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Lorenzo De Zavala MS

Hidalgo County · Region 01: Edinburg · 484 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
−8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+4.6 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
825 of 2,385tied with 110 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.4 average for 2,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 9 points

73 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 4.6 points above the 77.4 average among 2,385 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 29 points

51 to 80 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 80 is 5.4 points above the 74.6 average among 2,201 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
41%vs 38.2% avg · +2.8 pts
Masters
17%vs 14.5% avg · +2.5 pts

Among 2,211 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

Lorenzo De Zavala MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.4 average for 2,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 825th of 2,385 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 110 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 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 Progress

Identification reason: CSI Low Performance

TEA track year 2 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
34.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,385 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
8.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,385 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.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageLorenzo De Zavala MS 9083877382 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 91 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
2025-26B8277.4 2,385 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7377.1 2,373 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8773.9 2,355 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8374.0 2,344 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9081.7 2,315 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 Achievement73 C+2.3 vs similar economic context · 2,221 reporting
  • School Progress83 B+4.4 vs similar economic context · 2,215 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps80 B+5.4 vs similar economic context · 2,201 reporting
  • Academic Growth75 C+2.5 vs similar economic context · 2,175 reporting
  • Relative Performance83 B+6.3 vs similar economic context · 2,215 reporting
  • Lorenzo De Zavala MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,385 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement73C7
School Progress83B7
Closing the Gaps80B10
Academic Growth75C5
Relative Performance83B7

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 7 points 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 School Progress (83), so Student Achievement (73) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level64%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,221 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,221 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,221 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,220 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,220 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,220 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,072 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,072 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,072 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level45%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 771 reporting
  • Meets grade level25%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 771 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 771 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,385 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
484
Economically disadvantaged
87.2%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
39.0%+2.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.8%+6.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.2%+1.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
27.6%+5.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Lorenzo De Zavala MS

Hispanic: 99.8%Two or More Races: 0.2%
  • Hispanic 99.8%
  • Two or More Races 0.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,385 reporting for every category shown · 2,385 in full cohort

African American: 14.2%Hispanic: 74.2%White: 7.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.9%
  • African American 14.2%
  • Hispanic 74.2%
  • White 7.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
484
Economically disadvantaged students
422
Emergent bilingual students
189
Special education students
120

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
194
Students in TEA mobility denominator
600
TEA-published mobility rate
32.3%

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 484 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 61 (11.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
484

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−61

Decrease · −11.2%

Change since 2021–22
−119

Decrease · −19.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
484
Selected comparison
592.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,357 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Lorenzo De Zavala MS
School yearStudents enrolledLorenzo De Zavala MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 603 First available year 632.5
2022–23 606 Increase of 3 (0.5%) 628.7
2023–24 608 Increase of 2 (0.3%) 619.4
2024–25 545 Decrease of 63 (10.4%) 614.1
2025–26 484 Decrease of 61 (11.2%) 592.4

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
163

27.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
495

83.76 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
591

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
27.6%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 rated schools reporting

+14.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
83.76
Selected comparison
31.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,695 rated schools reporting

+51.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Lorenzo De Zavala MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 699 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 670 104 15.5% 196 29.25 12.7% 30.4
2022–23 645 103 16.0% 229 35.50 13.7% 33.6
2023–24 647 123 19.0% 332 51.31 13.8% 33.8
2024–25 591 163 27.6% 495 83.76 13.3% 31.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Lorenzo De Zavala MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 163 27.6% 495 83.76 13.3% 31.9
In-school suspensions 144 24.4% 308 52.12 11.7% 22.9
Out-of-school suspensions 86 14.6% 151 25.55 8.9% 14.5
DAEP placements 23 3.9% 27 4.57 5.2% 6.3
Mandatory DAEP placements 16 2.7% 17 2.88 4.0% 4.6
Discretionary DAEP placements 10 1.7% 10 1.69 3.4% 4
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.

$7k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Lorenzo De Zavala MS
  • Parent district: La Joya ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,721
Selected comparison
$12,968

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,371 rated schools reporting

−$2,247 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,721 per student for this campus, $15,199 per student for its parent district, La Joya 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
YearLorenzo De Zavala MSParent district: La Joya ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,562$12,706$13,054$8,278 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,247 rated schools reporting
2019$8,779$13,017$13,108$8,335 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,279 rated schools reporting
2020$9,422$13,922$14,058$8,849 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,289 rated schools reporting
2021$9,571$14,753$14,797$9,577 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,295 rated schools reporting
2022$10,809$17,471$15,708$11,094 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,315 rated schools reporting
2023$10,663$17,081$16,792$11,623 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,342 rated schools reporting
2024$10,330$16,417$18,125$12,428 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,356 rated schools reporting
2025$10,721$15,199$18,972$12,968 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,371 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
$68,205+$391 vs similar economic context
Teachers
39−2.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.4−2.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Lorenzo De Zavala MS

Beginning: 1.3%1 to 5 years: 7.7%6 to 10 years: 28.1%11 to 20 years: 40.9%21 to 30 years: 12.8%Over 30 years: 9%
  • Beginning 1.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 7.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 28.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 40.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 12.8%
  • Over 30 years 9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,385 reporting for every category shown · 2,385 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.2%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Lorenzo De Zavala MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classLorenzo De Zavala MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 616.417.5
Secondary English14.815.3
Secondary languages other than English1518.4
Secondary math21.316.7
Secondary science22.817.8
Secondary social studies23.117.8

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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