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Lily B Clayton Elem

Tarrant County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 462 students

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Current score
86/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.1 ptsvs 85.9 average · 1,185 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
654 of 1,185tied with 52 others
B86

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 86 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 85.9 average for 1,185 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
68%vs 61.4% avg · +6.6 pts
Masters
39%vs 29.6% avg · +9.4 pts

Among 1,158 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
61%vs 55.3% avg · +5.7 pts
Masters
30%vs 24.7% avg · +5.3 pts

Among 1,154 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
74%vs 65.9% avg · +8.1 pts
Masters
48%vs 30.9% avg · +17.1 pts

Among 1,157 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

Lily B Clayton Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 85.9 average for 1,185 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 654th of 1,185 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 52 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 averageLily B Clayton Elem 8481838986 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 86 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
2025-26B8685.9 1,185 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8985.9 1,162 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8384.4 1,146 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8184.7 1,133 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8486.4 1,116 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 Achievement91 A+4.5 vs similar economic context · 1,158 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+1.6 vs similar economic context · 1,155 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps75 C−8.4 vs similar economic context · 1,146 reporting
  • Academic Growth78 C−1.1 vs similar economic context · 1,136 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+5.2 vs similar economic context · 1,155 reporting
  • Lily B Clayton Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,185 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement91A—
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps75C5
Academic Growth78C2
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 5 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 (91), so School Progress (85) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 91.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level86%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,158 reporting
  • Meets grade level68%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,158 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,158 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,157 reporting
  • Meets grade level74%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,157 reporting
  • Masters grade level48%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,157 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,154 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level87%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,066 reporting
  • Meets grade level69%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,066 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,066 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,185 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
462
Economically disadvantaged
34.9%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
15.6%+5.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.7%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.6%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.0%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Lily B Clayton Elem

African American: 3.9%Hispanic: 45.3%White: 47.9%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.7%Two or More Races: 2%
  • African American 3.9%
  • Hispanic 45.3%
  • White 47.9%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.7%
  • Two or More Races 2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,185 reporting for every category shown · 1,185 in full cohort

African American: 9.1%Hispanic: 32.2%White: 47.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 5.9%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.7%
  • African American 9.1%
  • Hispanic 32.2%
  • White 47.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 5.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
461
Economically disadvantaged students
161
Emergent bilingual students
72
Special education students
77

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
39
Students in TEA mobility denominator
383
TEA-published mobility rate
10.2%

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 462 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 14 (2.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
462

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−14

Decrease · −2.9%

Change since 2021–22
−30

Decrease · −6.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
462
Selected comparison
761

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,161 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Lily B Clayton Elem
School yearStudents enrolledLily B Clayton ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 492 First available year 771.2
2022–23 473 Decrease of 19 (3.9%) 772.9
2023–24 477 Increase of 4 (0.8%) 772.9
2024–25 476 Decrease of 1 (0.2%) 768.3
2025–26 462 Decrease of 14 (2.9%) 761

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
493

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Lily B Clayton Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 517 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 507 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 487 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 494 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 493 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Lily B Clayton Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Lily B Clayton Elem
  • Parent district: Fort Worth ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,959
Selected comparison
$11,923

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,162 rated schools reporting

−$1,964 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,959 per student for this campus, $18,965 per student for its parent district, Fort Worth 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
YearLily B Clayton ElemParent district: Fort Worth ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,598$12,883$13,054$7,671 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,058 rated schools reporting
2019$6,722$12,735$13,108$7,806 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,074 rated schools reporting
2020$7,013$14,060$14,058$8,134 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,082 rated schools reporting
2021$8,539$17,533$14,797$8,593 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,096 rated schools reporting
2022$9,131$16,930$15,708$9,810 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,115 rated schools reporting
2023$11,938$17,853$16,792$10,407 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,134 rated schools reporting
2024$10,823$18,199$18,125$11,538 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,146 rated schools reporting
2025$9,959$18,965$18,972$11,923 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,162 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
$78,151+$10,277 vs similar economic context
Teachers
33−16.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.9−0.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Lily B Clayton Elem

Beginning: 6%1 to 5 years: 18.1%6 to 10 years: 18.1%11 to 20 years: 33.7%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 9%
  • Beginning 6%
  • 1 to 5 years 18.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 33.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,185 reporting for every category shown · 1,185 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.1%1 to 5 years: 22.9%6 to 10 years: 19.6%11 to 20 years: 31.6%21 to 30 years: 17.3%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 5.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Lily B Clayton Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classLily B Clayton Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.518.5
Grade 120.619
Grade 217.719.3
Grade 318.720
Grade 425.319.7
Grade 519.121.2

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.

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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 220905116.