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Mary Alice Cure Elem

Waller County · Region 04: Houston · 481 students

Current score
80/1002025-26
Score vs similar economic context
±0.0 ptsvs 80 average · 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,021 of 1,994tied with 79 others
B80

At a glance

The current score is level with the 80 average for 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
50%vs 48.1% avg · +1.9 pts
Masters
24%vs 19.6% avg · +4.4 pts

Among 1,889 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
55%vs 42.4% avg · +12.6 pts
Masters
27%vs 16.2% avg · +10.8 pts

Among 1,876 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

Mary Alice Cure Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 80 average for 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context. TEA has published 1 year of scores for this school, so there is no trend to read yet.

Ranks 1,021st of 1,994 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 79 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 1 year of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Teachers
  8. Where this school ranks best
  9. Where this comes from

1 year of ratings

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Compare against
908070 80 2025-26

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
2025-26B8080.0 1,994 reporting81.3 7,646 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−0.9 vs similar economic context · 1,889 reporting
  • School Progress81 B+0.2 vs similar economic context · 1,881 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps78 C+0.8 vs similar economic context · 1,862 reporting
  • Academic Growth70 C−3.9 vs similar economic context · 1,822 reporting
  • Relative Performance81 B+1.8 vs similar economic context · 1,881 reporting
  • Mary Alice Cure Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,994 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement77C3
School Progress81B9
Closing the Gaps78C2
Academic Growth70C10
Relative Performance81B9

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 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 School Progress (81), so Student Achievement (77) 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 level72%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,885 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,726 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,726 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,726 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,994 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
481
Economically disadvantaged
64.4%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
32.6%+15.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.6%−3.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
—
Chronically absent
—

Student demographics

Mary Alice Cure Elem

African American: 12.9%Hispanic: 56.5%White: 25.8%Asian: 0.6%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 12.9%
  • Hispanic 56.5%
  • White 25.8%
  • Asian 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 reporting for every category shown · 1,994 in full cohort

African American: 11.2%Hispanic: 51.5%White: 31%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.2%
  • Hispanic 51.5%
  • White 31%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
481
Economically disadvantaged students
310
Emergent bilingual students
157
Special education students
75

TEA context labels

  • New campus compared with last year’s fall enrollment

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
Not reported
Students in TEA mobility denominator
Not reported
TEA-published mobility rate
Not reported

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.

Teachers

Average salary
$72,869+$6,497 vs similar economic context
Teachers
32−10.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.3+1.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Mary Alice Cure Elem

1 to 5 years: 25.4%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 29.8%21 to 30 years: 22.2%Over 30 years: 3.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 22.2%
  • Over 30 years 3.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 reporting for every category shown · 1,994 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.2%1 to 5 years: 26.2%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 28%21 to 30 years: 15.9%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 6.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 28%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.9%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Where this school ranks best

Out of 90 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

2 measures

  • 2of 18

    Math — Meets

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

  • 3of 18

    Math — Masters

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

12 measures

  • 4of 18

    Relative Performance

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 4of 18

    All Subjects — Masters

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 18

    Student Achievement

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 18

    School Progress

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 18

    Reading — Approaches

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 18

    Reading — Meets

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

  • 5of 18

    Reading — Masters

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 18

    Closing the Gaps

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

  • 6of 18

    All Subjects — Meets

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

  • 6of 18

    Math — Approaches

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 20

    Overall score

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

  • 7of 18

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Waller County · of the 18 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 237904110.