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Kimbrough MS

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 1,070 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
−7 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+3.4 ptsvs 78.6 average · 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
781 of 2,077tied with 89 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 85 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78.6 average for 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
51%vs 41.1% avg · +9.9 pts
Masters
28%vs 17.6% avg · +10.4 pts

Among 1,775 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

82 +3.4 pts vs 78.6

  • 82 is 3.4 points above the 78.6 average among 2,077 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

85 +5.3 pts vs 79.7

  • 85 is 5.3 points above the 79.7 average among 1,928 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

Kimbrough MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.6 average for 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 7 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 781st of 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 89 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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageKimbrough MS 8985878382 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 85 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
2025-26B8278.6 2,077 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8378.1 2,061 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8776.0 2,049 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8576.5 2,022 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8981.7 2,006 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 Achievement76 C+1.4 vs similar economic context · 1,934 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+5.3 vs similar economic context · 1,928 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps74 C−1.8 vs similar economic context · 1,913 reporting
  • Academic Growth70 C−2.7 vs similar economic context · 1,868 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+6.9 vs similar economic context · 1,928 reporting
  • Kimbrough MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,077 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement76C4
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps74C6
Academic Growth70C10
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 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 School Progress (85), so Student Achievement (76) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level51%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 854 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 854 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 854 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,077 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
1,070
Economically disadvantaged
74.4%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
23.1%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.9%+5.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.0%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.4%−6.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Kimbrough MS

African American: 25.2%Hispanic: 54.1%White: 13.6%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 3.1%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 3.3%
  • African American 25.2%
  • Hispanic 54.1%
  • White 13.6%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 3.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 3.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting for every category shown · 2,077 in full cohort

African American: 13%Hispanic: 61.2%White: 20.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 13%
  • Hispanic 61.2%
  • White 20.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,070
Economically disadvantaged students
796
Emergent bilingual students
247
Special education students
256

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
152
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,206
TEA-published mobility rate
12.6%

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 1,070 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 45 (4.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,070

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−45

Decrease · −4.0%

Change since 2021–22
−127

Decrease · −10.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,070
Selected comparison
640.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Kimbrough MS
School yearStudents enrolledKimbrough MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,197 First available year 657.3
2022–23 1,176 Decrease of 21 (1.8%) 661.8
2023–24 1,152 Decrease of 24 (2.0%) 658.9
2024–25 1,115 Decrease of 37 (3.2%) 656.6
2025–26 1,070 Decrease of 45 (4.0%) 640.4

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
307

25.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
1,022

85.31 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,198

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
25.6%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,565 rated schools reporting

+12.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
85.31
Selected comparison
31.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,675 rated schools reporting

+53.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Kimbrough MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,325 152 11.5% 296 22.34 9.2% 18.2
2021–22 1,279 365 28.5% 1,180 92.26 13.0% 31
2022–23 1,262 324 25.7% 892 70.68 13.5% 33.4
2023–24 1,224 302 24.7% 807 65.93 13.5% 33.1
2024–25 1,198 307 25.6% 1,022 85.31 13.2% 31.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Kimbrough MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 307 25.6% 1,022 85.31 13.2% 31.7
In-school suspensions 295 24.6% 848 70.78 11.7% 23.5
Out-of-school suspensions 88 7.3% 119 9.93 7.8% 11.9
DAEP placements 45 3.8% 52 4.34 5.2% 6.3
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
  • Kimbrough MS
  • Parent district: Mesquite ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,179
Selected comparison
$13,136

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,059 rated schools reporting

−$3,957 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,179 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
YearKimbrough MSParent district: Mesquite ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,107$13,769$13,054$8,050 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 rated schools reporting
2019$6,235$13,140$13,108$8,186 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 rated schools reporting
2020$6,857$14,912$14,058$8,738 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting
2021$6,477$11,625$14,797$9,297 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting
2022$8,924$15,447$15,708$10,579 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,006 rated schools reporting
2023$7,311$16,822$16,792$11,159 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,022 rated schools reporting
2024$8,615$16,875$18,125$12,330 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 rated schools reporting
2025$9,179$15,844$18,972$13,136 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,059 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
$70,931+$4,292 vs similar economic context
Teachers
72+28.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.9+0.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Kimbrough MS

Beginning: 2.8%1 to 5 years: 44.6%6 to 10 years: 18.7%11 to 20 years: 23.7%21 to 30 years: 7.4%Over 30 years: 2.8%
  • Beginning 2.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 44.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 23.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 7.4%
  • Over 30 years 2.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting for every category shown · 2,077 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.2%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.2%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Kimbrough MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKimbrough MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 615.317.9
Secondary English1215.4
Secondary languages other than English27.118.1
Secondary math10.816.3
Secondary science14.417.6
Secondary social studies15.917.6

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 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 057914046.