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North Belton MS

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 1,001 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−4.2 ptsvs 85.2 average · 1,260 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
891 of 1,260tied with 48 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 85.2 average for 1,260 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

82 +3.3 pts vs 78.7

  • 82 is 3.3 points above the 78.7 average among 1,201 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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North Belton MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 85.2 average for 1,260 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 891st of 1,260 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 48 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 averageNorth Belton MS 8086757681 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
2025-26B8185.2 1,260 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7685.3 1,234 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7583.7 1,217 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8684.2 1,204 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8085.9 1,187 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 Achievement81 B−4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,226 reporting
  • School Progress82 B−1.1 vs similar economic context · 1,222 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps80 B−2.5 vs similar economic context · 1,213 reporting
  • Academic Growth82 B+3.3 vs similar economic context · 1,201 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−9.7 vs similar economic context · 1,222 reporting
  • North Belton MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,260 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement81B9
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps80B10
Academic Growth82B8
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 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 School Progress (82), so Student Achievement (81) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level75%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,226 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,226 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,226 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,225 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,225 reporting
  • Masters grade level34%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,225 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,221 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,221 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,221 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,123 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,123 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,123 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 644 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 644 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 644 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,260 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
1,001
Economically disadvantaged
37.4%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.2%−6.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.6%+3.7 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.4%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
16.1%+4.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

North Belton MS

African American: 10.2%Hispanic: 33.8%White: 44.6%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 3.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 7%
  • African American 10.2%
  • Hispanic 33.8%
  • White 44.6%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 3.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,260 reporting for every category shown · 1,260 in full cohort

African American: 9.2%Hispanic: 33.8%White: 46.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 5.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.6%
  • African American 9.2%
  • Hispanic 33.8%
  • White 46.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 5.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,001
Economically disadvantaged students
374
Emergent bilingual students
42
Special education students
216

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
116
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,050
TEA-published mobility rate
11%

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 1,001 students in 2025–26, an increase of 22 (2.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,001

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+22

Increase · +2.2%

Change since 2021–22
+110

Increase · +12.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,001
Selected comparison
727.4

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

Student enrollment by school year for North Belton MS
School yearStudents enrolledNorth Belton MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 891 First available year 735.8
2022–23 857 Decrease of 34 (3.8%) 737.1
2023–24 919 Increase of 62 (7.2%) 738.2
2024–25 979 Increase of 60 (6.5%) 735.1
2025–26 1,001 Increase of 22 (2.2%) 727.4

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
185

17.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
453

43.27 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,047

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
17.7%
Selected comparison
10.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 974 rated schools reporting

+7.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
43.27
Selected comparison
22.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,056 rated schools reporting

+20.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for North Belton MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 978 62 6.3% 114 11.66 8.5% 15.9
2021–22 963 145 15.1% 394 40.91 10.6% 22.4
2022–23 913 138 15.1% 325 35.60 11.0% 23.6
2023–24 984 154 15.7% 326 33.13 10.7% 23.9
2024–25 1,047 185 17.7% 453 43.27 10.4% 22.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for North Belton MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 185 17.7% 453 43.27 10.4% 22.4
In-school suspensions 178 17.0% 375 35.82 9.3% 17.2
Out-of-school suspensions 29 2.8% 38 3.63 5.1% 7
DAEP placements 23 2.2% 27 2.58 3.7% 4.4
Mandatory DAEP placements 15 1.4% 16 1.53 2.9% 3.4
Discretionary DAEP placements 10 1.0% 11 1.05 2.0% 2.3
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$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • North Belton MS
  • Parent district: Belton ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$6,966
Selected comparison
$11,876

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,235 rated schools reporting

−$4,910 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $6,966 per student for this campus, $15,078 per student for its parent district, Belton 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
YearNorth Belton MSParent district: Belton ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,933$12,852$13,054$7,704 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,129 rated schools reporting
2019$6,905$16,678$13,108$7,840 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,145 rated schools reporting
2020$6,949$15,144$14,058$8,183 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,151 rated schools reporting
2021$8,383$13,397$14,797$8,654 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,169 rated schools reporting
2022$8,155$13,081$15,708$9,815 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,187 rated schools reporting
2023$7,870$16,763$16,792$10,376 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,204 rated schools reporting
2024$7,410$21,002$18,125$11,613 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,218 rated schools reporting
2025$6,966$15,078$18,972$11,876 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,235 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
$64,597−$3,000 vs similar economic context
Teachers
61+12.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.5+2.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

North Belton MS

Beginning: 6.6%1 to 5 years: 22.9%6 to 10 years: 22.4%11 to 20 years: 36.3%21 to 30 years: 10.1%Over 30 years: 1.7%
  • Beginning 6.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 36.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 10.1%
  • Over 30 years 1.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,260 reporting for every category shown · 1,260 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.2%1 to 5 years: 23%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 31.4%21 to 30 years: 17.1%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 5.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 23%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for North Belton MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classNorth Belton MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 625.218.4
Secondary English25.216.1
Secondary languages other than English27.718.5
Secondary math24.417.1
Secondary science25.718.5
Secondary social studies26.918.5

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.

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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 014903045.