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McDade HS

Bastrop County · Region 13: Austin · 169 students

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Current score
77/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−6.4 ptsvs 83.4 average · 1,495 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,143 of 1,495tied with 47 others
C77

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 82 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 83.4 average for 1,495 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Similar economic-disadvantage rate.

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

McDade HS is rated C by TEA, scoring 77 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 83.4 average for 1,495 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,143rd of 1,495 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 47 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageMcDade HS 7569708577 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
2025-26C7783.4 1,495 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8583.8 1,465 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7081.8 1,442 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6982.3 1,427 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7584.5 1,407 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 Achievement79 C−4.6 vs similar economic context · 1,451 reporting
  • School Progress75 C−7.2 vs similar economic context · 1,448 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps73 C−7.7 vs similar economic context · 1,438 reporting
  • Academic Growth54 F−23.0 vs similar economic context · 1,422 reporting
  • Relative Performance75 C−4.5 vs similar economic context · 1,448 reporting
  • McDade HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,495 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement79C1
School Progress75C5
Closing the Gaps73C7
Academic Growth54F6
Relative Performance75C5

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 1 point 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 (79), so School Progress (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 79.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,451 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,451 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,451 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,450 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,450 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,450 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,446 reporting
  • Meets grade level17%−33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,446 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,446 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,343 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,343 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,343 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 748 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 748 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 748 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,495 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
95.5%+2.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 414 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
95.7%+2.9 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 413 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
90.0%−2.1 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 412 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
1.7%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 415 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
88.0%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria88.0%88.3%−0.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 422 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course61.5%59.3%+2.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA26.9%31.8%−4.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%12.2%−12.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course34.6%35.3%−0.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification38.5%37.8%+0.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%1.5%−1.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%4.1%−4.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%5.3%−5.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness0.0%2.9%−2.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student3.8%7.3%−3.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces3.8%3.3%+0.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 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.

Who this school serves

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

Students
169
Economically disadvantaged
43.8%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
14.2%+2.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.9%+6.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
92.1%−2.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
25.0%+11.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

McDade HS

African American: 0.6%Hispanic: 58%White: 37.3%American Indian: 1.2%Two or More Races: 3%
  • African American 0.6%
  • Hispanic 58%
  • White 37.3%
  • American Indian 1.2%
  • Two or More Races 3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,495 reporting for every category shown · 1,495 in full cohort

African American: 9.1%Hispanic: 37.6%White: 44.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.1%
  • Hispanic 37.6%
  • White 44.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
169
Economically disadvantaged students
74
Emergent bilingual students
24
Special education students
42

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
25
Students in TEA mobility denominator
184
TEA-published mobility rate
13.6%

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 169 students in 2025–26, no change from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
169

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
0

No change

Change since 2021–22
+36

Increase · +27.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
169
Selected comparison
681.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,460 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for McDade HS
School yearStudents enrolledMcDade HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 133 First available year 680.6
2022–23 155 Increase of 22 (16.5%) 685.3
2023–24 165 Increase of 10 (6.5%) 685.2
2024–25 169 Increase of 4 (2.4%) 682.2
2025–26 169 No change 681.3

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
36

19.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
61

33.15 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
184

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
19.6%
Selected comparison
11.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,152 rated schools reporting

+8.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
33.15
Selected comparison
24.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,238 rated schools reporting

+8.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for McDade HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 131 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 149 10 6.7% 17 11.41 11.3% 24.1
2022–23 167 25 15.0% 39 23.35 11.6% 25.3
2023–24 177 38 21.5% 77 43.50 11.5% 25.9
2024–25 184 36 19.6% 61 33.15 11.2% 24.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for McDade HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 36 19.6% 61 33.15 11.2% 24.2
In-school suspensions 24 13.0% 34 18.48 10.0% 18.6
Out-of-school suspensions 10 5.4% 12 6.52 5.4% 7.5
DAEP placements 11 6.0% 15 8.15 4.1% 4.9
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.

$6k$17k$27k20182020202220242025
  • McDade HS
  • Parent district: McDade ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,456
Selected comparison
$12,021

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,466 rated schools reporting

+$2,435 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,456 per student for this campus, $25,798 per student for its parent district, McDade 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
YearMcDade HSParent district: McDade ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,770$13,741$13,054$7,803 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,346 rated schools reporting
2019$7,582$11,708$13,108$8,009 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,367 rated schools reporting
2020$11,240$14,287$14,058$8,437 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,375 rated schools reporting
2021$10,624$13,540$14,797$8,847 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,395 rated schools reporting
2022$11,756$15,501$15,708$10,207 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,408 rated schools reporting
2023$11,848$17,802$16,792$10,638 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,427 rated schools reporting
2024$12,077$20,294$18,125$11,676 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,443 rated schools reporting
2025$14,456$25,798$18,972$12,021 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,466 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
$62,602−$4,611 vs similar economic context
Teachers
19−25.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
8.8−12.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

McDade HS

Beginning: 20.8%1 to 5 years: 10.4%6 to 10 years: 10.4%11 to 20 years: 31.3%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 12%
  • Beginning 20.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 10.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 10.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 12%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,495 reporting for every category shown · 1,495 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.4%1 to 5 years: 23.6%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 30.4%21 to 30 years: 16.9%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 5.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for McDade HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classMcDade HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English515.4
Secondary languages other than English417.9
Secondary math9.716.5
Secondary science8.218
Secondary social studies8.317.9

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 184 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

14 measures

  • 5of 31

    Student Achievement

    Bastrop County · of the 31 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 31

    Reading — Approaches

    Bastrop County · of the 31 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 31

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Bastrop County · of the 31 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 12

    Social Studies — Meets

    Bastrop County · of the 12 that report this measure

  • 6of 12

    Social Studies — Masters

    Bastrop County · of the 12 that report this measure

  • 7of 31

    Relative Performance

    Bastrop County · of the 31 that report this measure

  • 7of 31

    Reading — Meets

    Bastrop County · of the 31 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 7of 28

    Science — Meets

    Bastrop County · of the 28 that report this measure

  • 7of 28

    Science — Masters

    Bastrop County · of the 28 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 30

    Per-student spending

    Bastrop County · of the 30 that report this measure

  • 8of 12

    Social Studies — Approaches

    Bastrop County · of the 12 that report this measure

  • 9of 31

    All Subjects — Meets

    Bastrop County · of the 31 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 28

    Science — Approaches

    Bastrop County · of the 28 that report this measure

  • 10of 32

    Overall score

    Bastrop County · of the 32 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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