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Kemp JH

Kaufman County · Region 10: Richardson · 448 students

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Current score
63/1002025-26
Change
−6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−17.6 ptsvs 80.6 average · 1,944 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,864 of 1,944tied with 9 others
D63

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 69 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80.6 average for 1,944 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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Read the full rating context and placement

Kemp JH is rated D by TEA, scoring 63 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.6 average for 1,944 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,864th of 1,944 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 9 others).

1 consecutive year 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 school ranks best
  13. 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 4 · Title I campus

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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
25.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
2.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 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 averageKemp JH 6953755763 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 69 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
2025-26D6380.6 1,944 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25F5780.3 1,921 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7578.3 1,901 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5378.8 1,871 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6982.4 1,847 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 Achievement62 D−16.8 vs similar economic context · 1,858 reporting
  • School Progress58 F−23.3 vs similar economic context · 1,851 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps65 D−12.8 vs similar economic context · 1,833 reporting
  • Academic Growth56 F−18.3 vs similar economic context · 1,796 reporting
  • Relative Performance58 F−21.5 vs similar economic context · 1,851 reporting
  • Kemp JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,944 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement62D8
School Progress58F2
Closing the Gaps65D5
Academic Growth56F4
Relative Performance58F2

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 5 points below C 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 (62), so School Progress (58) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 62.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level58%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,855 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level56%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,702 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,702 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,702 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level42%−33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 937 reporting
  • Meets grade level15%−32 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 937 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 937 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,944 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
448
Economically disadvantaged
61.4%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
17.6%+1.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
28.1%+9.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.6%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
15.8%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Kemp JH

African American: 1.1%Hispanic: 47.1%White: 47.1%Two or More Races: 4.7%
  • African American 1.1%
  • Hispanic 47.1%
  • White 47.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting for every category shown · 1,944 in full cohort

African American: 10.5%Hispanic: 49.2%White: 33.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.8%
  • African American 10.5%
  • Hispanic 49.2%
  • White 33.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
448
Economically disadvantaged students
275
Emergent bilingual students
79
Special education students
126

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
84
Students in TEA mobility denominator
496
TEA-published mobility rate
16.9%

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 448 students in 2025–26, an increase of 9 (2.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
448

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+9

Increase · +2.1%

Change since 2021–22
+31

Increase · +7.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
448
Selected comparison
621.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,909 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Kemp JH
School yearStudents enrolledKemp JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 417 First available year 634.3
2022–23 401 Decrease of 16 (3.8%) 639.1
2023–24 415 Increase of 14 (3.5%) 636.4
2024–25 439 Increase of 24 (5.8%) 632.4
2025–26 448 Increase of 9 (2.1%) 621.7

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
105

21.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
281

56.65 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
496

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
21.2%
Selected comparison
12.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,480 rated schools reporting

+8.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
56.65
Selected comparison
29.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,601 rated schools reporting

+27.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Kemp JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 439 121 27.6% 358 81.55 9.7% 19.1
2021–22 466 115 24.7% 256 54.94 12.6% 29
2022–23 447 103 23.0% 232 51.90 13.1% 30.9
2023–24 465 75 16.1% 202 43.44 13.0% 30.6
2024–25 496 105 21.2% 281 56.65 12.7% 29.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Kemp JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 105 21.2% 281 56.65 12.7% 29.1
In-school suspensions 95 19.1% 219 44.15 11.5% 22.5
Out-of-school suspensions 32 6.5% 47 9.48 6.8% 9.8
DAEP placements 15 3.0% 15 3.02 5.0% 5.9
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
  • Kemp JH
  • Parent district: Kemp ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,620
Selected comparison
$12,539

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 rated schools reporting

−$3,919 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,620 per student for this campus, $16,422 per student for its parent district, Kemp 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
YearKemp JHParent district: Kemp ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,993$12,209$13,054$7,933 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,779 rated schools reporting
2019$7,411$11,954$13,108$8,078 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,795 rated schools reporting
2020$9,047$13,671$14,058$8,689 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,815 rated schools reporting
2021$8,963$14,305$14,797$9,110 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,829 rated schools reporting
2022$8,440$14,213$15,708$10,486 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,848 rated schools reporting
2023$7,602$14,332$16,792$11,133 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,871 rated schools reporting
2024$8,677$16,316$18,125$11,959 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 rated schools reporting
2025$8,620$16,422$18,972$12,539 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 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
$64,026−$2,352 vs similar economic context
Teachers
38−4.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.9−7.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Kemp JH

Beginning: 7.7%1 to 5 years: 38.9%6 to 10 years: 13.2%11 to 20 years: 24.3%21 to 30 years: 8.7%Over 30 years: 7.1%
  • Beginning 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 38.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 13.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 24.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.7%
  • Over 30 years 7.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting for every category shown · 1,944 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.1%1 to 5 years: 25.7%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 28.4%21 to 30 years: 16.1%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 6.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.1%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Kemp JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKemp JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 625.317.7
Secondary English13.614.9
Secondary languages other than English19.317.3
Secondary math20.415.7
Secondary science23.117.2
Secondary social studies24.917.1

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 school ranks best

Out of 120 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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 10of 41

    Science — Masters

    Kaufman County · of the 41 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 129904041.