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Marlin High

Falls County · Region 12: Waco · 330 students

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Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
+4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.3 ptsvs 77.7 average · 1,651 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
745 of 1,651tied with 58 others
B80

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 84 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.7 average for 1,651 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

80 +2.3 pts vs 77.7

  • 80 is 2.3 points above the 77.7 average among 1,651 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

81 +10.9 pts vs 70.1

  • 81 is 10.9 points above the 70.1 average among 1,536 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

Marlin High is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.7 average for 1,651 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 745th of 1,651 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 58 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. After high school: the following fall
  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

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageMarlin High 7679798080 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 84 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
2025-26B8077.7 1,651 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8077.4 1,634 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7973.8 1,618 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7973.1 1,615 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7681.8 1,598 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 Achievement81 B+10.9 vs similar economic context · 1,536 reporting
  • School Progress78 C−0.8 vs similar economic context · 1,533 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps77 C+1.9 vs similar economic context · 1,524 reporting
  • Academic Growth57 F−16.4 vs similar economic context · 1,512 reporting
  • Relative Performance78 C+1.3 vs similar economic context · 1,532 reporting
  • Marlin High
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,651 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement81B9
School Progress78C2
Closing the Gaps77C3
Academic Growth57F3
Relative Performance78C2

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below B 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 (81), so School Progress (78) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 81.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level53%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting
  • Meets grade level27%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level55%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level39%−27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,533 reporting
  • Meets grade level21%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,533 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,533 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,453 reporting
  • Meets grade level21%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,453 reporting
  • Masters grade level4%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,453 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 478 reporting
  • Meets grade level26%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 478 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 478 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,651 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
100.0%+12.0 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 159 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
100.0%+11.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 159 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
100.0%+11.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 159 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−2.0 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 160 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
98.0%+14.6 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria98.0%83.4%+14.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 191 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course96.0%57.1%+38.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA10.0%19.2%−9.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%13.7%−13.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course0.0%25.6%−25.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification0.0%32.8%−32.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%2.7%−2.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%7.0%−7.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%6.6%−6.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness2.0%2.5%−0.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student6.0%7.4%−1.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces2.0%2.4%−0.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 192 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
44

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
12

27.3% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
31

70.5% of graduates

Not trackable
1

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
44
Selected comparison
253.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 180 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
12
Selected comparison
91.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 180 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
27.3%
Selected comparison
35.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 180 rated schools reporting

−7.9 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
70.5%
Selected comparison
56.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 180 rated schools reporting

+14.3 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
2.3%
Selected comparison
8.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 180 rated schools reporting

−6.4 pts vs similar economic context

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
330
Economically disadvantaged
96.4%+3.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
24.5%−18.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
11.8%−5.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.0%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
19.1%−4.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Marlin High

African American: 54.8%Hispanic: 38.5%White: 3.3%Asian: 0.3%Two or More Races: 3%
  • African American 54.8%
  • Hispanic 38.5%
  • White 3.3%
  • Asian 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,651 reporting for every category shown · 1,651 in full cohort

African American: 15.1%Hispanic: 77.4%White: 4.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.4%
  • African American 15.1%
  • Hispanic 77.4%
  • White 4.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
330
Economically disadvantaged students
318
Emergent bilingual students
81
Special education students
39

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
58
Students in TEA mobility denominator
381
TEA-published mobility rate
15.2%

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 did not publish an enrollment count for 2025–26 in this PEIMS report, so no current year-over-year change is calculated. The latest available PEIMS count is 347 students in 2024–25.

Latest available PEIMS enrollment
347

2024–25

Change since 2021–22
+118

Increase · +51.5%

Enrollment in 2024–25

This school
347
Selected comparison
585.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,616 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Marlin High
School yearStudents enrolledMarlin HighChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 229 First available year 606.5
2022–23 243 Increase of 14 (6.1%) 602.8
2023–24 436 Increase of 193 (79.4%) 592.4
2024–25 347 Decrease of 89 (20.4%) 585.2
2025–26 Not reported Not available —

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
65

17.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
111

29.60 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
375

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
17.3%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 951 rated schools reporting

+4.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
29.6
Selected comparison
31.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,029 rated schools reporting

−1.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Marlin High
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 238 31 13.0% 77 32.35 6.8% 13.2
2021–22 259 51 19.7% 127 49.03 12.7% 30.2
2022–23 258 64 24.8% 159 61.63 13.7% 33.1
2023–24 475 124 26.1% 203 42.74 13.8% 33.2
2024–25 375 65 17.3% 111 29.60 13.2% 31.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Marlin High in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 65 17.3% 111 29.60 13.2% 31.2
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 55 14.7% 71 18.93 9.7% 16.1
DAEP placements 34 9.1% 37 9.87 5.1% 6.2
Mandatory DAEP placements 17 4.5% 20 5.33 3.9% 4.5
Discretionary DAEP placements 17 4.5% 17 4.53 3.3% 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$24k$40k20182020202220242025
  • Marlin High
  • Parent district: Marlin ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$37,798
Selected comparison
$13,418

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,633 rated schools reporting

+$24,380 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $37,798 per student for this campus, $38,323 per student for its parent district, Marlin 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
YearMarlin HighParent district: Marlin ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$12,871$16,845$13,054$8,394 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,559 rated schools reporting
2019$12,321$16,260$13,108$8,378 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,578 rated schools reporting
2020$12,974$15,852$14,058$8,880 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,581 rated schools reporting
2021$15,286$18,330$14,797$9,748 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,583 rated schools reporting
2022$12,548$19,769$15,708$11,259 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,599 rated schools reporting
2023$11,632$19,538$16,792$11,753 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,615 rated schools reporting
2024$22,410$31,966$18,125$12,804 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,622 rated schools reporting
2025$37,798$38,323$18,972$13,418 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,633 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
$62,648−$5,948 vs similar economic context
Teachers
19−20.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.4+2.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Marlin High

Beginning: 26.3%1 to 5 years: 21.1%6 to 10 years: 21.1%11 to 20 years: 15.8%21 to 30 years: 10.5%Over 30 years: 5.3%
  • Beginning 26.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 21.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 15.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.5%
  • Over 30 years 5.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,651 reporting for every category shown · 1,651 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.7%1 to 5 years: 27.1%6 to 10 years: 18.6%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Marlin High in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classMarlin High · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English8.915
Secondary languages other than English6.518.2
Secondary math9.716.7
Secondary science9.617.5
Secondary social studies9.417.5

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 160 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

2 measures

  • 4of 300

    Per-student spending

    Region 12: Waco · of the 300 that report this measure

  • 6of 192

    Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 192 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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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 073903001.