Recent movement
Overall score rose 16 points
65 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
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Mae Luster Stephens JH
Cass County · Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 134 students
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- Current score
- 81/1002025-26
- Change
- −2 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +1.1 ptsvs 79.9 average · 1,998 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 937 of 1,998tied with 78 others
- Score vs region
- −0.5 ptsvs 81.5 average · 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant
- Region 08: Mt Pleasant placement
- 78 of 142tied with 6 others
- Score vs county
- −4.1 ptsvs 85.1 average · 16 rated schools in Cass County
- Cass County placement
- 12 of 16among reporting schools
- Score vs similar-size group
- −1.1 ptsvs 82.1 average · 645 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 371 of 645tied with 31 others
- Score vs state
- −0.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 4,141 of 7,646tied with 260 others
B81
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.9 average for 1,998 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 81.5 average for 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant.The current score is below the 85.1 average for 16 rated schools in Cass County.The current score is below the 82.1 average for 645 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent domain gain
School Progress rose 21 points
59 to 80 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Closing the Gaps above the similar-context average
82 +4.9 pts vs 77.1
- 82 is 4.9 points above the 77.1 average among 1,864 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 16 points
65 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
School Progress rose 21 points
59 to 80 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Closing the Gaps above the Region 08: Mt Pleasant average
82 +3.8 pts vs 78.2
- 82 is 3.8 points above the 78.2 average among 127 schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 16 points
65 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
School Progress rose 21 points
59 to 80 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 16 points
65 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
School Progress rose 21 points
59 to 80 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Closing the Gaps above the similar-size average
82 +2.7 pts vs 79.3
- 82 is 2.7 points above the 79.3 average among 573 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 16 points
65 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
School Progress rose 21 points
59 to 80 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Closing the Gaps above the Texas average
82 +3.3 pts vs 78.7
- 82 is 3.3 points above the 78.7 average among 7,185 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
Mae Luster Stephens JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.9 average for 1,998 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 937th of 1,998 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 78 others).
Mae Luster Stephens JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.5 average for 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 78th of 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant (tied with 6 others).
Mae Luster Stephens JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 85.1 average for 16 rated schools in Cass County. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 12th of 16 rated schools in Cass County.
Mae Luster Stephens JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.1 average for 645 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 371st of 645 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 31 others).
Mae Luster Stephens JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 4,141st of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 260 others).
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- Overview
- Official improvement and transfer notices
- 5 years of ratings
- Where the score comes from
- Student outcomes
- Who this school serves
- Student counts behind the percentages
- Enrollment over time
- Discipline and removal from class
- Spending per student
- Teachers and actual class size
- Where this school ranks best
- 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
Targeted Support and Improvement
Official support label: TSI
Identification reason: White
TEA track year 0 · Title I campus
Schools identified for improvement
- This school
- Listed
- Selected comparison
- 27.4%
Schools on the PEG list
- This school
- Not listed
- Selected comparison
- 3.0%
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
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 83 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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 81 | 79.9 1,998 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | D | 65 | 79.6 1,975 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | F | 59 | 77.7 1,959 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 85 | 78.3 1,926 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 83 | 82.2 1,904 reporting | 83.7 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.
