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Sorters Mill Elem

Montgomery County · Region 06: Huntsville · 765 students

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Current score
84/1002025-26
Change
−10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+6.1 ptsvs 77.9 average · 2,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
590 of 2,104tied with 75 others
B84

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.9 average for 2,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 10 points

74 to 84 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 84 is 6.1 points above the 77.9 average among 2,104 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 15 points

71 to 86 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 86 is 10.9 points above the 75.1 average among 1,926 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
46%vs 42.9% avg · +3.1 pts
Masters
20%vs 16.9% avg · +3.1 pts

Among 1,945 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

Sorters Mill Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 84 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.9 average for 2,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 590th of 2,104 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 75 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: Special Education

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
33.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,104 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
6.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,104 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSorters Mill Elem 9486817484 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 91 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
2025-26B8477.9 2,104 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7477.5 2,093 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8175.0 2,078 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8675.6 2,061 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9481.5 2,043 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 Achievement74 C+1.0 vs similar economic context · 1,945 reporting
  • School Progress83 B+3.9 vs similar economic context · 1,940 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps86 B+10.9 vs similar economic context · 1,926 reporting
  • Academic Growth83 B+10.6 vs similar economic context · 1,893 reporting
  • Relative Performance81 B+3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,940 reporting
  • Sorters Mill Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,104 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement74C6
School Progress83B7
Closing the Gaps86B4
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance81B9

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 School Progress (83), so Student Achievement (74) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level71%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,945 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,945 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,945 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level75%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,798 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,798 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,798 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,104 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
765
Economically disadvantaged
78.2%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
56.2%+29.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.0%−1.7 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.8%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
16.8%−3.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Sorters Mill Elem

African American: 3%Hispanic: 77.9%White: 16.8%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 0.5%Two or More Races: 1.4%
  • African American 3%
  • Hispanic 77.9%
  • White 16.8%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 1.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,104 reporting for every category shown · 2,104 in full cohort

African American: 13.9%Hispanic: 65.6%White: 15.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.8%
  • African American 13.9%
  • Hispanic 65.6%
  • White 15.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
763
Economically disadvantaged students
597
Emergent bilingual students
429
Special education students
130

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
83
Students in TEA mobility denominator
705
TEA-published mobility rate
11.8%

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 765 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 73 (8.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
765

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−73

Decrease · −8.7%

Change since 2021–22
+92

Increase · +13.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
765
Selected comparison
635.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Sorters Mill Elem
School yearStudents enrolledSorters Mill ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 673 First available year 657.8
2022–23 679 Increase of 6 (0.9%) 661.7
2023–24 847 Increase of 168 (24.7%) 656.5
2024–25 838 Decrease of 9 (1.1%) 653.7
2025–26 765 Decrease of 73 (8.7%) 635.3

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
30

3.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
48

5.30 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
905

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.3%
Selected comparison
13.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,577 rated schools reporting

−10.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
5.3
Selected comparison
32.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,678 rated schools reporting

−27.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Sorters Mill Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 749 15 2.0% 20 2.67 8.7% 17.3
2021–22 713 16 2.2% 20 2.81 13.0% 31.3
2022–23 730 17 2.3% 27 3.70 13.8% 34.3
2023–24 923 26 2.8% 32 3.47 13.7% 34.1
2024–25 905 30 3.3% 48 5.30 13.4% 32.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Sorters Mill Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 30 3.3% 48 5.30 13.4% 32.5
In-school suspensions 25 2.8% 34 3.76 11.7% 23.6
Out-of-school suspensions 11 1.2% 13 1.44 8.1% 12.8
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$6k$15k$23k20182020202220242025
  • Sorters Mill Elem
  • Parent district: New Caney ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,632
Selected comparison
$13,074

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,092 rated schools reporting

−$3,442 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,632 per student for this campus, $22,200 per student for its parent district, New Caney 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
YearSorters Mill ElemParent district: New Caney ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,140$16,038$13,054$8,085 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,978 rated schools reporting
2019$7,984$13,905$13,108$8,233 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,998 rated schools reporting
2020$8,504$14,714$14,058$8,737 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,015 rated schools reporting
2021$8,964$17,510$14,797$9,358 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,027 rated schools reporting
2022$9,622$17,148$15,708$10,741 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,044 rated schools reporting
2023$10,513$15,650$16,792$11,297 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,061 rated schools reporting
2024$10,219$19,075$18,125$12,337 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,078 rated schools reporting
2025$9,632$22,200$18,972$13,074 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,092 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
$73,770+$6,897 vs similar economic context
Teachers
52+8.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.8+0.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Sorters Mill Elem

Beginning: 5.6%1 to 5 years: 48.2%6 to 10 years: 22.2%11 to 20 years: 20.3%21 to 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 48.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 20.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 3.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,104 reporting for every category shown · 2,104 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.6%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Sorters Mill Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSorters Mill Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten17.518
Grade 120.618.3
Grade 220.618.4
Grade 319.818.8
Grade 421.319.1
Grade 521.320.1

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.

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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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 170908110.