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Metcalf Elem

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 832 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
−12 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+4.3 ptsvs 77.7 average · 2,192 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
760 of 2,192tied with 99 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 95 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.7 average for 2,192 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 7 points

75 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 4.3 points above the 77.7 average among 2,192 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 9 points

74 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 4 points above the 79 average among 2,022 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
47%vs 42.4% avg · +4.6 pts
Masters
23%vs 16.6% avg · +6.4 pts

Among 2,029 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

Metcalf Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.7 average for 2,192 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 12 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 760th of 2,192 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 99 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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageMetcalf Elem 9479687582 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 A with 95 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
2025-26B8277.7 2,192 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7577.4 2,179 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6874.9 2,165 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7975.3 2,148 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9481.7 2,127 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 Achievement76 C+3.5 vs similar economic context · 2,029 reporting
  • School Progress83 B+4.0 vs similar economic context · 2,022 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps81 B+6.1 vs similar economic context · 2,008 reporting
  • Academic Growth82 B+9.7 vs similar economic context · 1,974 reporting
  • Relative Performance83 B+5.7 vs similar economic context · 2,022 reporting
  • Metcalf Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,192 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement76C4
School Progress83B7
Closing the Gaps81B9
Academic Growth82B8
Relative Performance83B7

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 7 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 (83), so Student Achievement (76) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level73%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,029 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,029 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,029 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,027 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,027 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,027 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,017 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,017 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,017 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,875 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,875 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,875 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,192 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
832
Economically disadvantaged
80.0%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
36.6%+7.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.3%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.2%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
14.7%−5.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Metcalf Elem

African American: 19.3%Hispanic: 64.3%White: 5.4%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 6.4%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 19.3%
  • Hispanic 64.3%
  • White 5.4%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 6.4%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,192 reporting for every category shown · 2,192 in full cohort

African American: 14%Hispanic: 67.6%White: 13.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.6%
  • African American 14%
  • Hispanic 67.6%
  • White 13.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
831
Economically disadvantaged students
665
Emergent bilingual students
304
Special education students
144

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
109
Students in TEA mobility denominator
709
TEA-published mobility rate
15.4%

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 832 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 23 (2.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
832

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−23

Decrease · −2.7%

Change since 2021–22
+164

Increase · +24.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
832
Selected comparison
628.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,163 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Metcalf Elem
School yearStudents enrolledMetcalf ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 668 First available year 652.3
2022–23 676 Increase of 8 (1.2%) 655.7
2023–24 890 Increase of 214 (31.7%) 649.8
2024–25 855 Decrease of 35 (3.9%) 647
2025–26 832 Decrease of 23 (2.7%) 628.3

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
106

11.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
252

27.33 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
922

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
11.5%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,614 rated schools reporting

−1.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
27.33
Selected comparison
32.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,720 rated schools reporting

−5.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Metcalf Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 718 Suppressed — 11 1.53 — 16.9
2021–22 723 16 2.2% 19 2.63 12.9% 31
2022–23 712 54 7.6% 127 17.84 13.7% 34.2
2023–24 940 31 3.3% 68 7.23 13.7% 34.1
2024–25 922 106 11.5% 252 27.33 13.3% 32.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Metcalf Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 106 11.5% 252 27.33 13.3% 32.5
In-school suspensions 103 11.2% 219 23.75 11.7% 23.5
Out-of-school suspensions 16 1.7% 25 2.71 8.2% 13
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Metcalf Elem
  • Parent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,158
Selected comparison
$13,076

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,178 rated schools reporting

−$4,918 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,158 per student for this campus, $16,633 per student for its parent district, Cypress-Fairbanks 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
YearMetcalf ElemParent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,596$12,265$13,054$8,128 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,062 rated schools reporting
2019$7,102$12,730$13,108$8,251 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,083 rated schools reporting
2020$7,480$12,750$14,058$8,759 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,099 rated schools reporting
2021$8,599$14,470$14,797$9,393 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,110 rated schools reporting
2022$8,373$15,507$15,708$10,827 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,128 rated schools reporting
2023$8,562$15,990$16,792$11,287 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,148 rated schools reporting
2024$8,470$16,047$18,125$12,265 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,164 rated schools reporting
2025$8,158$16,633$18,972$13,076 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,178 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
$69,383+$2,335 vs similar economic context
Teachers
60+17.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.8−0.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Metcalf Elem

Beginning: 16.7%1 to 5 years: 31.5%6 to 10 years: 6.8%11 to 20 years: 24.9%21 to 30 years: 16.6%Over 30 years: 3.3%
  • Beginning 16.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 31.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 6.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 24.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.6%
  • Over 30 years 3.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,192 reporting for every category shown · 2,192 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.7%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Metcalf Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classMetcalf Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.918
Grade 121.318.4
Grade 221.118.4
Grade 321.418.9
Grade 418.319
Grade 522.520

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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