- Mae Luster Stephens JH
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,998 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 69 | D | 1 |
| School Progress | 80 | B | 10 |
| Closing the Gaps | 82 | B | 8 |
| Academic Growth | 80 | B | 10 |
| Relative Performance | 69 | D | 1 |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 8 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 (80), so Student Achievement (69) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 80.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,998 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
- 134
- Economically disadvantaged
- 64.9%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 5.2%−12.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 28.4%+9.5 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 93.7%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 20.5%+3.7 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Mae Luster Stephens JH
- African American 11.9%
- Hispanic 9%
- White 69.4%
- American Indian 0.7%
- Asian 0.7%
- Two or More Races 8.2%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,998 reporting for every category shown · 1,998 in full cohort
- African American 11.4%
- Hispanic 51.8%
- White 30.5%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 2.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3.7%
Selected comparison average For Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 142 reporting for every category shown · 142 in full cohort
- African American 16.3%
- Hispanic 21.3%
- White 54.6%
- American Indian 0.5%
- Asian 0.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 6.5%
Selected comparison average For Cass County · 16 reporting for every category shown · 16 in full cohort
- African American 15.1%
- Hispanic 9.7%
- White 68.1%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.6%
- Two or More Races 6.3%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 645 reporting for every category shown · 645 in full cohort
- African American 6.3%
- Hispanic 45.2%
- White 44.3%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.1%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 134
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 87
- Emergent bilingual students
- 7
- Special education students
- 38
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 26
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 148
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 17.6%
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 134 students in 2025–26, an increase of 2 (1.5%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 134
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +2
Increase · +1.5%
- Change since 2021–22
- −6
Decrease · −4.3%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 134
- Selected comparison
- 624.4
| School year | Students enrolledMae Luster Stephens JH | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 140 | First available year | 641.5 |
| 2022–23 | 133 | Decrease of 7 (5.0%) | 647.7 |
| 2023–24 | 132 | Decrease of 1 (0.8%) | 643.8 |
| 2024–25 | 132 | No change | 639 |
| 2025–26 | 134 | Increase of 2 (1.5%) | 624.4 |
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
- 33
22.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 50
33.78 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 148
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 22.3%
- Selected comparison
- 12.9%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 33.78
- Selected comparison
- 30.4
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 158 | 28 | 17.7% | 38 | 24.05 | 9.8% | 19.5 |
| 2021–22 | 158 | 29 | 18.4% | 51 | 32.28 | 12.9% | 30.3 |
| 2022–23 | 148 | 14 | 9.5% | 38 | 25.68 | 13.4% | 32.3 |
| 2023–24 | 152 | 29 | 19.1% | 41 | 26.97 | 13.2% | 31.9 |
| 2024–25 | 148 | 33 | 22.3% | 50 | 33.78 | 12.9% | 30.4 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 33 | 22.3% | 50 | 33.78 | 12.9% | 30.4 |
| In-school suspensions | 29 | 19.6% | 38 | 25.68 | 11.6% | 23.2 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | 10 | 6.8% | 12 | 8.11 | 5.1% | 6 |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 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.
- Mae Luster Stephens JH
- Parent district: Linden-Kildare CISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $7,576
- Selected comparison
- $12,669
For 2025, TEA reported $7,576 per student for this campus, $17,503 per student for its parent district, Linden-Kildare CISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Mae Luster Stephens JH | Parent district: Linden-Kildare CISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $8,927 | $11,567 | $13,054 | $7,925 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,835 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $8,426 | $11,946 | $13,108 | $8,091 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,850 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $10,238 | $14,383 | $14,058 | $8,670 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,871 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $10,318 | $17,004 | $14,797 | $9,099 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,884 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $8,710 | $20,991 | $15,708 | $10,464 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,904 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $10,835 | $16,549 | $16,792 | $11,175 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,927 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $10,398 | $18,789 | $18,125 | $12,069 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,956 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $7,576 | $17,503 | $18,972 | $12,669 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,972 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
- $55,489−$10,919 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 12−30.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 11−2.9 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Mae Luster Stephens JH
- Beginning 17.2%
- 1 to 5 years 42.6%
- 6 to 10 years 12.3%
- 11 to 20 years 1.6%
- 21 to 30 years 23%
- Over 30 years 4.1%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,998 reporting for every category shown · 1,998 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.3%
- 1 to 5 years 26.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.1%
- 11 to 20 years 27.9%
- 21 to 30 years 15.8%
- Over 30 years 4.1%
Selected comparison average For Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 142 reporting for every category shown · 142 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.6%
- 1 to 5 years 24.2%
- 6 to 10 years 18.4%
- 11 to 20 years 27.3%
- 21 to 30 years 17.2%
- Over 30 years 6.5%
Selected comparison average For Cass County · 16 reporting for every category shown · 16 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.5%
- 1 to 5 years 24.4%
- 6 to 10 years 18.4%
- 11 to 20 years 26.1%
- 21 to 30 years 17.6%
- Over 30 years 6%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 645 reporting for every category shown · 645 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.9%
- 1 to 5 years 23%
- 6 to 10 years 16.5%
- 11 to 20 years 27.6%
- 21 to 30 years 18%
- Over 30 years 6.8%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classMae Luster Stephens JH · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 14.8 | 17.7 |
| Secondary English | 14 | 15.1 |
| Secondary math | 13.6 | 15.9 |
| Secondary science | 13.8 | 17.3 |
| Secondary social studies | 14 | 17.2 |
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 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.
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
4 measures
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7of 15
Closing the Gaps
Cass County · of the 15 that report this measure · tied with 1
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8of 15
Reading — Masters
Cass County · of the 15 that report this measure · tied with 1
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8of 14
Science — Approaches
Cass County · of the 14 that report this measure · tied with 2
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10of 11
Social Studies — Masters
Cass County · of the 11 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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