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Laura B Wallace MS

Hays County · Region 13: Austin · 871 students

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Current score
75/1002025-26
Change
−2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−7.6 ptsvs 82.6 average · 1,581 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,258 of 1,581tied with 41 others
C75

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 75 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 82.6 average for 1,581 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
57%vs 53.9% avg · +3.1 pts
Masters
32%vs 26.3% avg · +5.7 pts

Among 1,418 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

Laura B Wallace MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.6 average for 1,581 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,258th of 1,581 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 41 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 averageLaura B Wallace MS 7776777775 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 C with 75 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
2025-26C7582.6 1,581 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7783.0 1,552 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7780.9 1,526 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7681.5 1,510 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7783.9 1,490 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 Achievement77 C−5.7 vs similar economic context · 1,533 reporting
  • School Progress75 C−6.8 vs similar economic context · 1,529 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps71 C−8.9 vs similar economic context · 1,518 reporting
  • Academic Growth75 C−1.3 vs similar economic context · 1,501 reporting
  • Relative Performance72 C−7.3 vs similar economic context · 1,529 reporting
  • Laura B Wallace MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,581 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement77C3
School Progress75C5
Closing the Gaps71C9
Academic Growth75C5
Relative Performance72C8

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 3 points below B 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 (77), so School Progress (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 77.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level72%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,533 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,533 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,533 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,531 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,531 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,531 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,526 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,526 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,526 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,418 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,418 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,418 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level50%−28 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 799 reporting
  • Meets grade level23%−29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 799 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 799 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,581 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
871
Economically disadvantaged
46.8%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
12.7%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
22.2%+3.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.0%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
19.9%+6.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Laura B Wallace MS

African American: 4.2%Hispanic: 66%White: 24.8%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 4.2%
  • Hispanic 66%
  • White 24.8%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,581 reporting for every category shown · 1,581 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 39%White: 43.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 39%
  • White 43.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
871
Economically disadvantaged students
408
Emergent bilingual students
111
Special education students
193

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
129
Students in TEA mobility denominator
895
TEA-published mobility rate
14.4%

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 871 students in 2025–26, an increase of 40 (4.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
871

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+40

Increase · +4.8%

Change since 2021–22
+80

Increase · +10.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
871
Selected comparison
667

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,541 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Laura B Wallace MS
School yearStudents enrolledLaura B Wallace MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 791 First available year 664.2
2022–23 789 Decrease of 2 (0.3%) 669.5
2023–24 785 Decrease of 4 (0.5%) 669.7
2024–25 831 Increase of 46 (5.9%) 666.9
2025–26 871 Increase of 40 (4.8%) 667

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
183

20.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
482

54.71 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
881

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
20.8%
Selected comparison
11.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,233 rated schools reporting

+9.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
54.71
Selected comparison
26

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,323 rated schools reporting

+28.7 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Laura B Wallace MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 822 61 7.4% 100 12.17 9.5% 18.1
2021–22 858 209 24.4% 500 58.28 11.7% 25.5
2022–23 827 194 23.5% 483 58.40 12.1% 27
2023–24 834 146 17.5% 379 45.44 12.1% 27.6
2024–25 881 183 20.8% 482 54.71 11.8% 26
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Laura B Wallace MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 183 20.8% 482 54.71 11.8% 26
In-school suspensions 163 18.5% 291 33.03 10.6% 20
Out-of-school suspensions 79 9.0% 135 15.32 5.8% 8.2
DAEP placements 44 5.0% 51 5.79 4.3% 5
Mandatory DAEP placements 35 4.0% 40 4.54 3.2% 3.7
Discretionary DAEP placements 11 1.3% 11 1.25 2.5% 2.8
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$15k$24k20182020202220242025
  • Laura B Wallace MS
  • Parent district: Hays CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$16,247
Selected comparison
$11,910

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 rated schools reporting

+$4,337 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $16,247 per student for this campus, $22,838 per student for its parent district, Hays CISD, $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
YearLaura B Wallace MSParent district: Hays CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,452$17,264$13,054$7,818 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,430 rated schools reporting
2019$5,996$12,654$13,108$7,999 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,449 rated schools reporting
2020$6,799$11,919$14,058$8,484 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,461 rated schools reporting
2021$7,153$13,235$14,797$8,888 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,480 rated schools reporting
2022$8,349$17,669$15,708$10,146 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,493 rated schools reporting
2023$10,037$17,636$16,792$10,606 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,510 rated schools reporting
2024$23,094$22,264$18,125$11,555 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,526 rated schools reporting
2025$16,247$22,838$18,972$11,910 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 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
$66,746−$349 vs similar economic context
Teachers
50+6.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.5−2.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Laura B Wallace MS

Beginning: 6%1 to 5 years: 28.9%6 to 10 years: 25.7%11 to 20 years: 27.7%21 to 30 years: 11.8%
  • Beginning 6%
  • 1 to 5 years 28.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 25.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 11.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,581 reporting for every category shown · 1,581 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 24%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 29.9%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 24%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Laura B Wallace MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classLaura B Wallace MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 613.417.8
Secondary English13.315.2
Secondary languages other than English21.717.6
Secondary math10.916.2
Secondary science13.717.7
Secondary social studies1517.7

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

  • 10of 50

    Per-student spending

    Hays County · of the 50 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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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 105906044.