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Metro Elem Sch of Design

Nueces County · Region 02: Corpus Christi · 674 students

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Current score
85/1002025-26
Change
+3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+6.8 ptsvs 78.2 average · 2,090 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
525 of 2,090tied with 75 others
B85

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78.2 average for 2,090 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
57%vs 43.8% avg · +13.2 pts
Masters
28%vs 17.3% avg · +10.7 pts

Among 1,938 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
56%vs 39.2% avg · +16.8 pts
Masters
24%vs 14.7% avg · +9.3 pts

Among 1,928 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
62%vs 48.6% avg · +13.4 pts
Masters
32%vs 19.1% avg · +12.9 pts

Among 1,936 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

Metro Elem Sch of Design is rated B by TEA, scoring 85 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.2 average for 2,090 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 525th of 2,090 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 75 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 school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageMetro Elem Sch of Design 8278838885 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 C with 79 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
2025-26B8578.2 2,090 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8877.8 2,076 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8375.5 2,064 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7876.0 2,041 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8281.7 2,024 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 Achievement83 B+9.1 vs similar economic context · 1,938 reporting
  • School Progress89 B+9.6 vs similar economic context · 1,933 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps77 C+1.5 vs similar economic context · 1,918 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−1.6 vs similar economic context · 1,878 reporting
  • Relative Performance89 B+11.2 vs similar economic context · 1,933 reporting
  • Metro Elem Sch of Design
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,090 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement83B7
School Progress89B1
Closing the Gaps77C3
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance89B1

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point 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 (89), so Student Achievement (83) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 89.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level79%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,938 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,938 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,938 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
  • Meets grade level62%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,928 reporting
  • Meets grade level56%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,928 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,928 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,784 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,090 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
674
Economically disadvantaged
75.8%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.4%−17.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.8%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.5%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
8.2%−11.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Metro Elem Sch of Design

African American: 3.7%Hispanic: 86.6%White: 7%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 0.4%Two or More Races: 2.1%
  • African American 3.7%
  • Hispanic 86.6%
  • White 7%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 2.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,090 reporting for every category shown · 2,090 in full cohort

African American: 13.3%Hispanic: 63%White: 18.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3%
  • African American 13.3%
  • Hispanic 63%
  • White 18.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 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
674
Economically disadvantaged students
511
Emergent bilingual students
50
Special education students
127

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
14
Students in TEA mobility denominator
508
TEA-published mobility rate
2.8%

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 674 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 8 (1.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
674

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−8

Decrease · −1.2%

Change since 2021–22
+153

Increase · +29.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
674
Selected comparison
634.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,061 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Metro Elem Sch of Design
School yearStudents enrolledMetro Elem Sch of DesignChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 521 First available year 652.4
2022–23 592 Increase of 71 (13.6%) 655.8
2023–24 695 Increase of 103 (17.4%) 653.1
2024–25 682 Decrease of 13 (1.9%) 650.9
2025–26 674 Decrease of 8 (1.2%) 634.8

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
24

3.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
33

4.75 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
695

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.5%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,571 rated schools reporting

−9.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
4.75
Selected comparison
31.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,676 rated schools reporting

−26.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Metro Elem Sch of Design
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 514 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 523 19 3.6% 21 4.02 12.9% 30.7
2022–23 611 14 2.3% 21 3.44 13.5% 33.3
2023–24 703 24 3.4% 36 5.12 13.4% 33
2024–25 695 24 3.5% 33 4.75 13.2% 31.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Metro Elem Sch of Design in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 24 3.5% 33 4.75 13.2% 31.6
In-school suspensions 20 2.9% 25 3.60 11.6% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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
  • Metro Elem Sch of Design
  • Parent district: Corpus Christi ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,337
Selected comparison
$13,047

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,074 rated schools reporting

−$2,710 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,337 per student for this campus, $17,521 per student for its parent district, Corpus Christi 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
YearMetro Elem Sch of DesignParent district: Corpus Christi ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,468$12,440$13,054$8,035 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,958 rated schools reporting
2019$7,263$13,333$13,108$8,181 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,976 rated schools reporting
2020$7,989$12,530$14,058$8,727 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,995 rated schools reporting
2021$9,168$13,918$14,797$9,300 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 rated schools reporting
2022$13,409$13,018$15,708$10,603 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,024 rated schools reporting
2023$12,086$16,350$16,792$11,158 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,041 rated schools reporting
2024$9,400$17,648$18,125$12,269 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,062 rated schools reporting
2025$10,337$17,521$18,972$13,047 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,074 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
$60,672−$6,035 vs similar economic context
Teachers
43−0.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.8+1.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Metro Elem Sch of Design

Beginning: 7%1 to 5 years: 25.2%6 to 10 years: 21%11 to 20 years: 26.9%21 to 30 years: 15.2%Over 30 years: 4.7%
  • Beginning 7%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 21%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.2%
  • Over 30 years 4.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,090 reporting for every category shown · 2,090 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.5%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.2%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.2%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Metro Elem Sch of Design in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classMetro Elem Sch of Design · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2217.9
Grade 119.118.2
Grade 219.918.3
Grade 317.718.7
Grade 421.819
Grade 521.620
Grade 627.618

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 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 105 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

  • 10of 87

    Attendance

    Nueces County · of the 87 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 87

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Nueces County · of the 87 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 178904107.