+8.8 ptsvs 82.2 average · 1,668 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
209 of 1,668tied with 86 others
Score vs region
+10.3 ptsvs 80.7 average · 191 rated schools in Region 02: Corpus Christi
Region 02: Corpus Christi placement
20 of 191tied with 4 others
Score vs county
+12.3 ptsvs 78.7 average · 12 rated schools in Kleberg County
Kleberg County placement
3 of 12among reporting schools
Score vs similar-size group
+10.1 ptsvs 80.9 average · 1,621 similarly sized rated schools
Similar size placement
251 of 1,621tied with 71 others
Score vs state
+9.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
Texas placement
1,157 of 7,646tied with 413 others
A91
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 90 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 82.2 average for 1,668 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80.7 average for 191 rated schools in Region 02: Corpus Christi.The current score is above the 78.7 average for 12 rated schools in Kleberg County.The current score is above the 80.9 average for 1,621 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
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
Meets
64%vs 53.7% avg · +10.3 pts
Masters
33%vs 23.5% avg · +9.5 pts
Among 1,614 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Ricardo MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.2 average for 1,668 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 209th of 1,668 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 86 others).
Ricardo MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.7 average for 191 rated schools in Region 02: Corpus Christi. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 20th of 191 rated schools in Region 02: Corpus Christi (tied with 4 others).
Ricardo MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.7 average for 12 rated schools in Kleberg County. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 3rd of 12 rated schools in Kleberg County.
Ricardo MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.9 average for 1,621 similarly sized rated schools. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 251st of 1,621 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 71 others).
Ricardo MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.
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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 A with 90 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.
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 Achievement90 A+8.0 vs similar economic context · 1,614 reporting
School Progress90 A+8.4 vs similar economic context · 1,609 reporting
Closing the Gaps92 A+12.5 vs similar economic context · 1,595 reporting
Academic Growth85 B+9.1 vs similar economic context · 1,581 reporting
Relative Performance90 A+10.7 vs similar economic context · 1,609 reporting
Ricardo MS
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,668 in cohort)
Domain scores
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
90
A
—
School Progress
90
A
—
Closing the Gaps
92
A
—
Academic Growth
85
B
5
Relative Performance
90
A
—
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%.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
All Subjects
Approaches grade level86%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,614 reporting
Meets grade level64%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,614 reporting
Masters grade level33%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,614 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
Approaches grade level88%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,612 reporting
Meets grade level66%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,612 reporting
Masters grade level37%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,612 reporting
Math3 performance levels
Approaches grade level86%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,606 reporting
Meets grade level64%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,606 reporting
Masters grade level29%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,606 reporting
Science3 performance levels
Approaches grade level90%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,492 reporting
Meets grade level76%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,492 reporting
Masters grade level43%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,492 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
Approaches grade level75%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 831 reporting
Meets grade level49%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 831 reporting
Masters grade level26%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 831 reporting
Approaches grade level
Meets grade level
Masters grade level
Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,668 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
225
Economically disadvantaged
48.9%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
3.1%−9.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
14.7%−4.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.9%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
7.7%−6.4 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Ricardo MS
Hispanic 89.3%
White 10.2%
Asian 0.4%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,668 reporting for every category shown · 1,668 in full cohort
African American 9.5%
Hispanic 40.1%
White 42.5%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 3.3%
Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or More Races 4.2%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 02: Corpus Christi · 191 reporting for every category shown · 191 in full cohort
African American 1.9%
Hispanic 77.5%
White 17.9%
American Indian 0.2%
Asian 1%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 1.5%
Selected comparison averageFor Kleberg County · 12 reporting for every category shown · 12 in full cohort
African American 1.4%
Hispanic 82.1%
White 14.7%
Asian 1%
Two or More Races 0.8%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 1,621 reporting for every category shown · 1,621 in full cohort
African American 9.1%
Hispanic 49.3%
White 36.9%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 1.3%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.1%
Statewide average7,646 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
225
Economically disadvantaged students
110
Emergent bilingual students
7
Special education students
33
Campus mobility · 2024–25
Mobile students
22
Students in TEA mobility denominator
222
TEA-published mobility rate
9.9%
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 225 students in 2025–26, an increase of 15 (7.1%) from 2024–25.
Latest enrollment
225
2025–26
Change from 2024–25
+15
Increase · +7.1%
Change since 2021–22
−27
Decrease · −10.7%
Enrollment in 2025–26
This school
225
Selected comparison
654.7
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,631 rated schools reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Ricardo MS
School year
Students enrolledRicardo MS
Change from previous school year
Average enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22
252
First available year
654.5
2022–23
275
Increase of 23 (9.1%)
659.9
2023–24
281
Increase of 6 (2.2%)
659.8
2024–25
210
Decrease of 71 (25.3%)
656.5
2025–26
225
Increase of 15 (7.1%)
654.7
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.
