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Petrolia Elem

Clay County · Region 09: Wichita Falls · 271 students

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Current score
80/1002025-26
Change
+12 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−1.1 ptsvs 81.1 average · 1,875 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,025 of 1,875tied with 75 others
B80

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 66 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 81.1 average for 1,875 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

82 +7.3 pts vs 74.7

  • 82 is 7.3 points above the 74.7 average among 1,747 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

6.7% −8.6 pts vs 15.3%

  • 6.7% is 8.6 percentage points lower than the 15.3% average among 1,818 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Attendance above the similar-context average

96.2% +1.8 pts vs 94.4%

  • 96.2% is 1.8 percentage points above the 94.4% average among 1,818 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

Petrolia Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.1 average for 1,875 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 12 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,025th of 1,875 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 75 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
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averagePetrolia Elem 6859748380 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 66 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
2025-26B8081.1 1,875 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8381.2 1,848 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7479.1 1,822 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5979.8 1,791 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6882.7 1,764 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 Achievement71 C−9.2 vs similar economic context · 1,803 reporting
  • School Progress82 B+0.7 vs similar economic context · 1,795 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps74 C−4.3 vs similar economic context · 1,779 reporting
  • Academic Growth82 B+7.3 vs similar economic context · 1,747 reporting
  • Relative Performance66 D−13.4 vs similar economic context · 1,795 reporting
  • Petrolia Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,875 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement71C9
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps74C6
Academic Growth82B8
Relative Performance66D4

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 6 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 (82), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level71%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,803 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,803 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,803 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,800 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,800 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,800 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,790 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,790 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,790 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level47%−30 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,650 reporting
  • Meets grade level18%−32 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,650 reporting
  • Masters grade level3%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,650 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,875 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
271
Economically disadvantaged
56.1%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
0.0%−14.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.2%+4.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.2%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
6.7%−8.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Petrolia Elem

African American: 1.8%Hispanic: 14%White: 77.5%American Indian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.4%Two or More Races: 4.8%
  • African American 1.8%
  • Hispanic 14%
  • White 77.5%
  • American Indian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 4.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,875 reporting for every category shown · 1,875 in full cohort

African American: 9.9%Hispanic: 45.3%White: 37.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4%
  • African American 9.9%
  • Hispanic 45.3%
  • White 37.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 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
271
Economically disadvantaged students
152
Emergent bilingual students
0
Special education students
63

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
27
Students in TEA mobility denominator
227
TEA-published mobility rate
11.9%

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 271 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 6 (2.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
271

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−6

Decrease · −2.2%

Change since 2021–22
+5

Increase · +1.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
271
Selected comparison
635.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,835 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Petrolia Elem
School yearStudents enrolledPetrolia ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 266 First available year 639.4
2022–23 267 Increase of 1 (0.4%) 645.8
2023–24 260 Decrease of 7 (2.6%) 644.3
2024–25 277 Increase of 17 (6.5%) 641.2
2025–26 271 Decrease of 6 (2.2%) 635.4

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
13

4.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
26

8.70 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
299

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
4.3%
Selected comparison
12.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,439 rated schools reporting

−8.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
8.7
Selected comparison
28

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,559 rated schools reporting

−19.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Petrolia Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 279 56 20.1% 91 32.62 9.7% 18.7
2021–22 287 41 14.3% 82 28.57 12.4% 28
2022–23 282 11 3.9% 18 6.38 12.9% 29.7
2023–24 288 25 8.7% 42 14.58 12.8% 29.8
2024–25 299 13 4.3% 26 8.70 12.5% 28
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Petrolia Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 13 4.3% 26 8.70 12.5% 28
In-school suspensions 11 3.7% 24 8.03 11.3% 21.8
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$5k$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • Petrolia Elem
  • Parent district: Petrolia CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,710
Selected comparison
$12,298

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,845 rated schools reporting

−$3,588 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,710 per student for this campus, $17,722 per student for its parent district, Petrolia CISD, $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
YearPetrolia ElemParent district: Petrolia CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,723$11,468$13,054$7,931 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,697 rated schools reporting
2019$6,550$13,563$13,108$8,094 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,715 rated schools reporting
2020$7,126$15,104$14,058$8,678 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,734 rated schools reporting
2021$7,839$21,009$14,797$9,055 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,749 rated schools reporting
2022$8,148$18,806$15,708$10,474 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,766 rated schools reporting
2023$7,957$16,517$16,792$10,978 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,791 rated schools reporting
2024$8,767$17,751$18,125$11,799 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,819 rated schools reporting
2025$8,710$17,722$18,972$12,298 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,845 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
$63,333−$3,200 vs similar economic context
Teachers
22−19.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.1−7.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Petrolia Elem

Beginning: 21.5%1 to 5 years: 9%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 20.6%21 to 30 years: 29.6%
  • Beginning 21.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 20.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 29.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,875 reporting for every category shown · 1,875 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.8%1 to 5 years: 24.9%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 28.7%21 to 30 years: 16.4%Over 30 years: 4.4%
  • Beginning 5.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.4%
  • Over 30 years 4.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Petrolia Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classPetrolia Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten13.518
Grade 119.518.2
Grade 216.518.4
Grade 320.218.8
Grade 421.419
Grade 520.919.7
Grade 620.217.5

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 7 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 84 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.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 88of 1,818

    Attendance

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,818 that report this measure · tied with 25

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 039903101.