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Lufkin MS

Angelina County · Region 07: Kilgore · 1,482 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+3.6 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,376 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
923 of 2,376tied with 81 others
B81

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 82 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.4 average for 2,376 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 3 points

78 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 81 is 3.6 points above the 77.4 average among 2,376 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
48%vs 44.9% avg · +3.1 pts
Masters
26%vs 17.6% avg · +8.4 pts

Among 2,215 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

Lufkin MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.4 average for 2,376 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 923rd of 2,376 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 81 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 school ranks best
  13. 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.

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
35.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,376 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
8.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,376 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageLufkin MS 8179747881 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 82 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
2025-26B8177.4 2,376 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7877.1 2,363 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7474.0 2,347 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7974.2 2,334 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8181.7 2,306 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 Achievement74 C+3.1 vs similar economic context · 2,216 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+6.5 vs similar economic context · 2,209 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps72 C−2.5 vs similar economic context · 2,195 reporting
  • Academic Growth73 C+0.6 vs similar economic context · 2,167 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+8.3 vs similar economic context · 2,209 reporting
  • Lufkin MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,376 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement74C6
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps72C8
Academic Growth73C7
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 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 (85), so Student Achievement (74) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level66%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,216 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,216 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,216 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,215 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,215 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,215 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,205 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,205 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,205 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,065 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,065 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,065 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level53%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 791 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 791 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 791 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,376 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
1,482
Economically disadvantaged
86.1%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
19.2%−16.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.9%+5.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.4%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
17.0%−5.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Lufkin MS

African American: 27.4%Hispanic: 43.9%White: 22.8%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.8%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.8%
  • African American 27.4%
  • Hispanic 43.9%
  • White 22.8%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,376 reporting for every category shown · 2,376 in full cohort

African American: 14.2%Hispanic: 73.5%White: 8.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2%
  • African American 14.2%
  • Hispanic 73.5%
  • White 8.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,480
Economically disadvantaged students
1,274
Emergent bilingual students
284
Special education students
353

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
178
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,567
TEA-published mobility rate
11.4%

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 1,482 students in 2025–26, an increase of 29 (2.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,482

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+29

Increase · +2.0%

Change since 2021–22
−114

Decrease · −7.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,482
Selected comparison
606.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,348 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Lufkin MS
School yearStudents enrolledLufkin MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,596 First available year 641.6
2022–23 1,487 Decrease of 109 (6.8%) 639.2
2023–24 1,474 Decrease of 13 (0.9%) 630.9
2024–25 1,453 Decrease of 21 (1.4%) 627.2
2025–26 1,482 Increase of 29 (2.0%) 606.5

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
391

25.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
1,259

80.50 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,564

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
25.0%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,607 rated schools reporting

+11.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
80.5
Selected comparison
32.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,726 rated schools reporting

+48.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Lufkin MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,814 382 21.1% 1,282 70.67 7.7% 15
2021–22 1,713 486 28.4% 1,614 94.22 12.7% 30.4
2022–23 1,622 465 28.7% 1,629 100.43 13.7% 33.8
2023–24 1,607 408 25.4% 1,338 83.26 13.8% 34
2024–25 1,564 391 25.0% 1,259 80.50 13.3% 32.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Lufkin MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 391 25.0% 1,259 80.50 13.3% 32.1
In-school suspensions 301 19.3% 658 42.07 11.7% 23.1
Out-of-school suspensions 195 12.5% 354 22.63 8.7% 14.1
DAEP placements 193 12.3% 242 15.47 5.3% 6.4
Mandatory DAEP placements 91 5.8% 105 6.71 4.0% 4.6
Discretionary DAEP placements 117 7.5% 137 8.76 3.4% 4
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —

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$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • Lufkin MS
  • Parent district: Lufkin ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,133
Selected comparison
$13,295

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,361 rated schools reporting

−$3,162 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,133 per student for this campus, $14,269 per student for its parent district, Lufkin 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
YearLufkin MSParent district: Lufkin ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,339$10,430$13,054$8,257 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,239 rated schools reporting
2019$7,155$11,552$13,108$8,322 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,270 rated schools reporting
2020$6,989$13,250$14,058$8,839 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,280 rated schools reporting
2021$7,929$18,110$14,797$9,547 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,286 rated schools reporting
2022$20,667$17,861$15,708$11,049 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,306 rated schools reporting
2023$16,462$18,261$16,792$11,578 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,332 rated schools reporting
2024$12,832$15,650$18,125$12,549 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,347 rated schools reporting
2025$10,133$14,269$18,972$13,295 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,361 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
$62,276−$5,411 vs similar economic context
Teachers
111+69.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.3−1.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Lufkin MS

Beginning: 16.1%1 to 5 years: 31.8%6 to 10 years: 13.2%11 to 20 years: 18.7%21 to 30 years: 16.6%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 16.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 31.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 13.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 18.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.6%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,376 reporting for every category shown · 2,376 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.1%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 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 Lufkin MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classLufkin MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 619.717.5
Secondary English22.215.2
Secondary languages other than English14.718.3
Secondary math22.416.6
Secondary science2317.9
Secondary social studies22.917.9

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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 3of 22

    Reading — Masters

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

8 measures

  • 6of 23

    All Subjects — Masters

    Angelina County · of the 23 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 22

    School Progress

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure

  • 8of 22

    Relative Performance

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure

  • 8of 20

    Science — Masters

    Angelina County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 13

    Social Studies — Masters

    Angelina County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 10of 30

    Overall score

    Angelina County · of the 30 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 10of 22

    Math — Masters

    Angelina County · of the 22 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 20

    Science — Meets

    Angelina 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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 003903044.