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Nolan MS

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 1,004 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−1.7 ptsvs 82.7 average · 1,581 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
931 of 1,581tied with 56 others
B81

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 below the 82.7 average for 1,581 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 8 points

74 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 2 points above the 80 average among 1,517 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
61%vs 59.7% avg · +1.3 pts
Masters
34%vs 25.9% avg · +8.1 pts

Among 1,530 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

Nolan MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.7 average for 1,581 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 931st of 1,581 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 56 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageNolan MS 7980777881 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
2025-26B8182.7 1,581 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7883.0 1,552 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7781.0 1,526 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8081.5 1,510 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7983.9 1,490 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 Achievement80 B−2.7 vs similar economic context · 1,532 reporting
  • School Progress77 C−4.8 vs similar economic context · 1,528 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps82 B+2.0 vs similar economic context · 1,517 reporting
  • Academic Growth72 C−4.3 vs similar economic context · 1,500 reporting
  • Relative Performance77 C−2.3 vs similar economic context · 1,528 reporting
  • Nolan MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,581 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement80B10
School Progress77C3
Closing the Gaps82B8
Academic Growth72C8
Relative Performance77C3

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 8 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 Student Achievement (80), so School Progress (77) 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 level74%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,532 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,532 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,532 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,530 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,530 reporting
  • Masters grade level34%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,530 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,525 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,525 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,525 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,416 reporting
  • Meets grade level63%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,416 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,416 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 797 reporting
  • Meets grade level28%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 797 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 797 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,581 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
1,004
Economically disadvantaged
46.7%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.2%−4.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.4%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.9%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.4%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Nolan MS

African American: 23.7%Hispanic: 34.6%White: 24.7%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 4.3%Pacific Islander: 1.7%Two or More Races: 11%
  • African American 23.7%
  • Hispanic 34.6%
  • White 24.7%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 4.3%
  • Pacific Islander 1.7%
  • Two or More Races 11%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,581 reporting for every category shown · 1,581 in full cohort

African American: 9.2%Hispanic: 39%White: 43.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.2%
  • Hispanic 39%
  • White 43.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.5%
  • 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
1,004
Economically disadvantaged students
469
Emergent bilingual students
82
Special education students
205

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
150
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,137
TEA-published mobility rate
13.2%

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 1,004 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 64 (6.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,004

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−64

Decrease · −6.0%

Change since 2021–22
−128

Decrease · −11.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,004
Selected comparison
665.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,541 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Nolan MS
School yearStudents enrolledNolan MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,132 First available year 662.2
2022–23 1,178 Increase of 46 (4.1%) 667.6
2023–24 1,156 Decrease of 22 (1.9%) 668
2024–25 1,068 Decrease of 88 (7.6%) 665.3
2025–26 1,004 Decrease of 64 (6.0%) 665.6

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
196

17.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
464

41.73 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,112

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
17.6%
Selected comparison
11.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,231 rated schools reporting

+5.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
41.73
Selected comparison
25.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,322 rated schools reporting

+16.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Nolan MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,092 133 12.2% 369 33.79 9.5% 18
2021–22 1,217 228 18.7% 604 49.63 11.7% 25.3
2022–23 1,245 274 22.0% 679 54.54 12.0% 26.8
2023–24 1,230 262 21.3% 671 54.55 12.0% 27.4
2024–25 1,112 196 17.6% 464 41.73 11.7% 25.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Nolan MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 196 17.6% 464 41.73 11.7% 25.7
In-school suspensions 161 14.5% 303 27.25 10.6% 19.8
Out-of-school suspensions 83 7.5% 113 10.16 5.8% 8.2
DAEP placements 39 3.5% 43 3.87 4.3% 5
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.

$7k$13k$20k202120232025
  • Nolan MS
  • Parent district: Killeen ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,660
Selected comparison
$11,916

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 rated schools reporting

−$3,256 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,660 per student for this campus, $14,322 per student for its parent district, Killeen 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
YearNolan MSParent district: Killeen ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2021$9,201$14,264$14,797$8,895 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,480 rated schools reporting
2022$7,647$13,404$15,708$10,154 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,493 rated schools reporting
2023$8,296$14,811$16,792$10,611 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,510 rated schools reporting
2024$8,988$15,038$18,125$11,551 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,526 rated schools reporting
2025$8,660$14,322$18,972$11,916 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 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
$70,338+$3,242 vs similar economic context
Teachers
56+13.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.8−2.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Nolan MS

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 36.5%6 to 10 years: 24.1%11 to 20 years: 17%21 to 30 years: 12.8%Over 30 years: 2.7%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 36.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 24.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 17%
  • 21 to 30 years 12.8%
  • Over 30 years 2.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,581 reporting for every category shown · 1,581 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 23.9%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 29.9%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Nolan MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classNolan MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 614.317.8
Secondary English10.315.2
Secondary languages other than English23.317.6
Secondary math14.716.2
Secondary science15.417.7
Secondary social studies16.917.7

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 school ranks best

Out of 120 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

1 measure

  • 9of 95

    Reading — Masters

    Bell County · of the 95 that report this measure · tied with 1

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 014906055.