Recent movement
Overall score rose 7 points
69 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
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Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center
Bowie County · Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 409 students
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- Current score
- 76/1002025-26
- Change
- +21 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −1.6 ptsvs 77.6 average · 1,917 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,157 of 1,917tied with 54 others
- Score vs region
- −5.5 ptsvs 81.5 average · 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant
- Region 08: Mt Pleasant placement
- 110 of 142tied with 1 other
- Score vs county
- −4.7 ptsvs 80.7 average · 42 rated schools in Bowie County
- Bowie County placement
- 32 of 42tied with 1 other
- Score vs similar-size group
- −4.1 ptsvs 80.1 average · 4,085 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 2,737 of 4,085tied with 108 others
- Score vs state
- −5.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 5,432 of 7,646tied with 208 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 59 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.6 average for 1,917 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 81.5 average for 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant.The current score is below the 80.7 average for 42 rated schools in Bowie County.The current score is below the 80.1 average for 4,085 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent movement
Overall score rose 7 points
69 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 7 points
69 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 7 points
69 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 7 points
69 to 76 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSelected 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
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.6 average for 1,917 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 21 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,157th of 1,917 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 54 others).
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.5 average for 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant. It is up 21 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 110th of 142 rated schools in Region 08: Mt Pleasant (tied with 1 other).
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.7 average for 42 rated schools in Bowie County. It is up 21 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 32nd of 42 rated schools in Bowie County (tied with 1 other).
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.1 average for 4,085 similarly sized rated schools. It is up 21 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 2,737th of 4,085 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 108 others).
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is up 21 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 5,432nd of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 208 others).
Put the numbers in context
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Compare against
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 59 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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C | 76 | 77.6 1,917 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | D | 69 | 77.3 1,900 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | F | 53 | 73.8 1,882 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | F | 59 | 73.3 1,877 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | F | 55 | 81.9 1,852 reporting | 83.7 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.
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,917 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | — | Not rated | — |
| School Progress | — | Not rated | — |
| Closing the Gaps | — | Not rated | — |
| Academic Growth | — | Not rated | — |
| Relative Performance | — | Not rated | — |
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 409
- Economically disadvantaged
- 94.1%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 12.5%−29.0 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 8.3%−9.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- —
- Chronically absent
- —
Student demographics
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center
- African American 61.9%
- Hispanic 17.4%
- White 12.2%
- Asian 1.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.5%
- Two or More Races 6.8%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting for every category shown · 1,917 in full cohort
- African American 15%
- Hispanic 76.9%
- White 5.1%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 1.5%
Selected comparison average For Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 142 reporting for every category shown · 142 in full cohort
- African American 16.3%
- Hispanic 21.3%
- White 54.6%
- American Indian 0.5%
- Asian 0.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 6.5%
Selected comparison average For Bowie County · 42 reporting for every category shown · 42 in full cohort
- African American 24.2%
- Hispanic 11.4%
- White 55.7%
- American Indian 0.4%
- Asian 0.9%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 7.3%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,085 reporting for every category shown · 4,085 in full cohort
- African American 11.8%
- Hispanic 54.9%
- White 26.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 3.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.3%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 409
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 385
- Emergent bilingual students
- 51
- Special education students
- 34
TEA context labels
- Highest grade is early education, pre-K or kindergarten
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- Not reported
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- Not reported
- TEA-published mobility rate
- Not reported
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 409 students in 2025–26, an increase of 144 (54.3%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 409
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +144
Increase · +54.3%
- Change since 2021–22
- +127
Increase · +45.0%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 409
- Selected comparison
- 561.7
| School year | Students enrolledPaul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 282 | First available year | 609.2 |
| 2022–23 | 296 | Increase of 14 (5.0%) | 605.2 |
| 2023–24 | 304 | Increase of 8 (2.7%) | 595.4 |
| 2024–25 | 265 | Decrease of 39 (12.8%) | 588.3 |
| 2025–26 | 409 | Increase of 144 (54.3%) | 561.7 |
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
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 303
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 275 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 326 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 332 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 349 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 303 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 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.
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center
- Parent district: Texarkana ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $13,473
- Selected comparison
- $13,228
For 2025, TEA reported $13,473 per student for this campus, $32,607 per student for its parent district, Texarkana ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center | Parent district: Texarkana ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $7,165 | $11,321 | $13,054 | $8,351 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,806 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $7,839 | $11,880 | $13,108 | $8,362 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,830 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $8,200 | $11,720 | $14,058 | $8,867 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,834 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $11,282 | $12,558 | $14,797 | $9,706 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,836 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $9,755 | $14,786 | $15,708 | $11,232 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,853 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $11,019 | $17,217 | $16,792 | $11,836 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,877 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $11,644 | $21,801 | $18,125 | $12,693 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $13,473 | $32,607 | $18,972 | $13,228 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,899 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
- Average salary
- $51,889−$16,533 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 27−12.7 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 15.2+0.5 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center
- Beginning 3.7%
- 1 to 5 years 45.7%
- 6 to 10 years 26%
- 11 to 20 years 24.9%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting for every category shown · 1,917 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.5%
- 1 to 5 years 27%
- 6 to 10 years 18.7%
- 11 to 20 years 27.2%
- 21 to 30 years 14.9%
- Over 30 years 3.4%
Selected comparison average For Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 142 reporting for every category shown · 142 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.6%
- 1 to 5 years 24.2%
- 6 to 10 years 18.4%
- 11 to 20 years 27.3%
- 21 to 30 years 17.2%
- Over 30 years 6.5%
Selected comparison average For Bowie County · 42 reporting for every category shown · 42 in full cohort
- Beginning 4.6%
- 1 to 5 years 22.2%
- 6 to 10 years 19.4%
- 11 to 20 years 28.9%
- 21 to 30 years 16.6%
- Over 30 years 6.1%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,085 reporting for every category shown · 4,085 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 25.7%
- 6 to 10 years 19.1%
- 11 to 20 years 29%
- 21 to 30 years 16.4%
- Over 30 years 3.5%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
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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