Recent movement
Overall score rose 5 points
77 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
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Ponder JH
Denton County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 432 students
- Current score
- 82/1002025-26
- Change
- −6 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −1.5 ptsvs 83.5 average · 1,469 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 849 of 1,469tied with 64 others
- Score vs region
- +1.5 ptsvs 80.5 average · 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth
- Region 11: Fort Worth placement
- 371 of 839tied with 25 others
- Score vs county
- +2.0 ptsvs 80 average · 179 rated schools in Denton County
- Denton County placement
- 71 of 179tied with 5 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +1.9 ptsvs 80.1 average · 4,303 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 1,936 of 4,303tied with 175 others
- Score vs state
- +0.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 3,846 of 7,646tied with 294 others
B82
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 88 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 83.5 average for 1,469 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80.5 average for 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth.The current score is above the 80 average for 179 rated schools in Denton County.The current score is above the 80.1 average for 4,303 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 9 points
73 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSTAAR result
Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 71%vs 55.6% avg · +15.4 pts
- Masters
- 38%vs 27.7% avg · +10.3 pts
Among 1,321 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 5 points
77 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 9 points
73 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 82 is 4.2 points above the 77.8 average among 802 schools in Region 11: Fort Worth reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Science above Region 11: Fort Worth averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 71%vs 44.6% avg · +26.4 pts
- Masters
- 38%vs 21.4% avg · +16.6 pts
Among 730 schools in Region 11: Fort Worth reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 5 points
77 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 82 is 2 points above the 80 average among 179 schools in Denton County reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 9 points
73 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 82 is 4.8 points above the 77.2 average among 172 schools in Denton County reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Science above Denton County averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 71%vs 46.8% avg · +24.2 pts
- Masters
- 38%vs 24.1% avg · +13.9 pts
Among 172 schools in Denton County reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 5 points
77 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 9 points
73 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 82 is 4.5 points above the 77.5 average among 4,061 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Science above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 71%vs 41.9% avg · +29.1 pts
- Masters
- 38%vs 19.6% avg · +18.4 pts
Among 3,675 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 5 points
77 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 9 points
73 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 82 is 3.3 points above the 78.7 average among 7,185 Texas schools reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Science above Texas averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 71%vs 47.1% avg · +23.9 pts
- Masters
- 38%vs 22.8% avg · +15.2 pts
Among 6,717 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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
Ponder JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 83.5 average for 1,469 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 849th of 1,469 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 64 others).
Ponder JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.5 average for 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 371st of 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth (tied with 25 others).
Ponder JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 179 rated schools in Denton County. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 71st of 179 rated schools in Denton County (tied with 5 others).
Ponder JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.1 average for 4,303 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,936th of 4,303 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 175 others).
Ponder JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 3,846th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 294 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 B with 88 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 | B | 82 | 83.5 1,469 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 77 | 83.9 1,438 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 80 | 82.0 1,416 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 83 | 82.5 1,401 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | B | 88 | 84.7 1,380 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.
- Ponder JH
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,469 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 78 | C | 2 |
| School Progress | 82 | B | 8 |
| Closing the Gaps | 82 | B | 8 |
| Academic Growth | 82 | B | 8 |
| Relative Performance | 70 | C | 10 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 8 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 (82), so Student Achievement (78) 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
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,469 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
- 432
- Economically disadvantaged
- 43.1%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 16.2%+4.6 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 23.4%+5.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.9%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 6.6%−6.5 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Ponder JH
- African American 0.9%
- Hispanic 37%
- White 59.5%
- Asian 0.2%
- Two or More Races 2.3%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,469 reporting for every category shown · 1,469 in full cohort
- African American 9.2%
- Hispanic 37.2%
- White 44.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 4.4%
Selected comparison average For Region 11: Fort Worth · 839 reporting for every category shown · 839 in full cohort
- African American 15.4%
- Hispanic 39.6%
- White 34.4%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Two or More Races 4.6%
Selected comparison average For Denton County · 179 reporting for every category shown · 179 in full cohort
- African American 13.9%
- Hispanic 33.2%
- White 36.5%
- American Indian 0.4%
- Asian 10.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 5.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,303 reporting for every category shown · 4,303 in full cohort
- African American 11.8%
- Hispanic 55%
- White 25.9%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 3.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
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
- 432
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 186
- Emergent bilingual students
- 70
- Special education students
- 101
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 32
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 413
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 7.7%
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 did not publish an enrollment count for 2025–26 in this PEIMS report, so no current year-over-year change is calculated. The latest available PEIMS count is 389 students in 2024–25.
