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Sands CISD

Dawson County · Region 17: Lubbock · 225 students

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Current score
94/1002025-26
Change
+3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+13.2 ptsvs 80.8 average · 1,943 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
82 of 1,943tied with 39 others
A94

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 96 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.8 average for 1,943 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 5 points

89 to 94 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 94 is 13.2 points above the 80.8 average among 1,943 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 7 points

88 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 95 is 13.7 points above the 81.3 average among 1,856 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
55%vs 49.9% avg · +5.1 pts
Masters
23%vs 20.7% avg · +2.3 pts

Among 1,863 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

Sands CISD is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.8 average for 1,943 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 82nd of 1,943 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 39 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSands CISD 9195858994 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 A with 96 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
2025-26A9480.8 1,943 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8980.6 1,918 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8578.6 1,898 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9579.2 1,865 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9182.6 1,840 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 Achievement93 A+13.6 vs similar economic context · 1,863 reporting
  • School Progress95 A+13.7 vs similar economic context · 1,856 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps93 A+14.9 vs similar economic context · 1,839 reporting
  • Academic Growth70 C−4.5 vs similar economic context · 1,804 reporting
  • Relative Performance95 A+15.5 vs similar economic context · 1,856 reporting
  • Sands CISD
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,943 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement93A—
School Progress95A—
Closing the Gaps93A—
Academic Growth70C10
Relative Performance95A—

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 (95), so Student Achievement (93) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 95.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level86%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,863 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,863 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,863 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level88%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
  • Meets grade level61%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,852 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,852 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,852 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level93%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,709 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,709 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,709 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting
  • Meets grade level70%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting
  • Masters grade level43%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 944 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,943 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
100.0%+6.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 496 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
100.0%+6.7 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 492 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
100.0%+7.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 492 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 499 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
100.0%+12.2 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria100.0%87.8%+12.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 533 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course85.7%59.3%+26.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA28.6%28.5%+0.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%10.6%−10.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course50.0%34.0%+16.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification14.3%37.5%−23.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate7.1%1.6%+5.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%6.2%−6.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.8%−3.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness0.0%3.1%−3.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student0.0%7.8%−7.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces0.0%3.4%−3.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 536 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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
59.6%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
13.3%−2.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
14.2%−4.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.9%+1.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.6%−6.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Sands CISD

African American: 0.4%Hispanic: 48.9%White: 47.1%American Indian: 1.3%Two or More Races: 2.2%
  • African American 0.4%
  • Hispanic 48.9%
  • White 47.1%
  • American Indian 1.3%
  • Two or More Races 2.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 reporting for every category shown · 1,943 in full cohort

African American: 10.3%Hispanic: 47.7%White: 35.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 10.3%
  • Hispanic 47.7%
  • White 35.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
225
Economically disadvantaged students
134
Emergent bilingual students
30
Special education students
32

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
19
Students in TEA mobility denominator
209
TEA-published mobility rate
9.1%

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, a decrease of 7 (3.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
225

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−7

Decrease · −3.0%

Change since 2021–22
−24

Decrease · −9.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
225
Selected comparison
633.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,909 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Sands CISD
School yearStudents enrolledSands CISDChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 249 First available year 639.9
2022–23 240 Decrease of 9 (3.6%) 644
2023–24 246 Increase of 6 (2.5%) 643.3
2024–25 232 Decrease of 14 (5.7%) 640.6
2025–26 225 Decrease of 7 (3.0%) 633.2

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
245

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Sands CISD
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 276 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 265 15 5.7% 27 10.19 12.4% 28.1
2022–23 257 14 5.5% 19 7.39 12.9% 30
2023–24 261 10 3.8% 21 8.05 12.8% 29.7
2024–25 245 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Sands CISD in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$7k$110k$214k20182020202220242025
  • Sands CISD
  • Parent district: Sands CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,122
Selected comparison
$12,446

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 rated schools reporting

+$676 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,122 per student for this campus, $203,774 per student for its parent district, Sands CISD, $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
YearSands CISDParent district: Sands CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,274$17,274$13,054$7,925 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,772 rated schools reporting
2019$7,708$17,269$13,108$8,069 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,792 rated schools reporting
2020$8,018$16,159$14,058$8,683 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,810 rated schools reporting
2021$8,300$26,197$14,797$9,087 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,823 rated schools reporting
2022$10,053$17,396$15,708$10,407 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 rated schools reporting
2023$10,461$25,495$16,792$11,074 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,865 rated schools reporting
2024$11,347$118,604$18,125$11,879 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 rated schools reporting
2025$13,122$203,774$18,972$12,446 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 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
$64,007−$2,489 vs similar economic context
Teachers
25−17.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
9.1−10.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Sands CISD

1 to 5 years: 20.3%6 to 10 years: 40.7%11 to 20 years: 18.7%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 20.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 40.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 18.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 reporting for every category shown · 1,943 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.9%1 to 5 years: 25.3%6 to 10 years: 19.2%11 to 20 years: 28.4%21 to 30 years: 16.4%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 5.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.4%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Sands CISD in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSands CISD · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten2217.9
Grade 11718.2
Grade 21618.4
Grade 31618.6
Grade 41818.9
Grade 51919.7
Grade 62017.5
Secondary English13.814.9
Secondary math1115.7
Secondary science11.517.2
Secondary social studies15.417.1

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 11 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 160 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

1 measure

  • 1of 65

    Earned a level I or level II certificate

    Region 17: Lubbock · of the 65 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

3 measures

  • 4of 172

    Relative Performance

    Region 17: Lubbock · of the 172 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 172

    School Progress

    Region 17: Lubbock · of the 172 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 5of 103

    Social Studies — Masters

    Region 17: Lubbock · of the 103 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 97of 1,863

    Student Achievement

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,863 that report this measure · tied with 21

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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