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Kimball Elem

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 195 students

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Current score
75/1002025-26
Change
−10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−2.9 ptsvs 77.9 average · 2,123 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,331 of 2,123tied with 69 others
C75

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 81 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.9 average for 2,123 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
44%vs 42.8% avg · +1.2 pts
Masters
19%vs 16.8% avg · +2.2 pts

Among 1,962 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
53%vs 47.4% avg · +5.6 pts
Masters
30%vs 18.6% avg · +11.4 pts

Among 1,960 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

14.8% −5.4 pts vs 20.2%

  • 14.8% is 5.4 percentage points lower than the 20.2% average among 2,038 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

Kimball Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.9 average for 2,123 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,331st of 2,123 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 69 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. Discipline and removal from class
  8. Spending per student
  9. Teachers and actual class size
  10. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageKimball Elem 8582788275 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 81 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
2025-26C7577.9 2,123 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8277.5 2,112 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7875.1 2,097 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8275.6 2,080 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8581.6 2,062 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 Achievement72 C−0.9 vs similar economic context · 1,962 reporting
  • School Progress79 C−0.1 vs similar economic context · 1,957 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps64 D−11.1 vs similar economic context · 1,943 reporting
  • Academic Growth56 F−16.4 vs similar economic context · 1,909 reporting
  • Relative Performance79 C+1.5 vs similar economic context · 1,957 reporting
  • Kimball Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,123 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress79C1
Closing the Gaps64D6
Academic Growth56F4
Relative Performance79C1

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point 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 (79), so Student Achievement (72) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 79.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level70%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,962 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,962 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,962 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,952 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,952 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,952 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 reporting
  • Meets grade level21%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,123 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
195
Economically disadvantaged
78.5%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
20.5%−7.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
30.8%+12.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.7%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
14.8%−5.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Kimball Elem

African American: 28.2%Hispanic: 40%White: 23.1%Asian: 5.1%Two or More Races: 3.6%
  • African American 28.2%
  • Hispanic 40%
  • White 23.1%
  • Asian 5.1%
  • Two or More Races 3.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,123 reporting for every category shown · 2,123 in full cohort

African American: 13.8%Hispanic: 66%White: 15.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.8%
  • African American 13.8%
  • Hispanic 66%
  • White 15.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
195
Economically disadvantaged students
153
Emergent bilingual students
40
Special education students
60

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
24
Students in TEA mobility denominator
185
TEA-published mobility rate
13%

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.

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
234

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Kimball Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 229 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 231 Suppressed — 10 4.33 — 31.2
2022–23 234 11 4.7% 16 6.84 13.8% 34.2
2023–24 254 15 5.9% 20 7.87 13.7% 34
2024–25 234 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Kimball Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Kimball Elem
  • Parent district: Mesquite ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$18,122
Selected comparison
$13,034

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,111 rated schools reporting

+$5,089 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $18,122 per student for this campus, $15,844 per student for its parent district, Mesquite 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
YearKimball ElemParent district: Mesquite ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$10,532$13,769$13,054$8,094 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,996 rated schools reporting
2019$13,206$13,140$13,108$8,246 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,016 rated schools reporting
2020$13,157$14,912$14,058$8,747 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,033 rated schools reporting
2021$11,482$11,625$14,797$9,389 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,046 rated schools reporting
2022$14,146$15,447$15,708$10,752 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,063 rated schools reporting
2023$13,391$16,822$16,792$11,309 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,080 rated schools reporting
2024$15,026$16,875$18,125$12,309 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,097 rated schools reporting
2025$18,122$15,844$18,972$13,034 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,111 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
$76,145+$9,242 vs similar economic context
Teachers
19−24.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
10.1−3.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Kimball Elem

1 to 5 years: 13%6 to 10 years: 26.4%11 to 20 years: 44%21 to 30 years: 16.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 13%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 44%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,123 reporting for every category shown · 2,123 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.6%6 to 10 years: 18.9%11 to 20 years: 27.1%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 27.1%
  • 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 Kimball Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKimball Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1218
Grade 11518.3
Grade 213.518.4
Grade 31718.8
Grade 418.519.1
Grade 514.520.1

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 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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 057914122.