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McWhorter Elem

Lubbock County · Region 17: Lubbock · 520 students

Current score
78/1002025-26
Change
−11 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.4 ptsvs 77.6 average · 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,103 of 2,114tied with 90 others
C78

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 level with the 77.6 average for 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
51%vs 44.1% avg · +6.9 pts
Masters
22%vs 17.6% avg · +4.4 pts

Among 1,962 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Relative Performance above the similar-context average

80 +3.3 pts vs 76.7

  • 80 is 3.3 points above the 76.7 average among 1,959 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

13.6% −9.5 pts vs 23.1%

  • 13.6% is 9.5 percentage points lower than the 23.1% average among 1,994 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

McWhorter Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 77.6 average for 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,103rd of 2,114 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 90 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageMcWhorter Elem 8983878278 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 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
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7877.6 2,114 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8277.3 2,096 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8773.8 2,078 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8373.4 2,071 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8981.8 2,045 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 Achievement72 C+1.7 vs similar economic context · 1,963 reporting
  • School Progress80 B+1.3 vs similar economic context · 1,960 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps73 C−1.9 vs similar economic context · 1,946 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−2.1 vs similar economic context · 1,928 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+3.3 vs similar economic context · 1,959 reporting
  • McWhorter Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,114 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress80B10
Closing the Gaps73C7
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance80B10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 7 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 (80), so Student Achievement (72) 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

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,963 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,963 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,963 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,962 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,962 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,962 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,956 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,956 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,956 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level54%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
  • Meets grade level21%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,114 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
520
Economically disadvantaged
92.3%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
37.1%−3.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.0%+3.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.8%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.6%−9.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

McWhorter Elem

African American: 3.1%Hispanic: 91%White: 3.7%Asian: 1.5%Two or More Races: 0.8%
  • African American 3.1%
  • Hispanic 91%
  • White 3.7%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Two or More Races 0.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,114 reporting for every category shown · 2,114 in full cohort

African American: 14.9%Hispanic: 76.3%White: 5.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.6%
  • African American 14.9%
  • Hispanic 76.3%
  • White 5.6%
  • 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
520
Economically disadvantaged students
480
Emergent bilingual students
193
Special education students
109

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
56
Students in TEA mobility denominator
429
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 520 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 7 (1.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
520

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−7

Decrease · −1.3%

Change since 2021–22
−29

Decrease · −5.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
520
Selected comparison
571.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,092 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for McWhorter Elem
School yearStudents enrolledMcWhorter ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 549 First available year 616.4
2022–23 535 Decrease of 14 (2.6%) 612.9
2023–24 532 Decrease of 3 (0.6%) 603.1
2024–25 527 Decrease of 5 (0.9%) 596.3
2025–26 520 Decrease of 7 (1.3%) 571.2

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
27

4.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
32

5.69 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
562

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
4.8%
Selected comparison
13.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,282 rated schools reporting

−8.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
5.69
Selected comparison
31.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,381 rated schools reporting

−25.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for McWhorter Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 593 10 1.7% 16 2.70 7.1% 13.6
2021–22 576 10 1.7% 15 2.60 12.6% 30
2022–23 566 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 578 23 4.0% 36 6.23 13.8% 33.3
2024–25 562 27 4.8% 32 5.69 13.1% 31.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for McWhorter Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 27 4.8% 32 5.69 13.1% 31.2
In-school suspensions 25 4.5% 29 5.16 11.4% 22.1
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • McWhorter Elem
  • Parent district: Lubbock ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,126
Selected comparison
$13,202

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,094 rated schools reporting

−$4,076 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,126 per student for this campus, $14,938 per student for its parent district, Lubbock 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
YearMcWhorter ElemParent district: Lubbock ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,031$11,154$13,054$8,317 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 rated schools reporting
2019$6,737$11,025$13,108$8,335 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,021 rated schools reporting
2020$7,336$12,439$14,058$8,840 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,025 rated schools reporting
2021$7,971$14,076$14,797$9,649 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,028 rated schools reporting
2022$8,881$14,384$15,708$11,225 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,045 rated schools reporting
2023$9,632$16,314$16,792$11,731 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 rated schools reporting
2024$8,882$15,605$18,125$12,647 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,081 rated schools reporting
2025$9,126$14,938$18,972$13,202 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,094 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
$59,248−$9,024 vs similar economic context
Teachers
37−3.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.1−0.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

McWhorter Elem

Beginning: 10.8%1 to 5 years: 18.9%6 to 10 years: 32.4%11 to 20 years: 24.3%21 to 30 years: 13.5%
  • Beginning 10.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 18.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 32.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 24.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 13.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,114 reporting for every category shown · 2,114 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: 14.8%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 14.8%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for McWhorter Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classMcWhorter Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.518.1
Grade 119.218.3
Grade 213.918.3
Grade 316.218.5
Grade 415.218.5
Grade 517.919.3

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 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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