolledKelton ISDChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 137 First available year 636.9
2022–23 153 Increase of 16 (11.7%) 641.4
2023–24 140 Decrease of 13 (8.5%) 640.7
2024–25 129 Decrease of 11 (7.9%) 638.5
2025–26 129 No change 631.6

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
147

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Kelton ISD
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 134 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 158 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 163 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 159 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 147 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Kelton ISD in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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$27k$46k20182020202220242025
  • Kelton ISD
  • Parent district: Kelton ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$40,949
Selected comparison
$12,447

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 rated schools reporting

+$28,502 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $40,949 per student for this campus, $44,034 per student for its parent district, Kelton 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
YearKelton ISDParent district: Kelton ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$20,233$25,029$13,054$7,914 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 rated schools reporting
2019$21,014$31,592$13,108$8,057 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,766 rated schools reporting
2020$21,088$36,359$14,058$8,670 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,785 rated schools reporting
2021$16,281$24,493$14,797$9,065 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,797 rated schools reporting
2022$19,019$23,793$15,708$10,447 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,815 rated schools reporting
2023$24,478$28,504$16,792$11,008 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,839 rated schools reporting
2024$37,745$41,273$18,125$11,799 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,867 rated schools reporting
2025$40,949$44,034$18,972$12,447 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 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
$66,194−$294 vs similar economic context
Teachers
15−26.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
8.6−10.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Kelton ISD

1 to 5 years: 18%6 to 10 years: 24%11 to 20 years: 35.3%21 to 30 years: 23.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 18%
  • 6 to 10 years 24%
  • 11 to 20 years 35.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 23.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,918 reporting for every category shown · 1,918 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.9%1 to 5 years: 25.3%6 to 10 years: 19.2%11 to 20 years: 28.4%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 5.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Kelton ISD in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKelton ISD · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten917.9
Grade 1918.2
Grade 21218.4
Grade 35.918.7
Grade 41118.9
Grade 51419.7
Grade 61317.5
Secondary English10.414.8
Secondary languages other than English5.417.3
Secondary math7.915.7
Secondary science12.817.2
Secondary social studies8.517.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 12 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 160 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.

#1 rankings

First-place results

1 measure

  • 1of 65

    Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces

    Region 16: Amarillo · of the 65 that report this measure

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 2of 207

    Per-student spending

    Region 16: Amarillo · of the 207 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 4of 65

    Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness

    Region 16: Amarillo · of the 65 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 242905001.