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Sarita Elem

Kenedy County · Region 02: Corpus Christi · 123 students

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Current score
85/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.5 ptsvs 82.5 average · 1,599 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
661 of 1,599tied with 59 others
B85

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 86 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 82.5 average for 1,599 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
59%vs 54.4% avg · +4.6 pts
Masters
33%vs 24% avg · +9 pts

Among 1,550 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
72%vs 59.5% avg · +12.5 pts
Masters
36%vs 25.8% avg · +10.2 pts

Among 1,548 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
75%vs 53.6% avg · +21.4 pts
Masters
75%vs 26% avg · +49 pts

Among 1,432 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

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

Sarita Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 85 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.5 average for 1,599 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 661st of 1,599 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 59 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 averageSarita Elem 8976748785 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 B with 86 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
2025-26B8582.5 1,599 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8782.9 1,570 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7480.8 1,543 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7681.4 1,526 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8983.9 1,506 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 Achievement89 B+6.5 vs similar economic context · 1,550 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+3.3 vs similar economic context · 1,545 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps75 C−4.8 vs similar economic context · 1,534 reporting
  • Academic Growth62 D−14.2 vs similar economic context · 1,517 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+5.7 vs similar economic context · 1,545 reporting
  • Sarita Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,599 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement89B1
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps75C5
Academic Growth62D8
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 1 point 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 (89), so School Progress (85) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 89.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level84%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,550 reporting
  • Meets grade level59%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,550 reporting
  • Masters grade level33%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,550 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level92%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,548 reporting
  • Meets grade level72%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,548 reporting
  • Masters grade level36%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,548 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,432 reporting
  • Meets grade level75%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,432 reporting
  • Masters grade level75%+49 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,432 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,599 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
123
Economically disadvantaged
47.2%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.1%−8.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
8.1%−10.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.2%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
2.8%−11.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Sarita Elem

African American: 0.8%Hispanic: 78%White: 20.3%Two or More Races: 0.8%
  • African American 0.8%
  • Hispanic 78%
  • White 20.3%
  • Two or More Races 0.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,599 reporting for every category shown · 1,599 in full cohort

African American: 9.4%Hispanic: 39.3%White: 43.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.4%
  • Hispanic 39.3%
  • White 43.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
123
Economically disadvantaged students
58
Emergent bilingual students
5
Special education students
10

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
4
Students in TEA mobility denominator
72
TEA-published mobility rate
5.6%

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 123 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 3 (2.4%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
123

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−3

Decrease · −2.4%

Change since 2021–22
+22

Increase · +21.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
123
Selected comparison
661.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,560 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Sarita Elem
School yearStudents enrolledSarita ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 101 First available year 659.2
2022–23 98 Decrease of 3 (3.0%) 664.5
2023–24 130 Increase of 32 (32.7%) 663.7
2024–25 126 Decrease of 4 (3.1%) 661.5
2025–26 123 Decrease of 3 (2.4%) 661.5

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
Not reported

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Not reported

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
126

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Sarita Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 93 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 106 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 102 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2023–24 131 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2024–25 126 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Sarita Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Not reported — Not reported — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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$23k$40k20182020202220242025
  • Sarita Elem
  • Parent district: Kenedy County Wide CSD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$19,481
Selected comparison
$11,966

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 rated schools reporting

+$7,515 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $19,481 per student for this campus, $25,290 per student for its parent district, Kenedy County Wide CSD, $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
YearSarita ElemParent district: Kenedy County Wide CSDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$22,905$31,622$13,054$7,808 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,444 rated schools reporting
2019$27,231$37,711$13,108$7,993 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 rated schools reporting
2020$25,177$34,628$14,058$8,477 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,475 rated schools reporting
2021$22,097$26,862$14,797$8,884 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,495 rated schools reporting
2022$21,543$24,156$15,708$10,152 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,508 rated schools reporting
2023$22,136$25,905$16,792$10,601 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,525 rated schools reporting
2024$17,188$27,031$18,125$11,568 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 rated schools reporting
2025$19,481$25,290$18,972$11,966 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,568 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
$73,226+$6,219 vs similar economic context
Teachers
11−32.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.4−8.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Sarita Elem

11 to 20 years: 36.1%21 to 30 years: 36.1%Over 30 years: 26.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 36.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 36.1%
  • Over 30 years 26.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,599 reporting for every category shown · 1,599 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.5%1 to 5 years: 24%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 29.8%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 5.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 24%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Sarita Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSarita Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1318
Grade 11418.4
Grade 21418.6
Grade 31219.2
Grade 4919.1
Grade 51220
Grade 610.217.7

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 school ranks best

Out of 84 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 177

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Region 02: Corpus Christi · of the 177 that report this measure

  • 1of 159

    Science — Masters

    Region 02: Corpus Christi · of the 159 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 72of 1,548

    Reading — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,548 that report this measure · tied with 29

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 131001103.