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Ralph Bunche Elem

Midland County · Region 18: Midland · 715 students

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Current score
72/1002025-26
Change
+3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−5.4 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,391 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,700 of 2,391tied with 46 others
C72

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 65 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.4 average for 2,391 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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Read the full rating context and placement

Ralph Bunche Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.4 average for 2,391 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,700th of 2,391 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 46 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: Hispanic, Economically Disadvantaged, Special Education, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

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Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
34.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,391 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
8.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,391 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageRalph Bunche Elem 6953596472 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 65 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
2025-26C7277.4 2,391 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6477.1 2,378 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24F5973.9 2,360 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5374.0 2,349 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6981.7 2,319 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 Achievement59 F−11.8 vs similar economic context · 2,227 reporting
  • School Progress70 C−8.6 vs similar economic context · 2,221 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps75 C+0.4 vs similar economic context · 2,207 reporting
  • Academic Growth70 C−2.5 vs similar economic context · 2,180 reporting
  • Relative Performance63 D−13.7 vs similar economic context · 2,221 reporting
  • Ralph Bunche Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,391 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement59F1
School Progress70C10
Closing the Gaps75C5
Academic Growth70C10
Relative Performance63D7

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 5 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 (70), so Student Achievement (59) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 70.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level58%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,227 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,227 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,227 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level55%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
  • Meets grade level31%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,226 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,217 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,217 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,217 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting
  • Meets grade level26%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,391 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
715
Economically disadvantaged
86.9%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
36.9%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
10.1%−8.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.2%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
23.5%+1.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Ralph Bunche Elem

African American: 11.2%Hispanic: 79.1%White: 7.3%Asian: 1.7%Two or More Races: 0.7%
  • African American 11.2%
  • Hispanic 79.1%
  • White 7.3%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Two or More Races 0.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,391 reporting for every category shown · 2,391 in full cohort

African American: 14.2%Hispanic: 74.1%White: 8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.9%
  • African American 14.2%
  • Hispanic 74.1%
  • White 8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
712
Economically disadvantaged students
619
Emergent bilingual students
263
Special education students
72

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
146
Students in TEA mobility denominator
732
TEA-published mobility rate
19.9%

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 715 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 126 (15.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
715

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−126

Decrease · −15.0%

Change since 2021–22
−139

Decrease · −16.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
715
Selected comparison
596

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,361 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Ralph Bunche Elem
School yearStudents enrolledRalph Bunche ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 854 First available year 636.1
2022–23 974 Increase of 120 (14.1%) 632
2023–24 1,014 Increase of 40 (4.1%) 622.9
2024–25 841 Decrease of 173 (17.1%) 617.7
2025–26 715 Decrease of 126 (15.0%) 596

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
76

8.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
150

16.38 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
916

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
8.3%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,589 rated schools reporting

−5.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
16.38
Selected comparison
32

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,709 rated schools reporting

−15.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Ralph Bunche Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 888 17 1.9% 23 2.59 7.6% 14.8
2021–22 961 65 6.8% 104 10.82 12.7% 30.5
2022–23 1,086 102 9.4% 234 21.55 13.7% 33.7
2023–24 1,121 133 11.9% 235 20.96 13.8% 33.9
2024–25 916 76 8.3% 150 16.38 13.3% 32
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Ralph Bunche Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 76 8.3% 150 16.38 13.3% 32
In-school suspensions 59 6.4% 83 9.06 11.7% 22.9
Out-of-school suspensions 36 3.9% 45 4.91 8.9% 14.5
DAEP placements 15 1.6% 20 2.18 5.2% 6.3
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.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Ralph Bunche Elem
  • Parent district: Midland ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,985
Selected comparison
$12,925

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,376 rated schools reporting

−$2,940 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,985 per student for this campus, $18,529 per student for its parent district, Midland 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
YearRalph Bunche ElemParent district: Midland ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,801$8,732$13,054$8,271 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,249 rated schools reporting
2019$5,484$9,076$13,108$8,324 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,281 rated schools reporting
2020$6,271$10,668$14,058$8,844 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,292 rated schools reporting
2021$9,300$12,683$14,797$9,559 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,298 rated schools reporting
2022$8,026$12,705$15,708$11,087 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,319 rated schools reporting
2023$9,405$13,012$16,792$11,608 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,347 rated schools reporting
2024$12,297$14,999$18,125$12,388 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,361 rated schools reporting
2025$9,985$18,529$18,972$12,925 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,376 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
$66,972−$838 vs similar economic context
Teachers
32−9.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
22+7.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Ralph Bunche Elem

Beginning: 27.9%1 to 5 years: 25.1%6 to 10 years: 25.7%11 to 20 years: 11.1%21 to 30 years: 4.6%Over 30 years: 5.3%
  • Beginning 27.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 25.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 11.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.6%
  • Over 30 years 5.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,391 reporting for every category shown · 2,391 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.2%1 to 5 years: 27.3%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Ralph Bunche Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classRalph Bunche Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.318.1
Grade 121.518.4
Grade 221.218.3
Grade 319.318.7
Grade 42718.7
Grade 528.319.6
Grade 62317.5

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 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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