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Lanier MS

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 1,484 students

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Current score
94/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.8 ptsvs 88.2 average · 922 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
85 of 922tied with 65 others
A94

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 95 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 88.2 average for 922 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
82%vs 66.5% avg · +15.5 pts
Masters
62%vs 34.8% avg · +27.2 pts

Among 903 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
75%vs 61.1% avg · +13.9 pts
Masters
48%vs 29.7% avg · +18.3 pts

Among 901 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
88%vs 70.8% avg · +17.2 pts
Masters
73%vs 36.3% avg · +36.7 pts

Among 903 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

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

Lanier MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 88.2 average for 922 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 85th of 922 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 65 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 averageLanier MS 9493949494 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 95 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
2025-26A9488.2 922 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9488.1 912 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9486.9 900 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9387.2 884 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9488.3 868 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+6.0 vs similar economic context · 903 reporting
  • School Progress93 A+8.2 vs similar economic context · 901 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+6.2 vs similar economic context · 896 reporting
  • Academic Growth89 B+7.5 vs similar economic context · 887 reporting
  • Relative Performance93 A+13.1 vs similar economic context · 901 reporting
  • Lanier MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (922 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement95A—
School Progress93A—
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth89B1
Relative Performance93A—

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 (93) 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 level92%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 903 reporting
  • Meets grade level82%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 903 reporting
  • Masters grade level62%+27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 903 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level95%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 903 reporting
  • Meets grade level88%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 903 reporting
  • Masters grade level73%+37 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 903 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 901 reporting
  • Meets grade level75%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 901 reporting
  • Masters grade level48%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 901 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 826 reporting
  • Meets grade level87%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 826 reporting
  • Masters grade level71%+34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 826 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 440 reporting
  • Meets grade level76%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 440 reporting
  • Masters grade level61%+25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 440 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (922 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
1,484
Economically disadvantaged
26.3%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.4%−2.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
7.5%−9.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
97.1%+1.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
4.0%−5.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Lanier MS

African American: 13.2%Hispanic: 30.7%White: 32.3%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 16.6%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 6.9%
  • African American 13.2%
  • Hispanic 30.7%
  • White 32.3%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 16.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 6.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 922 reporting for every category shown · 922 in full cohort

African American: 8.7%Hispanic: 27.9%White: 48.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 9.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5%
  • African American 8.7%
  • Hispanic 27.9%
  • White 48.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 9.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,484
Economically disadvantaged students
391
Emergent bilingual students
110
Special education students
111

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
76
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,520
TEA-published mobility rate
5%

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 1,484 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 1 (0.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,484

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−1

Decrease · −0.1%

Change since 2021–22
+69

Increase · +4.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,484
Selected comparison
827.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 915 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Lanier MS
School yearStudents enrolledLanier MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,415 First available year 842.8
2022–23 1,434 Increase of 19 (1.3%) 847.2
2023–24 1,418 Decrease of 16 (1.1%) 841.9
2024–25 1,485 Increase of 67 (4.7%) 837.9
2025–26 1,484 Decrease of 1 (0.1%) 827.2

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
161

10.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
259

17.13 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,512

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
10.7%
Selected comparison
8.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 667 rated schools reporting

+2.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
17.13
Selected comparison
15.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 755 rated schools reporting

+1.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Lanier MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,450 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 1,460 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 1,489 83 5.6% 119 7.99 8.8% 17.6
2023–24 1,461 110 7.5% 179 12.25 8.2% 16.8
2024–25 1,512 161 10.7% 259 17.13 8.0% 15.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Lanier MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 161 10.7% 259 17.13 8.0% 15.9
In-school suspensions 139 9.2% 193 12.76 7.2% 12.5
Out-of-school suspensions 46 3.0% 63 4.17 3.9% 5.3
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Lanier MS
  • Parent district: Houston ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,192
Selected comparison
$11,366

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 911 rated schools reporting

−$3,174 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,192 per student for this campus, $17,026 per student for its parent district, Houston 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
YearLanier MSParent district: Houston ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,612$14,470$13,054$7,562 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 817 rated schools reporting
2019$7,196$13,643$13,108$7,645 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 832 rated schools reporting
2020$5,631$13,627$14,058$7,964 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 842 rated schools reporting
2021$6,331$13,515$14,797$8,424 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 850 rated schools reporting
2022$6,109$14,985$15,708$9,662 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 867 rated schools reporting
2023$6,951$16,350$16,792$10,179 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 885 rated schools reporting
2024$7,433$18,150$18,125$11,335 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 899 rated schools reporting
2025$8,192$17,026$18,972$11,366 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 911 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
$71,777+$3,334 vs similar economic context
Teachers
74+20.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
20+5.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Lanier MS

Beginning: 20.2%1 to 5 years: 20.2%6 to 10 years: 17.4%11 to 20 years: 24.1%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 1.6%
  • Beginning 20.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 20.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 17.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 24.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 1.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 922 reporting for every category shown · 922 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.8%1 to 5 years: 22.5%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 32.4%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 3.1%
  • Beginning 4.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Lanier MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classLanier MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 628.719.1
Secondary English25.517.1
Secondary languages other than English33.119.3
Secondary math25.417.6
Secondary science26.719.4
Secondary social studies26.719.5

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

2 measures

  • 6of 874

    Reading — Masters

    Harris County · of the 874 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 982

    Attendance

    Similar size · of the 982 that report this measure · tied with 4

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

11 measures

  • 22of 903

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 903 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 23of 826

    Science — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 826 that report this measure · tied with 7

  • 28of 993

    Reading — Meets

    Similar size · of the 993 that report this measure · tied with 12

  • 28of 820

    Social Studies — Masters

    Similar size · of the 820 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 38of 981

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Similar size · of the 981 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 47of 901

    Relative Performance

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 901 that report this measure · tied with 13

  • 51of 993

    All Subjects — Meets

    Similar size · of the 993 that report this measure · tied with 8

  • 54of 1,242

    Student Achievement

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,242 that report this measure · tied with 24

  • 61of 1,134

    Science — Meets

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,134 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 263of 7,254

    Reading — Approaches

    Texas average · of the 7,254 that report this measure · tied with 99

  • 265of 7,227

    Math — Masters

    Texas average · of the 7,227 that report this measure · tied with 32

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 101912057.