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Pat Carney Elem

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 806 students

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Current score
76/1002025-26
Change
+7 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−3.7 ptsvs 79.7 average · 2,006 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,304 of 2,006tied with 53 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 68 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.7 average for 2,006 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
47%vs 41.8% avg · +5.2 pts
Masters
17%vs 16% avg · +1 pts

Among 1,887 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

Pat Carney Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.7 average for 2,006 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 7 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,304th of 2,006 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 53 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 averagePat Carney Elem 6982877076 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 Not Rated with 68 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
2025-26C7679.7 2,006 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7079.4 1,984 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8777.5 1,969 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8278.1 1,937 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6982.2 1,916 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−4.2 vs similar economic context · 1,898 reporting
  • School Progress75 C−5.6 vs similar economic context · 1,891 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps77 C+0.1 vs similar economic context · 1,874 reporting
  • Academic Growth70 C−3.8 vs similar economic context · 1,833 reporting
  • Relative Performance75 C−3.9 vs similar economic context · 1,891 reporting
  • Pat Carney Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,006 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement73C7
School Progress75C5
Closing the Gaps77C3
Academic Growth70C10
Relative Performance75C5

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 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 (75), so Student Achievement (73) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 75.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level73%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,739 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,739 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,739 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,006 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
806
Economically disadvantaged
66.4%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
10.7%−8.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
25.2%+6.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.7%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.3%−3.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Pat Carney Elem

African American: 43.8%Hispanic: 26.9%White: 11.9%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 2.6%Pacific Islander: 1.4%Two or More Races: 13.2%
  • African American 43.8%
  • Hispanic 26.9%
  • White 11.9%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 2.6%
  • Pacific Islander 1.4%
  • Two or More Races 13.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,006 reporting for every category shown · 2,006 in full cohort

African American: 11.8%Hispanic: 53.3%White: 28.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.8%
  • Hispanic 53.3%
  • White 28.7%
  • 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
806
Economically disadvantaged students
535
Emergent bilingual students
86
Special education students
203

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
117
Students in TEA mobility denominator
620
TEA-published mobility rate
18.9%

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 806 students in 2025–26, an increase of 73 (10.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
806

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+73

Increase · +10.0%

Change since 2021–22
+111

Increase · +16.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
806
Selected comparison
628.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,973 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Pat Carney Elem
School yearStudents enrolledPat Carney ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 695 First available year 645.4
2022–23 743 Increase of 48 (6.9%) 651.3
2023–24 714 Decrease of 29 (3.9%) 649.1
2024–25 733 Increase of 19 (2.7%) 644.4
2025–26 806 Increase of 73 (10.0%) 628.9

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
99

12.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
240

30.38 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
790

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
12.5%
Selected comparison
12.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,543 rated schools reporting

−0.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
30.38
Selected comparison
30.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,650 rated schools reporting

−0.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Pat Carney Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2021–22 800 114 14.3% 374 46.75 12.9% 30.4
2022–23 817 106 13.0% 240 29.38 13.4% 32.2
2023–24 782 77 9.8% 321 41.05 13.2% 31.8
2024–25 790 99 12.5% 240 30.38 12.8% 30.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Pat Carney Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 99 12.5% 240 30.38 12.8% 30.5
In-school suspensions 91 11.5% 217 27.47 11.5% 23.1
Out-of-school suspensions 14 1.8% 22 2.78 7.2% 10.7
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$8k$14k$20k202220242025
  • Pat Carney Elem
  • Parent district: Killeen ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,107
Selected comparison
$12,743

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 rated schools reporting

−$2,636 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,107 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
YearPat Carney ElemParent district: Killeen ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2022$9,236$13,404$15,708$10,478 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,915 rated schools reporting
2023$9,373$14,811$16,792$11,198 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,938 rated schools reporting
2024$10,807$15,038$18,125$12,087 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,966 rated schools reporting
2025$10,107$14,322$18,972$12,743 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 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
$68,955+$2,492 vs similar economic context
Teachers
50+6.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.2+2.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Pat Carney Elem

Beginning: 5.8%1 to 5 years: 37.8%6 to 10 years: 29.9%11 to 20 years: 22.7%21 to 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 5.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 37.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 29.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 22.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,006 reporting for every category shown · 2,006 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.5%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.9%21 to 30 years: 15.6%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.6%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Pat Carney Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classPat Carney Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.618
Grade 118.718.2
Grade 22118.4
Grade 320.418.6
Grade 420.819
Grade 519.919.9

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.

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 014906145.