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R D McAdams JH

Galveston County · Region 04: Houston · 894 students

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Current score
87/1002025-26
Change
+13 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+8.0 ptsvs 79 average · 2,047 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
429 of 2,047tied with 57 others
B87

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 75 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79 average for 2,047 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 8 points

79 to 87 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 87 is 8 points above the 79 average among 2,047 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 13 points

78 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 91 is 14.8 points above the 76.2 average among 1,896 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
47%vs 45.4% avg · +1.6 pts
Masters
20%vs 18.1% avg · +1.9 pts

Among 1,915 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

R D McAdams JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79 average for 2,047 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 13 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 429th of 2,047 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 57 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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageR D McAdams JH 7478737987 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 C with 75 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
2025-26B8779.0 2,047 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7978.6 2,029 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7376.5 2,015 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7877.0 1,991 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7481.9 1,971 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 Achievement77 C+1.5 vs similar economic context · 1,915 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+4.9 vs similar economic context · 1,908 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps91 A+14.8 vs similar economic context · 1,896 reporting
  • Academic Growth81 B+7.9 vs similar economic context · 1,852 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+6.5 vs similar economic context · 1,908 reporting
  • R D McAdams JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,047 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement77C3
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps91A—
Academic Growth81B9
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 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 (85), so Student Achievement (77) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level72%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,915 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,915 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,915 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,913 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,913 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,913 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,904 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,904 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,904 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,757 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,757 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,757 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level60%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 883 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 883 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 883 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,047 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
894
Economically disadvantaged
71.7%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
26.2%+4.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.8%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.9%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
20.4%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

R D McAdams JH

African American: 13.7%Hispanic: 61.4%White: 19.4%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.6%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 13.7%
  • Hispanic 61.4%
  • White 19.4%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 reporting for every category shown · 2,047 in full cohort

African American: 12.6%Hispanic: 58.5%White: 23.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.3%
  • African American 12.6%
  • Hispanic 58.5%
  • White 23.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
893
Economically disadvantaged students
640
Emergent bilingual students
234
Special education students
168

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
101
Students in TEA mobility denominator
951
TEA-published mobility rate
10.6%

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 894 students in 2025–26, an increase of 3 (0.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
894

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+3

Increase · +0.3%

Change since 2021–22
−18

Decrease · −2.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
894
Selected comparison
633.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,015 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for R D McAdams JH
School yearStudents enrolledR D McAdams JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 912 First available year 648.4
2022–23 950 Increase of 38 (4.2%) 653.5
2023–24 854 Decrease of 96 (10.1%) 652.2
2024–25 891 Increase of 37 (4.3%) 650.2
2025–26 894 Increase of 3 (0.3%) 633.9

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
229

24.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
638

68.82 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
927

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
24.7%
Selected comparison
13.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,558 rated schools reporting

+11.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
68.82
Selected comparison
30.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,672 rated schools reporting

+37.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for R D McAdams JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 947 206 21.8% 634 66.95 9.4% 18.8
2021–22 986 292 29.6% 859 87.12 12.9% 30.6
2022–23 1,011 296 29.3% 997 98.62 13.5% 32.6
2023–24 909 274 30.1% 1,001 110.12 13.3% 32.4
2024–25 927 229 24.7% 638 68.82 13.0% 30.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for R D McAdams JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 229 24.7% 638 68.82 13.0% 30.9
In-school suspensions 217 23.4% 538 58.04 11.6% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions 46 5.0% 61 6.58 7.5% 11.3
DAEP placements 24 2.6% 26 2.80 5.3% 6.3
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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
  • R D McAdams JH
  • Parent district: Dickinson ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,483
Selected comparison
$13,078

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,028 rated schools reporting

+$1,405 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,483 per student for this campus, $18,124 per student for its parent district, Dickinson ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

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Spending per student by year
YearR D McAdams JHParent district: Dickinson ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,577$15,492$13,054$8,045 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 rated schools reporting
2019$9,080$13,197$13,108$8,184 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,916 rated schools reporting
2020$8,495$12,049$14,058$8,736 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 rated schools reporting
2021$9,164$13,933$14,797$9,253 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,949 rated schools reporting
2022$9,687$17,191$15,708$10,522 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,972 rated schools reporting
2023$9,835$18,592$16,792$11,229 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 rated schools reporting
2024$11,626$16,357$18,125$12,344 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,014 rated schools reporting
2025$14,483$18,124$18,972$13,078 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,028 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
$67,388+$905 vs similar economic context
Teachers
68+25.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.1−0.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

R D McAdams JH

Beginning: 5.7%1 to 5 years: 35.6%6 to 10 years: 26.4%11 to 20 years: 22.9%21 to 30 years: 8.1%Over 30 years: 1.5%
  • Beginning 5.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 35.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 22.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.1%
  • Over 30 years 1.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 reporting for every category shown · 2,047 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.3%21 to 30 years: 15.4%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for R D McAdams JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classR D McAdams JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 613.417.9
Secondary English8.915.3
Secondary languages other than English20.517.9
Secondary math13.116.2
Secondary science14.517.5
Secondary social studies1617.4

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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 8of 97

    Per-student spending

    Galveston County · of the 97 that report this measure

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 084901041.