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Lorenzo De Zavala MS

Potter County · Region 16: Amarillo · 417 students

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Current score
89/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.4 ptsvs 86.6 average · 1,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
486 of 1,104tied with 61 others
B89

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 92 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 86.6 average for 1,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 4 points

85 to 89 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 89 is 9 points above the 80 average among 1,075 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
69%vs 62.9% avg · +6.1 pts
Masters
39%vs 30.9% avg · +8.1 pts

Among 1,078 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
60%vs 56.8% avg · +3.2 pts
Masters
28%vs 25.8% avg · +2.2 pts

Among 1,074 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 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 86.6 average for 1,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 486th of 1,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 61 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 averageLorenzo De Zavala MS 8891909189 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 92 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
2025-26B8986.6 1,104 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9186.5 1,082 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9085.2 1,066 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9185.6 1,053 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8887.0 1,035 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 Achievement92 A+4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,078 reporting
  • School Progress89 B+5.2 vs similar economic context · 1,075 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps83 B−1.0 vs similar economic context · 1,067 reporting
  • Academic Growth86 B+6.3 vs similar economic context · 1,058 reporting
  • Relative Performance89 B+9.0 vs similar economic context · 1,075 reporting
  • Lorenzo De Zavala MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,104 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress89B1
Closing the Gaps83B7
Academic Growth86B4
Relative Performance89B1

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 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 Student Achievement (92), so School Progress (89) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level90%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,078 reporting
  • Meets grade level69%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,078 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,078 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level95%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,077 reporting
  • Meets grade level83%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,077 reporting
  • Masters grade level53%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,077 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level86%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,074 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,074 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,074 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level93%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 987 reporting
  • Meets grade level66%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 987 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 987 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 562 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 562 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 562 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,104 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
417
Economically disadvantaged
32.4%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
2.9%−7.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.0%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.0%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
11.0%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Lorenzo De Zavala MS

African American: 4.6%Hispanic: 30.9%White: 56.4%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 4.8%Two or More Races: 2.9%
  • African American 4.6%
  • Hispanic 30.9%
  • White 56.4%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 4.8%
  • Two or More Races 2.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,104 reporting for every category shown · 1,104 in full cohort

African American: 9%Hispanic: 31.1%White: 47.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 6.8%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.8%
  • African American 9%
  • Hispanic 31.1%
  • White 47.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 6.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
417
Economically disadvantaged students
135
Emergent bilingual students
12
Special education students
75

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
21
Students in TEA mobility denominator
436
TEA-published mobility rate
4.8%

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 417 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 10 (2.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
417

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−10

Decrease · −2.3%

Change since 2021–22
−2

Decrease · −0.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
417
Selected comparison
778.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,087 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
2021–22 419 First available year 790.5
2022–23 410 Decrease of 9 (2.1%) 792.3
2023–24 406 Decrease of 4 (1.0%) 789.3
2024–25 427 Increase of 21 (5.2%) 786.8
2025–26 417 Decrease of 10 (2.3%) 778.4

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
72

16.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
130

30.23 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
430

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
16.7%
Selected comparison
9.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 835 rated schools reporting

+7.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
30.23
Selected comparison
19.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 918 rated schools reporting

+10.6 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
2020–21 429 44 10.3% 80 18.65 7.6% 13.8
2021–22 427 70 16.4% 140 32.79 9.8% 20
2022–23 421 93 22.1% 224 53.21 10.0% 20.9
2023–24 419 68 16.2% 149 35.56 9.7% 20.8
2024–25 430 72 16.7% 130 30.23 9.4% 19.6
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 72 16.7% 130 30.23 9.4% 19.6
In-school suspensions 63 14.7% 99 23.02 8.4% 15.2
Out-of-school suspensions 22 5.1% 24 5.58 4.6% 6.3
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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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.

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

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,675
Selected comparison
$11,821

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,082 rated schools reporting

−$3,146 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,675 per student for this campus, $14,058 per student for its parent district, Amarillo 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: Amarillo ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,501$10,152$13,054$7,612 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 979 rated schools reporting
2019$8,148$10,834$13,108$7,735 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 993 rated schools reporting
2020$8,513$11,942$14,058$8,073 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,002 rated schools reporting
2021$8,878$13,611$14,797$8,507 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,014 rated schools reporting
2022$10,112$13,291$15,708$9,742 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,034 rated schools reporting
2023$9,952$13,092$16,792$10,274 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,054 rated schools reporting
2024$9,255$13,483$18,125$11,386 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,066 rated schools reporting
2025$8,675$14,058$18,972$11,821 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,082 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
$67,489−$655 vs similar economic context
Teachers
26−25.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.4+2.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Lorenzo De Zavala MS

Beginning: 3.9%1 to 5 years: 19.6%6 to 10 years: 15.7%11 to 20 years: 42%21 to 30 years: 12.2%Over 30 years: 6.7%
  • Beginning 3.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 19.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 15.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 42%
  • 21 to 30 years 12.2%
  • Over 30 years 6.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,104 reporting for every category shown · 1,104 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.9%1 to 5 years: 22.5%6 to 10 years: 19.7%11 to 20 years: 32.1%21 to 30 years: 17.4%Over 30 years: 3.3%
  • Beginning 4.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.3%

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 520.821.4
Grade 618.418.5
Secondary English16.716.6
Secondary languages other than English30.518.7
Secondary math20.317.3
Secondary science11.418.8
Secondary social studies11.418.9

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 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.

#1 rankings

First-place results

3 measures

  • 1of 59

    Reading — Approaches

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure

  • 1of 59

    Reading — Meets

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure

  • 1of 59

    Reading — Masters

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 1

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

3 measures

  • 3of 59

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure

  • 3of 59

    All Subjects — Masters

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure

  • 3of 59

    Math — Approaches

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

10 measures

  • 5of 59

    Student Achievement

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure

  • 5of 59

    All Subjects — Meets

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 7of 59

    Math — Masters

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 54

    Science — Masters

    Potter County · of the 54 that report this measure

  • 7of 20

    Social Studies — Masters

    Potter County · of the 20 that report this measure

  • 8of 59

    Relative Performance

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 8of 58

    Academic Growth

    Potter County · of the 58 that report this measure

  • 8of 54

    Science — Approaches

    Potter County · of the 54 that report this measure

  • 9of 59

    Math — Meets

    Potter County · of the 59 that report this measure

  • 10of 20

    Social Studies — Meets

    Potter County · of the 20 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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