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KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy

KIPP Texas Public Schools · Balch Springs · 526 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
−5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.5 ptsvs 80.5 average · 405 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
196 of 405tied with 11 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 83 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.5 average for 405 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 18 points

67 to 85 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 85 is 3.5 points above the 81.5 average among 405 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
46%vs 39.2% avg · +6.8 pts
Masters
19%vs 15.3% avg · +3.7 pts

Among 381 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.5 average for 405 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 196th of 405 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 11 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
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageKIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy 8755536682 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 83 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 charter average
2025-26B8280.5 405 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25D6678.8 397 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24F5376.5 389 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23F5576.0 378 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22B8783.5 355 reporting84.5 700 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+1.5 vs similar economic context · 405 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+3.5 vs similar economic context · 405 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps75 C−2.2 vs similar economic context · 401 reporting
  • Academic Growth64 D−9.4 vs similar economic context · 386 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+5.3 vs similar economic context · 402 reporting
  • KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (405 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement76C4
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps75C5
Academic Growth64D6
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 level67%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level60%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 reporting
  • Meets grade level24%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 381 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 381 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 381 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (405 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 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
0.0%−63.5 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 119 rated charter campuses reporting
Five-Year
0.0%−58.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 119 rated charter campuses reporting
Six-Year
0.0%−51.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 118 rated charter campuses reporting
Dropout Rate
3.6%+2.5 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 119 rated charter campuses reporting

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

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
99.0%+16.1 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria99.0%82.9%+16.1 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 139 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course97.1%66.8%+30.3 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA24.6%33.7%−9.1 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)8.7%28.5%−19.8 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course0.0%10.2%−10.2 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an industry-based certification20.3%13.6%+6.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%0.4%−0.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%1.6%−1.6 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.9%−3.9 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness0.0%1.4%−1.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student20.3%7.8%+12.5 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces1.4%1.8%−0.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 140 rated charter campuses 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 charter campuses 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 charter campus 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 charter campuses 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
526
Economically disadvantaged
89.9%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
42.8%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
14.8%+2.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
91.8%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
27.9%+3.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy

African American: 36.3%Hispanic: 58.7%White: 1.7%American Indian: 1%Pacific Islander: 0.4%Two or More Races: 1.9%
  • African American 36.3%
  • Hispanic 58.7%
  • White 1.7%
  • American Indian 1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 1.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting for every category shown · 405 in full cohort

African American: 18.5%Hispanic: 74.9%White: 3.5%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 18.5%
  • Hispanic 74.9%
  • White 3.5%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
526
Economically disadvantaged students
473
Emergent bilingual students
225
Special education students
78

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
121
Students in TEA mobility denominator
697
TEA-published mobility rate
17.4%

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 526 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 92 (14.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
526

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−92

Decrease · −14.9%

Change since 2021–22
+109

Increase · +26.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
526
Selected comparison
510.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy
School yearStudents enrolledKIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 417 First available year 494.4
2022–23 526 Increase of 109 (26.1%) 506.7
2023–24 642 Increase of 116 (22.1%) 512.3
2024–25 618 Decrease of 24 (3.7%) 515.4
2025–26 526 Decrease of 92 (14.9%) 510.7

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses 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
56

8.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
80

11.49 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
696

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
8.1%
Selected comparison
10.7%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 253 rated charter campuses reporting

−2.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
11.49
Selected comparison
17.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 268 rated charter campuses reporting

−6.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 502 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 429 87 20.3% 134 31.24 10.9% 17.9
2022–23 552 125 22.6% 200 36.23 11.3% 19.2
2023–24 700 151 21.6% 282 40.29 11.3% 18.8
2024–25 696 56 8.1% 80 11.49 10.7% 17.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 56 8.1% 80 11.49 10.7% 17.7
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 55 7.9% 75 10.78 8.5% 12
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 charter campuses 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$20k2019202120232025
  • KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy
  • Parent district: KIPP Texas Public Schools
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,917
Selected comparison
$11,842

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 399 rated charter campuses reporting

−$1,925 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,917 per student for this campus, $14,741 per student for its parent district, KIPP Texas Public Schools, $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
YearKIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership AcademyParent district: KIPP Texas Public SchoolsTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2019$7,877$11,096$13,108$8,637 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 302 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$7,857$11,081$14,058$9,161 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 319 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$7,707$11,442$14,797$9,494 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 344 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$11,422$13,586$15,708$11,373 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 363 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$12,949$14,554$16,792$11,421 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 376 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$8,824$13,823$18,125$11,503 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 387 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$9,917$14,741$18,972$11,842 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 399 rated charter campuses 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
$61,600−$2,251 vs similar economic context
Teachers
33+4.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.8−2.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy

Beginning: 15%1 to 5 years: 68%6 to 10 years: 12%11 to 20 years: 2.7%Over 30 years: 2.1%
  • Beginning 15%
  • 1 to 5 years 68%
  • 6 to 10 years 12%
  • 11 to 20 years 2.7%
  • Over 30 years 2.1%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting for every category shown · 405 in full cohort

Beginning: 13%1 to 5 years: 47.4%6 to 10 years: 20%11 to 20 years: 14.9%21 to 30 years: 4.1%Over 30 years: 0.7%
  • Beginning 13%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 20%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.1%
  • Over 30 years 0.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 627.323.7
Secondary English25.219
Secondary languages other than English18.718.1
Secondary math18.819.5
Secondary science19.720.4
Secondary social studies21.320.5

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

  • 6of 127

    Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

    Similar size · of the 127 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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