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Pieper Ranch MS

Comal County · Region 20: San Antonio · 979 students

Current score
93/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.9 ptsvs 91.1 average · 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
173 of 631tied with 98 others
A93

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 92 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 91.1 average for 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
81%vs 79.1% avg · +1.9 pts
Masters
55%vs 47.9% avg · +7.1 pts

Among 621 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
80%vs 68.2% avg · +11.8 pts
Masters
59%vs 42.2% avg · +16.8 pts

Among 582 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

Current strength

Closing the Gaps above the similar-context average

93 +4.3 pts vs 88.7

  • 93 is 4.3 points above the 88.7 average among 617 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

Pieper Ranch MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 91.1 average for 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 173rd of 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 98 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 school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averagePieper Ranch MS 9288929393 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 A with 92 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
2025-26A9391.1 631 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9391.5 622 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9290.5 606 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8891.0 588 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9291.5 578 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 Achievement93 A+0.9 vs similar economic context · 621 reporting
  • School Progress88 B+0.6 vs similar economic context · 619 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps93 A+4.3 vs similar economic context · 617 reporting
  • Academic Growth88 B+2.2 vs similar economic context · 616 reporting
  • Relative Performance81 B+2.4 vs similar economic context · 619 reporting
  • Pieper Ranch MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (631 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement93A—
School Progress88B2
Closing the Gaps93A—
Academic Growth88B2
Relative Performance81B9

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 (93), so School Progress (88) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 93.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level91%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Meets grade level75%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Masters grade level48%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Meets grade level81%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Masters grade level55%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 619 reporting
  • Meets grade level72%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 619 reporting
  • Masters grade level37%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 619 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level92%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 582 reporting
  • Meets grade level80%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 582 reporting
  • Masters grade level59%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 582 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level85%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 219 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 219 reporting
  • Masters grade level46%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 219 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (631 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
979
Economically disadvantaged
12.2%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
1.9%−8.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.3%+1.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.4%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
5.5%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Pieper Ranch MS

African American: 2.7%Hispanic: 45%White: 46.1%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 1.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.1%
  • African American 2.7%
  • Hispanic 45%
  • White 46.1%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 631 reporting for every category shown · 631 in full cohort

African American: 6%Hispanic: 19.3%White: 48.2%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 20.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.7%
  • African American 6%
  • Hispanic 19.3%
  • White 48.2%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 20.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
979
Economically disadvantaged students
119
Emergent bilingual students
19
Special education students
169

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
39
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,167
TEA-published mobility rate
3.3%

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 979 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 161 (14.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
979

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−161

Decrease · −14.1%

Change since 2021–22
−502

Decrease · −33.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
979
Selected comparison
863.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 627 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Pieper Ranch MS
School yearStudents enrolledPieper Ranch MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,481 First available year 875.1
2022–23 1,583 Increase of 102 (6.9%) 895.8
2023–24 1,630 Increase of 47 (3.0%) 881
2024–25 1,140 Decrease of 490 (30.1%) 873.8
2025–26 979 Decrease of 161 (14.1%) 863.1

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
67

5.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
116

9.98 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,162

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
5.8%
Selected comparison
5.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 377 rated schools reporting

+0.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
9.98
Selected comparison
9.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 444 rated schools reporting

+0.7 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Pieper Ranch MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,496 88 5.9% 152 10.16 3.9% 6.4
2021–22 1,546 122 7.9% 214 13.84 5.3% 9.3
2022–23 1,636 161 9.8% 301 18.40 5.6% 9.5
2023–24 1,682 150 8.9% 319 18.97 5.3% 9.5
2024–25 1,162 67 5.8% 116 9.98 5.3% 9.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Pieper Ranch MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 67 5.8% 116 9.98 5.3% 9.3
In-school suspensions 62 5.3% 95 8.18 4.9% 7.5
Out-of-school suspensions 15 1.3% 18 1.55 2.3% 3.1
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$13k$21k2019202120232025
  • Pieper Ranch MS
  • Parent district: Comal ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,704
Selected comparison
$10,835

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 622 rated schools reporting

−$3,131 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,704 per student for this campus, $20,119 per student for its parent district, Comal 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
YearPieper Ranch MSParent district: Comal ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2019$7,418$14,099$13,108$7,395 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 545 rated schools reporting
2020$5,811$16,438$14,058$7,707 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 558 rated schools reporting
2021$6,096$14,988$14,797$8,278 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 568 rated schools reporting
2022$6,965$14,178$15,708$9,447 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 579 rated schools reporting
2023$6,623$18,425$16,792$9,607 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 588 rated schools reporting
2024$6,869$18,904$18,125$10,603 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 607 rated schools reporting
2025$7,704$20,119$18,972$10,835 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 622 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
$64,950−$4,297 vs similar economic context
Teachers
62+6.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.8+0.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Pieper Ranch MS

Beginning: 1.6%1 to 5 years: 17.9%6 to 10 years: 24.2%11 to 20 years: 38.7%21 to 30 years: 14.4%Over 30 years: 3.2%
  • Beginning 1.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 17.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 24.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 38.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 631 reporting for every category shown · 631 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.2%1 to 5 years: 23.6%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 32.4%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 2.7%
  • Beginning 4.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 2.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Pieper Ranch MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classPieper Ranch MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 61919.2
Secondary English17.918.5
Secondary languages other than English28.921.1
Secondary math2018.6
Secondary science2221.3
Secondary social studies22.521.4

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 school ranks best

Out of 120 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

3 measures

  • 3of 52

    Reading — Masters

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure

  • 3of 50

    Science — Masters

    Comal County · of the 50 that report this measure

  • 3of 50

    Attendance

    Comal County · of the 50 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

15 measures

  • 4of 50

    Closing the Gaps

    Comal County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 52

    All Subjects — Masters

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 6of 50

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Comal County · of the 50 that report this measure

  • 6of 21

    Social Studies — Masters

    Comal County · of the 21 that report this measure

  • 7of 52

    Reading — Approaches

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 52

    Reading — Meets

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure

  • 7of 51

    Academic Growth

    Comal County · of the 51 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 53

    Overall score

    Comal County · of the 53 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 8of 52

    Math — Meets

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure

  • 9of 52

    Student Achievement

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 9of 52

    All Subjects — Meets

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure

  • 9of 52

    Math — Masters

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 10of 52

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 52

    Math — Approaches

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 10of 50

    Science — Meets

    Comal County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 1

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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