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
38
17.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment
Disciplinary actions
94
42.34 per 100 students
Cumulative year-end enrollment
222
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
This school
17.1%
Selected comparison
11.9%
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,293 rated schools reporting
+5.2 pts vs similar economic context
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
This school
42.34
Selected comparison
26.3
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,391 rated schools reporting
+16.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Ricardo MS
School year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21
290
15
5.2%
22
7.59
9.4%
17.9
2021–22
281
35
12.5%
80
28.47
11.7%
25.5
2022–23
280
29
10.4%
45
16.07
12.2%
27.3
2023–24
297
33
11.1%
131
44.11
12.2%
27.8
2024–25
222
38
17.1%
94
42.34
11.9%
26.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Ricardo MS in 2024–25
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline
38
17.1%
94
42.34
11.9%
26.3
In-school suspensions
26
11.7%
47
21.17
10.7%
20.2
Out-of-school suspensions
21
9.5%
32
14.41
6.0%
8.4
DAEP placements
13
5.9%
15
6.76
4.4%
5.2
Mandatory DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary DAEP placements
13
5.9%
15
6.76
2.5%
2.8
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.
Ricardo MS
Parent district: Ricardo ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
This school
$10,658
Selected comparison
$12,000
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,638 rated schools reporting
−$1,342 vs similar economic context
For 2025, TEA reported $10,658 per student for this campus, $17,697 per student for its parent district, Ricardo 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
Year
Ricardo MS
Parent district: Ricardo ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$7,469
$10,286
$13,054
$7,849
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,514 rated schools reporting
2019
$7,522
$10,411
$13,108
$8,034
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,533 rated schools reporting
2020
$7,475
$10,714
$14,058
$8,529
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,545 rated schools reporting
2021
$7,752
$13,570
$14,797
$8,922
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,563 rated schools reporting
2022
$9,255
$14,867
$15,708
$10,238
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 rated schools reporting
2023
$8,696
$14,812
$16,792
$10,696
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,593 rated schools reporting
2024
$8,315
$14,266
$18,125
$11,543
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,612 rated schools reporting
2025
$10,658
$17,697
$18,972
$12,000
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,638 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
$69,489+$2,471 vs similar economic context
Teachers
14−29.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.3−3.7 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Ricardo MS
Beginning 7.2%
1 to 5 years 7.2%
6 to 10 years 21.7%
11 to 20 years 21%
21 to 30 years 29%
Over 30 years 14.5%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,668 reporting for every category shown · 1,668 in full cohort
Beginning 5.6%
1 to 5 years 24.2%
6 to 10 years 19.3%
11 to 20 years 29.7%
21 to 30 years 16.7%
Over 30 years 4.2%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 02: Corpus Christi · 191 reporting for every category shown · 191 in full cohort
Beginning 5%
1 to 5 years 23.1%
6 to 10 years 17.7%
11 to 20 years 28.6%
21 to 30 years 17.3%
Over 30 years 5.2%
Selected comparison averageFor Kleberg County · 12 reporting for every category shown · 12 in full cohort
Beginning 7.7%
1 to 5 years 20.6%
6 to 10 years 18.1%
11 to 20 years 24.1%
21 to 30 years 20.6%
Over 30 years 9%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 1,621 reporting for every category shown · 1,621 in full cohort
Beginning 6.6%
1 to 5 years 24.1%
6 to 10 years 17.6%
11 to 20 years 28.4%
21 to 30 years 17.7%
Over 30 years 5.1%
Statewide average7,646 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
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Ricardo MS in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classRicardo MS · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 6
22.9
17.7
Secondary English
24
15.1
Secondary languages other than English
16
17.4
Secondary math
24
16
Secondary science
11
17.6
Secondary social studies
17.8
17.5
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.
Out of 117 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.
#1 rankings
First-place results
2 measures
1of 12
Math — Meets
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
1of 12
Math — Masters
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
#2–3 rankings
Second- and third-place results
10 measures
2of 12
Academic Growth
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1
2of 12
All Subjects — Masters
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
2of 12
Science — Masters
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
3of 12
Overall score
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
3of 12
School Progress
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
3of 12
Closing the Gaps
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1
3of 12
Relative Performance
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
3of 12
Reading — Masters
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
3of 12
Science — Meets
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
3of 12
Attendance
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
9 measures
4of 12
Student Achievement
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
4of 12
All Subjects — Meets
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
4of 12
Reading — Approaches
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1
4of 12
Math — Approaches
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1
4of 12
Science — Approaches
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
4of 12
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
5of 12
All Subjects — Approaches
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
5of 12
Per-student spending
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
6of 12
Reading — Meets
Kleberg County · of the 12 that report this measure
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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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in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 137902041.