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Kimberlin Acad for Excel

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 448 students

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Current score
95/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+11.1 ptsvs 83.9 average · 1,417 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
51 of 1,417tied with 25 others
A95

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 97 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 83.9 average for 1,417 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
86%vs 57.4% avg · +28.6 pts
Masters
63%vs 26.2% avg · +36.8 pts

Among 1,376 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

  • 3rd of 1,376 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
92%vs 62.3% avg · +29.7 pts
Masters
72%vs 27.9% avg · +44.1 pts

Among 1,375 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

  • 3rd of 1,375 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
85%vs 50.9% avg · +34.1 pts
Masters
62%vs 21.7% avg · +40.3 pts

Among 1,371 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

Kimberlin Acad for Excel is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 83.9 average for 1,417 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 51st of 1,417 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 25 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 school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageKimberlin Acad for Excel 9595959595 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 A with 97 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
2025-26A9583.9 1,417 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9584.2 1,386 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9582.4 1,364 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9583.0 1,348 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9585.0 1,327 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 Achievement95 A+10.7 vs similar economic context · 1,376 reporting
  • School Progress94 A+11.7 vs similar economic context · 1,373 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps96 A+14.8 vs similar economic context · 1,363 reporting
  • Academic Growth93 A+15.5 vs similar economic context · 1,348 reporting
  • Relative Performance94 A+14.6 vs similar economic context · 1,373 reporting
  • Kimberlin Acad for Excel
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,417 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement95A—
School Progress94A—
Closing the Gaps96A—
Academic Growth93A—
Relative Performance94A—

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 (95), so School Progress (94) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 95.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level94%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,376 reporting
  • Meets grade level86%+29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,376 reporting
  • Masters grade level63%+37 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,376 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,375 reporting
  • Meets grade level92%+30 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,375 reporting
  • Masters grade level72%+44 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,375 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,371 reporting
  • Meets grade level85%+34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,371 reporting
  • Masters grade level62%+40 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,371 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level93%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,274 reporting
  • Meets grade level73%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,274 reporting
  • Masters grade level42%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,274 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,417 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
41.4%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
12.3%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.7%−2.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.9%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
6.4%−6.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Kimberlin Acad for Excel

African American: 17.2%Hispanic: 37.4%White: 26.2%Asian: 15%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 17.2%
  • Hispanic 37.4%
  • White 26.2%
  • Asian 15%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,417 reporting for every category shown · 1,417 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 36.4%White: 45%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 4.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.4%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 36.4%
  • White 45%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 4.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
447
Economically disadvantaged students
185
Emergent bilingual students
55
Special education students
70

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
20
Students in TEA mobility denominator
436
TEA-published mobility rate
4.6%

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 448 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 26 (5.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
448

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−26

Decrease · −5.5%

Change since 2021–22
−31

Decrease · −6.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
448
Selected comparison
700.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,385 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Kimberlin Acad for Excel
School yearStudents enrolledKimberlin Acad for ExcelChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 479 First available year 700
2022–23 486 Increase of 7 (1.5%) 706.8
2023–24 501 Increase of 15 (3.1%) 707.8
2024–25 474 Decrease of 27 (5.4%) 704.4
2025–26 448 Decrease of 26 (5.5%) 700.9

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
483

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Kimberlin Acad for Excel
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 474 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 485 17 3.5% 37 7.63 11.0% 23.5
2022–23 489 Suppressed — 16 3.27 — 24.8
2023–24 504 11 2.2% 21 4.17 11.2% 25.2
2024–25 483 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Kimberlin Acad for Excel 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
  • Kimberlin Acad for Excel
  • Parent district: Garland ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,423
Selected comparison
$11,968

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,387 rated schools reporting

+$2,455 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,423 per student for this campus, $18,172 per student for its parent district, Garland 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
YearKimberlin Acad for ExcelParent district: Garland ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,078$13,522$13,054$7,801 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,268 rated schools reporting
2019$7,417$11,776$13,108$8,005 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,288 rated schools reporting
2020$7,625$11,425$14,058$8,379 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,297 rated schools reporting
2021$8,064$12,273$14,797$8,782 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,315 rated schools reporting
2022$9,119$12,983$15,708$10,116 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,328 rated schools reporting
2023$9,216$14,377$16,792$10,599 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,348 rated schools reporting
2024$11,117$17,363$18,125$11,645 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,365 rated schools reporting
2025$14,423$18,172$18,972$11,968 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,387 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
$72,280+$4,937 vs similar economic context
Teachers
26−20.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.4+3.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Kimberlin Acad for Excel

Beginning: 8.6%1 to 5 years: 19.5%6 to 10 years: 11.7%11 to 20 years: 42.8%21 to 30 years: 17.5%
  • Beginning 8.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 19.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 11.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 42.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,417 reporting for every category shown · 1,417 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.3%1 to 5 years: 23.5%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 30.7%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 3.8%
  • Beginning 5.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 3.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Kimberlin Acad for Excel in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKimberlin Acad for Excel · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2118.1
Grade 121.618.6
Grade 219.718.8
Grade 321.719.5
Grade 421.219.3
Grade 52420.6

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 105 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

2 measures

  • 3of 1,376

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,376 that report this measure

  • 3of 1,375

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,375 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 4of 1,371

    Math — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,371 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

12 measures

  • 13of 1,375

    Reading — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,375 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 13of 1,371

    Math — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,371 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 16of 1,348

    Academic Growth

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,348 that report this measure · tied with 9

  • 17of 1,376

    All Subjects — Meets

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,376 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 23of 549

    Closing the Gaps

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 27of 563

    Overall score

    Dallas County · of the 563 that report this measure · tied with 11

  • 30of 549

    Relative Performance

    Dallas County · of the 549 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 35of 1,375

    Reading — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,375 that report this measure · tied with 6

  • 45of 1,376

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,376 that report this measure · tied with 17

  • 47of 1,376

    Student Achievement

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,376 that report this measure · tied with 19

  • 50of 1,373

    School Progress

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,373 that report this measure · tied with 27

  • 51of 1,371

    Math — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,371 that report this measure · tied with 10

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 057909111.