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South Texas ISD Virtual Academy

South Texas ISD · 223 students

Current score
94/1002025-26
Change
+10 ptssince 2022-23
Score vs similar economic context
+14.4 ptsvs 79.6 average · 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
81 of 2,026tied with 39 others
A94

At a glance

The available rating history is moving up. The current score is above the 79.6 average for 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 6 points

88 to 94 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 94 is 14.4 points above the 79.6 average among 2,026 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Academic Growth rose 23 points

60 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 9.3 points above the 73.7 average among 1,849 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
58%vs 47.3% avg · +10.7 pts
Masters
26%vs 19.2% avg · +6.8 pts

Among 1,917 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

South Texas ISD Virtual Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 94 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.6 average for 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 10 points since 2022-23.

Ranks 81st of 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 39 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 4 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

4 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSouth Texas ISD Virtual Academy 84938894 2022-232023-242024-252025-26

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
2025-26A9479.6 2,026 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8879.3 2,004 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9377.4 1,989 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8478.0 1,956 reporting79.1 7,377 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 Achievement92 A+14.9 vs similar economic context · 1,917 reporting
  • School Progress93 A+12.4 vs similar economic context · 1,909 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps95 A+18.2 vs similar economic context · 1,892 reporting
  • Academic Growth83 B+9.3 vs similar economic context · 1,849 reporting
  • Relative Performance93 A+14.1 vs similar economic context · 1,909 reporting
  • South Texas ISD Virtual Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,026 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress93A—
Closing the Gaps95A—
Academic Growth83B7
Relative Performance93A—

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 (93), so Student Achievement (92) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 93.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level81%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 reporting
  • Meets grade level70%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,755 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,755 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,755 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 920 reporting
  • Meets grade level60%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 920 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 920 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,026 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
0.0%−93.5 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 449 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
0.0%−93.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 445 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
0.0%−92.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 445 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 451 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
95.0%+7.4 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria95.0%87.6%+7.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 484 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course77.3%59.6%+17.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA18.2%27.2%−9.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)13.6%11.0%+2.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course27.3%33.9%−6.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification40.9%37.6%+3.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate13.6%2.0%+11.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%7.3%−7.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.7%−3.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness4.5%3.2%+1.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student22.7%8.2%+14.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces0.0%3.2%−3.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 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
223
Economically disadvantaged
66.8%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
11.2%−7.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.1%−2.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
92.2%−1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
25.9%+8.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

South Texas ISD Virtual Academy

African American: 0.4%Hispanic: 82.1%White: 13.9%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 2.7%Two or More Races: 0.4%
  • African American 0.4%
  • Hispanic 82.1%
  • White 13.9%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 2.7%
  • Two or More Races 0.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,026 reporting for every category shown · 2,026 in full cohort

African American: 11.8%Hispanic: 53.5%White: 28.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.6%
  • African American 11.8%
  • Hispanic 53.5%
  • White 28.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
223
Economically disadvantaged students
149
Emergent bilingual students
25
Special education students
36

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
59
Students in TEA mobility denominator
253
TEA-published mobility rate
23.3%

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 223 students in 2025–26, an increase of 11 (5.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
223

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+11

Increase · +5.2%

Change since 2022–23
+13

Increase · +6.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
223
Selected comparison
635.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for South Texas ISD Virtual Academy
School yearStudents enrolledSouth Texas ISD Virtual AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2022–23 210 First available year 654.5
2023–24 181 Decrease of 29 (13.8%) 653.4
2024–25 212 Increase of 31 (17.1%) 650.6
2025–26 223 Increase of 11 (5.2%) 635.8

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
252

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for South Texas ISD Virtual Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2022–23 226 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2023–24 200 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 252 Not reported — Not reported — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for South Texas ISD Virtual Academy 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.

$10k$19k$27k20232025
  • South Texas ISD Virtual Academy
  • Parent district: South Texas ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,507
Selected comparison
$13,259

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,002 rated schools reporting

−$752 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,507 per student for this campus, $26,055 per student for its parent district, South Texas 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
YearSouth Texas ISD Virtual AcademyParent district: South Texas ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2023$16,990$20,591$16,792$11,202 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,957 rated schools reporting
2024$13,817$21,632$18,125$12,347 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,986 rated schools reporting
2025$12,507$26,055$18,972$13,259 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,002 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
$74,274+$7,808 vs similar economic context
Teachers
17−26.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.2−0.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

South Texas ISD Virtual Academy

Beginning: 4.7%1 to 5 years: 17.8%6 to 10 years: 35.5%11 to 20 years: 35.5%21 to 30 years: 5.9%
  • Beginning 4.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 17.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 35.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 35.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 5.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,026 reporting for every category shown · 2,026 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.5%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.9%21 to 30 years: 15.6%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.6%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for South Texas ISD Virtual Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSouth Texas ISD Virtual Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 62217.8
Secondary English19.815.1
Secondary languages other than English10.217.7
Secondary math19.116
Secondary science19.917.4
Secondary social studies20.617.3

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 school ranks best

Out of 200 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 86

    Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

    Region 01: Edinburg · of the 86 that report this measure

  • 1of 23

    Earned a level I or level II certificate

    Cameron County · of the 23 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

3 measures

  • 6of 23

    Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness

    Cameron County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 7of 23

    Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course

    Cameron County · of the 23 that report this measure

  • 8of 125

    Closing the Gaps

    Cameron County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

2 measures

  • 81of 2,026

    Overall score

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 2,026 that report this measure · tied with 39

  • 302of 7,237

    Relative Performance

    Texas average · of the 7,237 that report this measure · tied with 96

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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