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Ore City MS

Upshur County · Region 07: Kilgore · 201 students

Current score
76/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−3.8 ptsvs 79.8 average · 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,307 of 2,001tied with 56 others
C76

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 74 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.8 average for 2,001 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
57%vs 52.5% avg · +4.5 pts
Masters
23%vs 20.9% avg · +2.1 pts

Among 1,889 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

76 +2.1 pts vs 73.9

  • 76 is 2.1 points above the 73.9 average among 1,826 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

Ore City MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.8 average for 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,307th of 2,001 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 56 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageOre City MS 7577677776 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 74 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
2025-26C7679.8 2,001 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7779.5 1,977 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6777.6 1,963 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7778.1 1,930 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7582.2 1,909 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 Achievement73 C−4.4 vs similar economic context · 1,892 reporting
  • School Progress77 C−3.7 vs similar economic context · 1,885 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps73 C−4.0 vs similar economic context · 1,867 reporting
  • Academic Growth76 C+2.1 vs similar economic context · 1,826 reporting
  • Relative Performance77 C−2.0 vs similar economic context · 1,885 reporting
  • Ore City MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,001 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement73C7
School Progress77C3
Closing the Gaps73C7
Academic Growth76C4
Relative Performance77C3

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 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 (77), so Student Achievement (73) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 77.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Meets grade level57%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,880 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,880 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,880 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,730 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,730 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,730 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level48%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Meets grade level21%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,001 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
201
Economically disadvantaged
65.7%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.0%−10.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
25.4%+6.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
11.8%−5.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Ore City MS

African American: 4%Hispanic: 26.9%White: 61.7%Asian: 1%Two or More Races: 6.5%
  • African American 4%
  • Hispanic 26.9%
  • White 61.7%
  • Asian 1%
  • Two or More Races 6.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

African American: 11.5%Hispanic: 52.5%White: 29.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.5%
  • Hispanic 52.5%
  • White 29.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
201
Economically disadvantaged students
132
Emergent bilingual students
16
Special education students
51

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
27
Students in TEA mobility denominator
204
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 201 students in 2025–26, an increase of 10 (5.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
201

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+10

Increase · +5.2%

Change since 2021–22
+8

Increase · +4.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
201
Selected comparison
628.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Ore City MS
School yearStudents enrolledOre City MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 193 First available year 644
2022–23 183 Decrease of 10 (5.2%) 649.8
2023–24 181 Decrease of 2 (1.1%) 648.2
2024–25 191 Increase of 10 (5.5%) 644.8
2025–26 201 Increase of 10 (5.2%) 628.5

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
51

25.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
125

61.27 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
204

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
25.0%
Selected comparison
12.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,545 rated schools reporting

+12.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
61.27
Selected comparison
30.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,651 rated schools reporting

+30.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Ore City MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 238 54 22.7% 130 54.62 9.8% 19.5
2021–22 219 37 16.9% 99 45.21 12.9% 30.4
2022–23 203 60 29.6% 178 87.68 13.4% 32.2
2023–24 204 49 24.0% 129 63.24 13.2% 32
2024–25 204 51 25.0% 125 61.27 12.9% 30.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Ore City MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 51 25.0% 125 61.27 12.9% 30.4
In-school suspensions 49 24.0% 97 47.55 11.5% 23
Out-of-school suspensions 12 5.9% 17 8.33 7.2% 10.7
DAEP placements Suppressed — 11 5.39 — 6
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$21k20182020202220242025
  • Ore City MS
  • Parent district: Ore City ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,828
Selected comparison
$12,731

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting

−$903 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,828 per student for this campus, $19,762 per student for its parent district, Ore City 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
YearOre City MSParent district: Ore City ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,661$11,117$13,054$7,953 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,839 rated schools reporting
2019$6,749$13,075$13,108$8,116 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,854 rated schools reporting
2020$7,976$13,735$14,058$8,699 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,873 rated schools reporting
2021$8,934$13,284$14,797$9,169 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 rated schools reporting
2022$10,570$16,012$15,708$10,486 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 rated schools reporting
2023$11,895$19,231$16,792$11,193 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 rated schools reporting
2024$11,588$18,297$18,125$12,099 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 rated schools reporting
2025$11,828$19,762$18,972$12,731 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 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
$57,538−$8,912 vs similar economic context
Teachers
24−18.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
8.3−5.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Ore City MS

Beginning: 7.8%1 to 5 years: 34.6%6 to 10 years: 15.6%11 to 20 years: 21.4%21 to 30 years: 16.9%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 7.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 34.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 15.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 21.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,001 reporting for every category shown · 2,001 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.8%21 to 30 years: 15.8%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.8%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Ore City MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classOre City MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 611.817.7
Secondary English12.215.1
Secondary math11.116
Secondary science14.117.3
Secondary social studies11.517.3

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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

3 measures

  • 8of 21

    Academic Growth

    Upshur County · of the 21 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 22

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Upshur County · of the 22 that report this measure

  • 10of 13

    Social Studies — Meets

    Upshur County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 2

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 230903041.