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South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy
Cameron County · Region 01: Edinburg · 776 students
South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.8 average of the 2,072 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.3. It is down 3 points since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 95.
Ranks 379th of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 208 others), and 34th of 505 in Region 01: Edinburg (tied with 15 others).
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5 years of ratings
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 95 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
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| 2025-26 | A | 94 | 78.8 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | A | 93 | 78.3 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | A | 94 | 76.2 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | A | 94 | 76.8 | 79.1 |
| 2021-22 | A | 97 | 81.8 | 83.7 |
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 South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy 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.
- South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy
- Similar student population (2,072)
- Region 01: Edinburg (505)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 92 | A | — |
| School Progress | 94 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 94 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 85 | B | 5 |
| Relative Performance | 94 | 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%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (94), so Student Achievement (92) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 94.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (2,072)
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 (2,072 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
- 776
- Economically disadvantaged
- 73.5%+0.1 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 14.7%−8.0 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 10.1%−8.7 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 95.1%+1.4 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 11.8%−6.9 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 0.8%
- Hispanic 92.8%
- White 3.7%
- Asian 2.2%
- Two or More Races 0.5%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- South Texas ISD Rising Scholars Academy
- 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
- $72,916+$6,340 vs similar
- Teachers
- 56
- Students per staff member
- 13.9
Teaching experience
- Beginning 14.1%
- 1 to 5 years 16.1%
- 6 to 10 years 30.4%
- 11 to 20 years 23.3%
- 21 to 30 years 14.3%
- Over 30 years 1.8%
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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Reading — Masters
Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure
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Science — Meets
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Science — Masters
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All Subjects — Masters
Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure
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Science — Approaches
Cameron County · of the 124 that report this measure · tied with 2
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Relative Performance
Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 2
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Average teacher salary
Cameron County · of the 127 that report this measure
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School Progress
Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 2
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All Subjects — Approaches
Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 2
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Reading — Approaches
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Math — Approaches
Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 2
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All Subjects — Meets
Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure
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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