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Kirby STEM Academy

Bexar County · Region 20: San Antonio · 447 students

Current score
54/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2024-25
Score vs similar economic context
−23.4 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
2,314 of 2,374tied with 10 others
F54

At a glance

The available rating history is moving down. The current score is below the 77.4 average for 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Similar economic-disadvantage rate.

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

Kirby STEM Academy is rated F by TEA, scoring 54 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.4 average for 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2024-25.

Ranks 2,314th of 2,374 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 10 others).

2 consecutive years rated unacceptable.

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 2 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 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 Identified

Identification reason: CSI Low Performance

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

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
34.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
8.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 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.

2 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageKirby STEM Academy 5854 2024-252025-26

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
2025-26F5477.4 2,374 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25F5877.1 2,363 reporting81.2 7,554 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 Achievement55 F−15.5 vs similar economic context · 2,212 reporting
  • School Progress59 F−19.6 vs similar economic context · 2,206 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps42 F−32.8 vs similar economic context · 2,192 reporting
  • Academic Growth54 F−18.7 vs similar economic context · 2,169 reporting
  • Relative Performance59 F−17.7 vs similar economic context · 2,206 reporting
  • Kirby STEM Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,374 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement55F5
School Progress59F1
Closing the Gaps42F18
Academic Growth54F6
Relative Performance59F1

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point below D 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 (59), so Student Achievement (55) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 59.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level51%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 reporting
  • Meets grade level23%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level56%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level44%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,203 reporting
  • Meets grade level16%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,203 reporting
  • Masters grade level4%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,203 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,068 reporting
  • Meets grade level24%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,068 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,068 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,374 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
447
Economically disadvantaged
88.6%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
13.2%−25.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
31.8%+13.7 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
91.9%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
21.8%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Kirby STEM Academy

African American: 19.5%Hispanic: 69.8%White: 5.8%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 0.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.6%
  • African American 19.5%
  • Hispanic 69.8%
  • White 5.8%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 0.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 reporting for every category shown · 2,374 in full cohort

African American: 14.5%Hispanic: 74.9%White: 7.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.8%
  • African American 14.5%
  • Hispanic 74.9%
  • White 7.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
447
Economically disadvantaged students
396
Emergent bilingual students
59
Special education students
142

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
51
Students in TEA mobility denominator
204
TEA-published mobility rate
25%

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 447 students in 2025–26, an increase of 269 (151.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
447

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+269

Increase · +151.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
447
Selected comparison
587.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,348 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Kirby STEM Academy
School yearStudents enrolledKirby STEM AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2024–25 178 First available year 610
2025–26 447 Increase of 269 (151.1%) 587.6

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
69

35.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
160

81.63 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
196

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
35.2%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,532 rated schools reporting

+21.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
81.63
Selected comparison
31.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,646 rated schools reporting

+49.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Kirby STEM Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2024–25 196 69 35.2% 160 81.63 13.3% 31.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Kirby STEM Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 69 35.2% 160 81.63 13.3% 31.8
In-school suspensions 60 30.6% 99 50.51 11.6% 22.7
Out-of-school suspensions 35 17.9% 58 29.59 9.1% 14.8
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$11k$16k$21k2025
  • Kirby STEM Academy
  • Parent district: Judson ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,096
Selected comparison
$13,015

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,361 rated schools reporting

+$81 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,096 per student for this campus, $20,187 per student for its parent district, Judson 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
YearKirby STEM AcademyParent district: Judson ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2025$13,096$20,187$18,972$13,015 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,361 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
$69,025+$1,000 vs similar economic context
Teachers
41−0.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11−3.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Kirby STEM Academy

Beginning: 7.4%1 to 5 years: 34.9%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 26%21 to 30 years: 10.1%Over 30 years: 1.5%
  • Beginning 7.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 34.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 26%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.1%
  • Over 30 years 1.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,374 reporting for every category shown · 2,374 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.4%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 18.9%11 to 20 years: 27%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 27%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Kirby STEM Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classKirby STEM Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 610.617.5

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 1 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 015916047.