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Pat Hagan Cheek MS

Denton County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 878 students

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Current score
73/1002025-26
Change
+8 ptssince 2023-24
Score vs similar economic context
−9.9 ptsvs 82.9 average · 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,354 of 1,568tied with 36 others
C73

At a glance

The available rating history is moving up. The current score is below the 82.9 average for 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

No academic result met this site’s published threshold for a selected positive signal against Similar economic-disadvantage rate.

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 Hagan Cheek MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 73 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.9 average for 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 8 points since 2023-24.

Ranks 1,354th of 1,568 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 36 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 3 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
15.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
0.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

3 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averagePat Hagan Cheek MS 658373 2023-242024-252025-26

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
2025-26C7382.9 1,568 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8383.2 1,536 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6581.2 1,508 reporting78.9 7,466 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 Achievement75 C−7.9 vs similar economic context · 1,519 reporting
  • School Progress73 C−8.9 vs similar economic context · 1,515 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps67 D−13.3 vs similar economic context · 1,504 reporting
  • Academic Growth73 C−3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,487 reporting
  • Relative Performance66 D−13.4 vs similar economic context · 1,515 reporting
  • Pat Hagan Cheek MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,568 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress73C7
Closing the Gaps67D3
Academic Growth73C7
Relative Performance66D4

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below C 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 (75), so School Progress (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 level68%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,519 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,519 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,519 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,517 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,512 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,512 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,512 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level54%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 790 reporting
  • Meets grade level26%−26 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 790 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 790 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,568 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
878
Economically disadvantaged
45.9%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.9%−3.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.1%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.7%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
14.8%+1.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Pat Hagan Cheek MS

African American: 38.2%Hispanic: 23%White: 24.6%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 7.5%Two or More Races: 6.2%
  • African American 38.2%
  • Hispanic 23%
  • White 24.6%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 7.5%
  • Two or More Races 6.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 reporting for every category shown · 1,568 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 38.6%White: 43.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.6%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 38.6%
  • White 43.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.6%
  • 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
878
Economically disadvantaged students
403
Emergent bilingual students
78
Special education students
159

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
144
Students in TEA mobility denominator
960
TEA-published mobility rate
15%

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 878 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 7 (0.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
878

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−7

Decrease · −0.8%

Change since 2023–24
+139

Increase · +18.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
878
Selected comparison
671.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,529 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Pat Hagan Cheek MS
School yearStudents enrolledPat Hagan Cheek MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2023–24 739 First available year 674.8
2024–25 885 Increase of 146 (19.8%) 671.3
2025–26 878 Decrease of 7 (0.8%) 671.7

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
212

22.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
613

64.19 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
955

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
22.2%
Selected comparison
11.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,205 rated schools reporting

+10.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
64.19
Selected comparison
25.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,300 rated schools reporting

+38.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Pat Hagan Cheek MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2023–24 828 229 27.7% 600 72.46 11.9% 27
2024–25 955 212 22.2% 613 64.19 11.6% 25.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Pat Hagan Cheek MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 212 22.2% 613 64.19 11.6% 25.3
In-school suspensions 174 18.2% 400 41.88 10.5% 19.5
Out-of-school suspensions 124 13.0% 190 19.90 5.7% 8
DAEP placements 19 2.0% 23 2.41 4.2% 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.

$8k$18k$28k20242025
  • Pat Hagan Cheek MS
  • Parent district: Denton ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,783
Selected comparison
$11,977

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,535 rated schools reporting

−$3,194 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,783 per student for this campus, $26,904 per student for its parent district, Denton 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 Hagan Cheek MSParent district: Denton ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2024$13,696$23,301$18,125$11,614 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,508 rated schools reporting
2025$8,783$26,904$18,972$11,977 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,535 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
$63,427−$3,677 vs similar economic context
Teachers
57+13.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.4−5.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Pat Hagan Cheek MS

Beginning: 12.3%1 to 5 years: 29.6%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 18.2%21 to 30 years: 18.7%Over 30 years: 1.8%
  • Beginning 12.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 29.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 18.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 18.7%
  • Over 30 years 1.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 reporting for every category shown · 1,568 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 23.9%6 to 10 years: 19.5%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 19.5%
  • 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 Pat Hagan Cheek MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classPat Hagan Cheek MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 624.417.8
Secondary English16.915.3
Secondary languages other than English2217.7
Secondary math24.816.3
Secondary science25.417.8
Secondary social studies25.417.7

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 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 061901051.