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Lance Thompson Elem

Denton County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 729 students

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Current score
86/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−5.6 ptsvs 91.6 average · 462 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
427 of 462tied with 12 others
B86

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 90 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 91.6 average for 462 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

Lance Thompson Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 91.6 average for 462 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 427th of 462 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 12 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 averageLance Thompson Elem 9091908986 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 90 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
2025-26B8691.6 462 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8992.0 453 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9091.2 442 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9191.5 430 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9092.1 422 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 Achievement89 B−3.7 vs similar economic context · 454 reporting
  • School Progress78 C−9.9 vs similar economic context · 452 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps79 C−10.2 vs similar economic context · 449 reporting
  • Academic Growth78 C−8.3 vs similar economic context · 449 reporting
  • Relative Performance58 F−20.2 vs similar economic context · 452 reporting
  • Lance Thompson Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (462 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement89B1
School Progress78C2
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth78C2
Relative Performance58F2

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 1 point 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 Student Achievement (89), so School Progress (78) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 89.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level82%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 454 reporting
  • Meets grade level62%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 454 reporting
  • Masters grade level34%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 454 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level88%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 454 reporting
  • Meets grade level74%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 454 reporting
  • Masters grade level49%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 454 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 452 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 452 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 452 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 419 reporting
  • Meets grade level28%−41 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 419 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−35 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 419 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (462 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
729
Economically disadvantaged
6.9%−2.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
16.2%+5.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
22.5%+7.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.7%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
7.6%+1.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Lance Thompson Elem

African American: 5.3%Hispanic: 18%White: 53.7%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 15.3%Two or More Races: 7.4%
  • African American 5.3%
  • Hispanic 18%
  • White 53.7%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 15.3%
  • Two or More Races 7.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 462 reporting for every category shown · 462 in full cohort

African American: 4.9%Hispanic: 17.5%White: 48.6%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 22.8%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.7%
  • African American 4.9%
  • Hispanic 17.5%
  • White 48.6%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 22.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
721
Economically disadvantaged students
50
Emergent bilingual students
117
Special education students
162

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
71
Students in TEA mobility denominator
558
TEA-published mobility rate
12.7%

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 729 students in 2025–26, an increase of 28 (4.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
729

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+28

Increase · +4.0%

Change since 2021–22
+60

Increase · +9.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
729
Selected comparison
875.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 457 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Lance Thompson Elem
School yearStudents enrolledLance Thompson ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 669 First available year 884
2022–23 825 Increase of 156 (23.3%) 904.4
2023–24 622 Decrease of 203 (24.6%) 893.2
2024–25 701 Increase of 79 (12.7%) 886.1
2025–26 729 Increase of 28 (4.0%) 875.2

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
11

1.44 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
763

2024–25

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
1.44
Selected comparison
7.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 309 rated schools reporting

−6.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Lance Thompson Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 515 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 744 Suppressed — 18 2.42 — 7.8
2022–23 861 Suppressed — 14 1.63 — 7.9
2023–24 652 Suppressed — 12 1.84 — 8
2024–25 763 Suppressed — 11 1.44 — 7.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Lance Thompson Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — 11 1.44 — 7.9
In-school suspensions Suppressed — 11 1.44 — 6.3
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$6k$19k$32k2020202220242025
  • Lance Thompson Elem
  • Parent district: Northwest ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,566
Selected comparison
$10,755

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 452 rated schools reporting

−$2,189 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,566 per student for this campus, $30,943 per student for its parent district, Northwest 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
YearLance Thompson ElemParent district: Northwest ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2020$11,041$18,022$14,058$7,639 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 rated schools reporting
2021$7,786$16,443$14,797$8,245 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 414 rated schools reporting
2022$6,627$16,810$15,708$9,452 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
2023$8,104$25,982$16,792$9,494 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 429 rated schools reporting
2024$8,587$25,273$18,125$10,146 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 442 rated schools reporting
2025$8,566$30,943$18,972$10,755 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 452 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
$68,311−$1,153 vs similar economic context
Teachers
47−9.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.3+0.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Lance Thompson Elem

Beginning: 3.8%1 to 5 years: 29%6 to 10 years: 29.4%11 to 20 years: 33.5%21 to 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 3.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 29%
  • 6 to 10 years 29.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 33.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 462 reporting for every category shown · 462 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.2%1 to 5 years: 23.8%6 to 10 years: 20%11 to 20 years: 31.7%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 2.6%
  • Beginning 4.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 20%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 2.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Lance Thompson Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classLance Thompson Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten20.318.9
Grade 116.819.2
Grade 219.619.6
Grade 317.921.5
Grade 422.420.4
Grade 523.922.3

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 061911122.