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River Valley MS
McLennan County · Region 12: Waco · 929 students
River Valley MS is rated A by TEA, scoring 90 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 88.5 average of the 896 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.3. It is up 2 points since 2022-23.
Ranks 1,571st of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 341 others), and 43rd of 301 in Region 12: Waco (tied with 10 others).
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4 years of ratings
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 90 | 88.5 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | A | 90 | 88.5 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | A | 92 | 87.2 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | B | 88 | 87.4 | 79.1 |
How this school's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where River Valley MS itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
Texas schools
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.
- River Valley MS
- Similar student population (896)
- Region 12: Waco (301)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 92 | A | — |
| School Progress | 88 | B | 2 |
| Closing the Gaps | 86 | B | 4 |
| Academic Growth | 87 | B | 3 |
| Relative Performance | 88 | B | 2 |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 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 Student Achievement (92), so School Progress (88) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (896)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (896 schools) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 929
- Economically disadvantaged
- 25.1%−1.0 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 1.8%−8.2 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 18.1%+1.0 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 96.2%+0.8 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 6.4%−3.3 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 6.9%
- Hispanic 21.3%
- White 63%
- American Indian 0.1%
- Asian 3.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 5.3%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- River Valley MS
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
TEA's published file does not include peer-group spending for this entity, so no comparison is shown.
Not reported by TEA for this entity: peer.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $58,513−$10,022 vs similar
- Teachers
- 69
- Students per staff member
- 13.4
Teaching experience
- Beginning 3.3%
- 1 to 5 years 35.2%
- 6 to 10 years 17.5%
- 11 to 20 years 31.1%
- 21 to 30 years 10%
- Over 30 years 2.6%
Where this school ranks best
Out of 100 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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1of 70
Science — Masters
McLennan County · of the 70 that report this measure
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2of 266
Science — Masters
Region 12: Waco · of the 266 that report this measure
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3of 283
All Subjects — Masters
Region 12: Waco · of the 283 that report this measure · tied with 1
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3of 283
Reading — Masters
Region 12: Waco · of the 283 that report this measure
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3of 75
All Subjects — Masters
McLennan County · of the 75 that report this measure · tied with 1
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3of 75
Reading — Masters
McLennan County · of the 75 that report this measure
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3of 35
Social Studies — Masters
McLennan County · of the 35 that report this measure · tied with 2
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4of 75
Reading — Meets
McLennan County · of the 75 that report this measure
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4of 70
Science — Meets
McLennan County · of the 70 that report this measure
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5of 75
Reading — Approaches
McLennan County · of the 75 that report this measure · tied with 2
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6of 283
Reading — Meets
Region 12: Waco · of the 283 that report this measure
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6of 75
Math — Masters
McLennan County · of the 75 that report this measure · tied with 2
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this campus ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.
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publishes, and that is past the 20,000-asset limit this site is published under. This campus is a row
in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 161903042.