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MacArthur HS

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 3,265 students

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Current score
78/1002025-26
Change
+18 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.4 ptsvs 77.6 average · 2,281 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,191 of 2,281tied with 96 others
C78

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 70 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 77.6 average for 2,281 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 6 points

79 to 85 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 85 is 6.2 points above the 78.8 average among 2,108 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

77 +6.5 pts vs 70.5

  • 77 is 6.5 points above the 70.5 average among 2,113 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

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

MacArthur HS is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 77.6 average for 2,281 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 18 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,191st of 2,281 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 96 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. After high school: the following fall
  7. Who this school serves
  8. Student counts behind the percentages
  9. Enrollment over time
  10. Discipline and removal from class
  11. Spending per student
  12. Teachers and actual class size
  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.

2026 federal improvement status

Comprehensive Support and Improvement

Official support label: Comprehensive Identified

Identification reason: CSI Low Performance

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
34.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,281 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
9.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,281 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
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageMacArthur HS 6056687578 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 70 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
2025-26C7877.6 2,281 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7577.2 2,262 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6873.9 2,244 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5673.5 2,234 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6081.8 2,207 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+6.5 vs similar economic context · 2,113 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+6.2 vs similar economic context · 2,108 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps62 D−13.0 vs similar economic context · 2,092 reporting
  • Academic Growth65 D−8.0 vs similar economic context · 2,073 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+8.2 vs similar economic context · 2,107 reporting
  • MacArthur HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,281 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement77C3
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps62D8
Academic Growth65D5
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 (77) 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 level72%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 reporting
  • Masters grade level2%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,104 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,104 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,104 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+26 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,984 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,984 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,984 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 685 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%+26 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 685 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 685 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,281 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
85.5%−4.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 233 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
88.7%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 232 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
83.7%−6.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 233 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
2.0%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 234 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
93.0%+9.5 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria93.0%83.5%+9.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 280 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course87.9%56.7%+31.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA18.9%20.2%−1.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)15.2%13.2%+2.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course26.8%26.4%+0.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification30.8%33.2%−2.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%2.8%−2.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%6.8%−6.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit13.2%6.3%+6.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness1.4%2.6%−1.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student5.5%7.3%−1.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces3.7%2.7%+1.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 281 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
769

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
170

22.1% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
525

68.3% of graduates

Not trackable
74

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
769
Selected comparison
262.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
170
Selected comparison
100.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
22.1%
Selected comparison
36.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 rated schools reporting

−14.7 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
68.3%
Selected comparison
55.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 rated schools reporting

+13.1 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
9.6%
Selected comparison
8.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 258 rated schools reporting

+1.6 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. LONE STAR COLLEGE - N. HARRIS (000722)37
  2. LONE STAR COLLEGE - KINGWOOD (000719)31
  3. SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY (003606)16

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
3,265
Economically disadvantaged
90.9%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
45.4%+5.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
9.5%−8.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
88.4%−4.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
38.3%+15.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

MacArthur HS

African American: 4.9%Hispanic: 93%White: 1.4%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.1%Two or More Races: 0.3%
  • African American 4.9%
  • Hispanic 93%
  • White 1.4%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 0.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,281 reporting for every category shown · 2,281 in full cohort

African American: 14.8%Hispanic: 75.9%White: 6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.6%
  • African American 14.8%
  • Hispanic 75.9%
  • White 6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
3,256
Economically disadvantaged students
2,961
Emergent bilingual students
1,479
Special education students
309

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
494
Students in TEA mobility denominator
3,759
TEA-published mobility rate
13.1%

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 3,265 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 236 (6.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
3,265

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−236

Decrease · −6.7%

Change since 2021–22
−292

Decrease · −8.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
3,265
Selected comparison
575.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,258 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for MacArthur HS
School yearStudents enrolledMacArthur HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 3,557 First available year 620.2
2022–23 3,571 Increase of 14 (0.4%) 616.2
2023–24 3,573 Increase of 2 (0.1%) 606.8
2024–25 3,501 Decrease of 72 (2.0%) 600.1
2025–26 3,265 Decrease of 236 (6.7%) 575.2

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
840

22.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
2,512

67.36 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
3,729

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
22.5%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,400 rated schools reporting

+9.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
67.36
Selected comparison
31.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,510 rated schools reporting

+36.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for MacArthur HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 3,702 162 4.4% 339 9.16 7.2% 13.9
2021–22 3,802 878 23.1% 2,514 66.12 12.7% 30.3
2022–23 3,725 855 22.9% 2,504 67.22 13.6% 33.1
2023–24 3,803 865 22.8% 2,448 64.37 13.7% 33.3
2024–25 3,729 840 22.5% 2,512 67.36 13.2% 31.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for MacArthur HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 840 22.5% 2,512 67.36 13.2% 31.4
In-school suspensions 748 20.1% 1,703 45.67 11.5% 22.3
Out-of-school suspensions 282 7.6% 480 12.87 9.3% 15.2
DAEP placements 178 4.8% 231 6.19 5.1% 6.2
Mandatory DAEP placements 133 3.6% 169 4.53 3.9% 4.5
Discretionary DAEP placements 58 1.6% 62 1.66 3.3% 4
JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • MacArthur HS
  • Parent district: Aldine ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,343
Selected comparison
$13,194

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,260 rated schools reporting

−$3,851 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,343 per student for this campus, $17,481 per student for its parent district, Aldine 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
YearMacArthur HSParent district: Aldine ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,811$16,847$13,054$8,307 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,152 rated schools reporting
2019$6,650$11,964$13,108$8,319 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,180 rated schools reporting
2020$5,859$11,579$14,058$8,828 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,186 rated schools reporting
2021$7,472$13,398$14,797$9,634 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,190 rated schools reporting
2022$7,690$13,566$15,708$11,185 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,207 rated schools reporting
2023$7,810$15,592$16,792$11,712 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,233 rated schools reporting
2024$7,950$17,695$18,125$12,587 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,247 rated schools reporting
2025$9,343$17,481$18,972$13,194 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,260 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
$72,506+$4,343 vs similar economic context
Teachers
198+157.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.4+1.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

MacArthur HS

Beginning: 6.1%1 to 5 years: 32.1%6 to 10 years: 20.5%11 to 20 years: 28.4%21 to 30 years: 9.3%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 6.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 32.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 9.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,281 reporting for every category shown · 2,281 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 27.2%6 to 10 years: 18.8%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for MacArthur HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classMacArthur HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English23.515.2
Secondary languages other than English24.718.2
Secondary math26.116.7
Secondary science25.217.7
Secondary social studies26.517.7

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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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