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Pearland JH South

Brazoria County · Region 04: Houston · 766 students

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Current score
88/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.9 ptsvs 82.1 average · 1,703 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
439 of 1,703tied with 67 others
B88

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 82.1 average for 1,703 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Academic Growth rose 4 points

82 to 86 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 86 is 10.1 points above the 75.9 average among 1,607 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
58%vs 53.4% avg · +4.6 pts
Masters
29%vs 23.3% avg · +5.7 pts

Among 1,644 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
58%vs 47.2% avg · +10.8 pts
Masters
24%vs 19.2% avg · +4.8 pts

Among 1,636 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

Pearland JH South is rated B by TEA, scoring 88 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.1 average for 1,703 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 439th of 1,703 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 67 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averagePearland JH South 8989868888 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 B with 87 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
2025-26B8882.1 1,703 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8882.4 1,679 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8680.3 1,652 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8981.0 1,631 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8983.6 1,608 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 Achievement85 B+3.2 vs similar economic context · 1,644 reporting
  • School Progress86 B+4.3 vs similar economic context · 1,639 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+12.6 vs similar economic context · 1,625 reporting
  • Academic Growth86 B+10.1 vs similar economic context · 1,607 reporting
  • Relative Performance86 B+6.6 vs similar economic context · 1,639 reporting
  • Pearland JH South
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,703 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement85B5
School Progress86B4
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth86B4
Relative Performance86B4

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 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 (86), so Student Achievement (85) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 86.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level79%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,644 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,644 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,644 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,642 reporting
  • Meets grade level68%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,642 reporting
  • Masters grade level37%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,642 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,636 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,636 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,636 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,518 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,518 reporting
  • Masters grade level33%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,518 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level60%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 848 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 848 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 848 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,703 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
766
Economically disadvantaged
49.9%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
14.4%+1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.9%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.9%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.3%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Pearland JH South

African American: 17.4%Hispanic: 50.9%White: 22.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 5.5%Two or More Races: 3.5%
  • African American 17.4%
  • Hispanic 50.9%
  • White 22.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 5.5%
  • Two or More Races 3.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,703 reporting for every category shown · 1,703 in full cohort

African American: 9.4%Hispanic: 40.8%White: 42%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.1%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 9.4%
  • Hispanic 40.8%
  • White 42%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
766
Economically disadvantaged students
382
Emergent bilingual students
110
Special education students
137

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
67
Students in TEA mobility denominator
805
TEA-published mobility rate
8.3%

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 766 students in 2025–26, an increase of 2 (0.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
766

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+2

Increase · +0.3%

Change since 2021–22
−126

Decrease · −14.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
766
Selected comparison
646.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,665 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Pearland JH South
School yearStudents enrolledPearland JH SouthChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 892 First available year 648.4
2022–23 895 Increase of 3 (0.3%) 652.9
2023–24 813 Decrease of 82 (9.2%) 652.6
2024–25 764 Decrease of 49 (6.0%) 649.6
2025–26 766 Increase of 2 (0.3%) 646.5

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
136

17.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
333

41.83 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
796

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
17.1%
Selected comparison
12.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,318 rated schools reporting

+5.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
41.83
Selected comparison
26.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,413 rated schools reporting

+15.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Pearland JH South
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 908 60 6.6% 116 12.78 9.6% 18.3
2021–22 947 147 15.5% 332 35.06 11.9% 26.2
2022–23 930 202 21.7% 493 53.01 12.4% 28.1
2023–24 857 170 19.8% 411 47.96 12.4% 28.4
2024–25 796 136 17.1% 333 41.83 12.0% 26.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Pearland JH South in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 136 17.1% 333 41.83 12.0% 26.8
In-school suspensions 123 15.4% 265 33.29 10.8% 20.6
Out-of-school suspensions 28 3.5% 36 4.52 6.1% 8.5
DAEP placements 23 2.9% 32 4.02 4.5% 5.3
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$20k20182020202220242025
  • Pearland JH South
  • Parent district: Pearland ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,026
Selected comparison
$11,961

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 rated schools reporting

−$2,935 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,026 per student for this campus, $14,331 per student for its parent district, Pearland 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
YearPearland JH SouthParent district: Pearland ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,742$12,536$13,054$7,823 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,551 rated schools reporting
2019$7,212$15,097$13,108$8,009 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,570 rated schools reporting
2020$7,092$12,417$14,058$8,511 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,582 rated schools reporting
2021$7,473$12,203$14,797$8,915 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,599 rated schools reporting
2022$7,245$12,412$15,708$10,241 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,610 rated schools reporting
2023$7,390$12,284$16,792$10,720 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,630 rated schools reporting
2024$8,972$13,419$18,125$11,501 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,650 rated schools reporting
2025$9,026$14,331$18,972$11,961 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,677 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
$74,589+$7,696 vs similar economic context
Teachers
50+7.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.4−4.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Pearland JH South

Beginning: 2%1 to 5 years: 21.3%6 to 10 years: 20.1%11 to 20 years: 34.5%21 to 30 years: 21.9%
  • Beginning 2%
  • 1 to 5 years 21.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 34.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 21.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,703 reporting for every category shown · 1,703 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.6%1 to 5 years: 24.3%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 29.5%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Pearland JH South in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classPearland JH South · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English22.315.1
Secondary languages other than English19.817.4
Secondary math20.616
Secondary science22.817.5
Secondary social studies22.817.5

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 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 020908043.