- Latest available PEIMS enrollment
- 389
2024–25
Enrollment in 2024–25
- This school
- 389
- Selected comparison
- 694.6
| School year | Students enrolledPonder JH | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 376 | First available year | 691.4 |
| 2022–23 | 381 | Increase of 5 (1.3%) | 696.9 |
| 2023–24 | Not reported | Not available | — |
| 2024–25 | 389 | No adjacent prior year | 694.6 |
| 2025–26 | Not reported | Not available | — |
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
- 57
13.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 137
33.17 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 413
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 13.8%
- Selected comparison
- 11.1%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 33.17
- Selected comparison
- 24
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 401 | 40 | 10.0% | 61 | 15.21 | 9.2% | 17.4 |
| 2021–22 | 396 | 41 | 10.3% | 68 | 17.17 | 11.2% | 24 |
| 2022–23 | 403 | 81 | 20.1% | 140 | 34.74 | 11.5% | 25.2 |
| 2023–24 | 382 | 66 | 17.3% | 120 | 31.41 | 11.4% | 25.8 |
| 2024–25 | 413 | 57 | 13.8% | 137 | 33.17 | 11.1% | 24 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 57 | 13.8% | 137 | 33.17 | 11.1% | 24 |
| In-school suspensions | 52 | 12.6% | 99 | 23.97 | 9.9% | 18.4 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 16 | 3.9% | 24 | 5.81 | 5.4% | 7.5 |
| DAEP placements | 12 | 2.9% | 14 | 3.39 | 4.1% | 4.8 |
| 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.
- Ponder JH
- Parent district: Ponder ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $9,558
- Selected comparison
- $12,006
For 2025, TEA reported $9,558 per student for this campus, $21,803 per student for its parent district, Ponder 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 | Ponder JH | Parent district: Ponder ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,614 | $12,292 | $13,054 | $7,784 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,322 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $6,494 | $11,263 | $13,108 | $7,991 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,342 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $6,670 | $12,173 | $14,058 | $8,407 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,350 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $6,700 | $12,931 | $14,797 | $8,817 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,369 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $7,141 | $38,640 | $15,708 | $10,190 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,381 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $7,645 | $32,862 | $16,792 | $10,624 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,401 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $8,976 | $23,214 | $18,125 | $11,650 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,417 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $9,558 | $21,803 | $18,972 | $12,006 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,439 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
- $69,245+$2,054 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 30−15.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 14.7−6.3 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Ponder JH
- Beginning 5.1%
- 1 to 5 years 21.4%
- 6 to 10 years 22.7%
- 11 to 20 years 32.9%
- 21 to 30 years 16.3%
- Over 30 years 1.7%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,469 reporting for every category shown · 1,469 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.4%
- 1 to 5 years 23.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.6%
- 11 to 20 years 30.5%
- 21 to 30 years 16.9%
- Over 30 years 3.8%
Selected comparison average For Region 11: Fort Worth · 839 reporting for every category shown · 839 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.6%
- 1 to 5 years 24%
- 6 to 10 years 20.6%
- 11 to 20 years 30%
- 21 to 30 years 16.7%
- Over 30 years 2.8%
Selected comparison average For Denton County · 179 reporting for every category shown · 179 in full cohort
- Beginning 4.6%
- 1 to 5 years 25.7%
- 6 to 10 years 21.2%
- 11 to 20 years 29.4%
- 21 to 30 years 16.8%
- Over 30 years 2.4%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,303 reporting for every category shown · 4,303 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 25.8%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 29%
- 21 to 30 years 16.2%
- Over 30 years 3.4%
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%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classPonder JH · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 20.1 | 18 |
| Secondary English | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 19.5 | 18 |
| Secondary math | 19.6 | 16.6 |
| Secondary science | 21.4 | 18 |
| Secondary social studies | 23.6 | 18 |
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.
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