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Open-enrollment charter campus

Sst Champions

School of Science and Technology · Houston · 1,689 students

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Current score
95/1002025-26
Change
+9 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+13.6 ptsvs 81.4 average · 292 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
12 of 292tied with 7 others
A95

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 81.4 average for 292 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 4 points

91 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 95 is 13.6 points above the 81.4 average among 292 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Student Achievement rose 11 points

83 to 94 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 94 is 17 points above the 77 average among 292 charter campuses 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
59%vs 41.9% avg · +17.1 pts
Masters
30%vs 15.8% avg · +14.2 pts

Among 292 charter campuses 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

Sst Champions is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.4 average for 292 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 9 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 12th of 292 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 7 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 charter averageSst Champions 8684899195 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 87 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 charter average
2025-26A9581.4 292 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25A9181.0 286 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24B8979.4 280 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23B8479.7 273 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22B8684.5 260 reporting84.5 700 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 Achievement94 A+17.0 vs similar economic context · 292 reporting
  • School Progress96 A+13.7 vs similar economic context · 291 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+14.0 vs similar economic context · 286 reporting
  • Academic Growth75 C+1.4 vs similar economic context · 274 reporting
  • Relative Performance96 A+15.5 vs similar economic context · 289 reporting
  • Sst Champions
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (292 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement94A—
School Progress96A—
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth75C5
Relative Performance96A—

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 (96), so Student Achievement (94) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 96.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level82%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting
  • Meets grade level59%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting
  • Masters grade level35%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 291 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 291 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 291 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level87%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 284 reporting
  • Meets grade level62%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 284 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 284 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 201 reporting
  • Meets grade level59%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 201 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 201 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (292 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 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
0.0%−70.2 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 91 rated charter campuses reporting
Five-Year
0.0%−64.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 90 rated charter campuses reporting
Six-Year
0.0%−59.5 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 90 rated charter campuses reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 91 rated charter campuses reporting

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

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
100.0%+16.3 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria100.0%83.7%+16.3 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 122 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course83.3%70.6%+12.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA47.2%38.9%+8.3 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)50.0%28.0%+22.0 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course0.0%13.4%−13.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an industry-based certification0.0%13.2%−13.2 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%0.4%−0.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%1.5%−1.5 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%4.2%−4.2 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness0.0%1.4%−1.4 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student8.3%7.3%+1.0 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces2.8%1.9%+0.9 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 123 rated charter campuses 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 charter campuses 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 charter campus 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 charter campuses 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
1,689
Economically disadvantaged
77.1%−2.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
31.3%−2.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.0%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.1%+2.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.8%−15.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Sst Champions

African American: 24.3%Hispanic: 62.9%White: 5.4%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 4.3%Two or More Races: 2.5%
  • African American 24.3%
  • Hispanic 62.9%
  • White 5.4%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 4.3%
  • Two or More Races 2.5%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting for every category shown · 292 in full cohort

African American: 19.1%Hispanic: 69.7%White: 6.8%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 2.1%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2%
  • African American 19.1%
  • Hispanic 69.7%
  • White 6.8%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 2.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,689
Economically disadvantaged students
1,303
Emergent bilingual students
529
Special education students
254

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
119
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,566
TEA-published mobility rate
7.6%

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 1,689 students in 2025–26, an increase of 29 (1.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,689

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+29

Increase · +1.7%

Change since 2021–22
+1,017

Increase · +151.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,689
Selected comparison
505.2

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Sst Champions
School yearStudents enrolledSst ChampionsChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 672 First available year 489
2022–23 1,283 Increase of 611 (90.9%) 504.2
2023–24 1,493 Increase of 210 (16.4%) 504.5
2024–25 1,660 Increase of 167 (11.2%) 509.2
2025–26 1,689 Increase of 29 (1.7%) 505.2

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses 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
32

1.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
36

2.09 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,721

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
1.9%
Selected comparison
10.3%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 200 rated charter campuses reporting

−8.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
2.09
Selected comparison
16.9

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 209 rated charter campuses reporting

−14.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Sst Champions
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 377 Suppressed — 10 2.65 — 5
2021–22 718 Suppressed — 12 1.67 — 17.2
2022–23 1,478 Suppressed — 14 0.95 — 19.4
2023–24 1,577 157 10.0% 200 12.68 11.1% 19.1
2024–25 1,721 32 1.9% 36 2.09 10.3% 16.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Sst Champions in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 32 1.9% 36 2.09 10.3% 16.9
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 27 1.6% 31 1.80 8.6% 12.3
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 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses 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.

$8k$14k$20k202120232025
  • Sst Champions
  • Parent district: School of Science and Technology
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,918
Selected comparison
$11,597

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 286 rated charter campuses reporting

−$679 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,918 per student for this campus, $12,429 per student for its parent district, School of Science and Technology, $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
YearSst ChampionsParent district: School of Science and TechnologyTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2021$10,978$11,180$14,797$9,387 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 252 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$11,314$12,555$15,708$10,874 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 263 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$9,883$13,435$16,792$11,251 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 270 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$11,102$12,052$18,125$11,683 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 277 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$10,918$12,429$18,972$11,597 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 286 rated charter campuses 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
$64,628+$1,924 vs similar economic context
Teachers
100+70.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.9−1.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Sst Champions

Beginning: 9.4%1 to 5 years: 46.7%6 to 10 years: 21.6%11 to 20 years: 16.9%21 to 30 years: 5%Over 30 years: 0.5%
  • Beginning 9.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 46.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 16.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 5%
  • Over 30 years 0.5%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 292 reporting for every category shown · 292 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.3%1 to 5 years: 46.8%6 to 10 years: 19.8%11 to 20 years: 15.1%21 to 30 years: 4.4%Over 30 years: 0.6%
  • Beginning 13.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 46.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 15.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.4%
  • Over 30 years 0.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Sst Champions in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSst Champions · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten25.221.4
Grade 127.222.2
Grade 230.323.8
Grade 328.924.4
Grade 428.524.6
Grade 53224.1
Grade 623.722.6
Secondary English20.717.6
Secondary languages other than English20.817.2
Secondary math18.517.7
Secondary science2318.6
Secondary social studies21.619

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 12 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 120 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 56

    School Progress

    Similar size · of the 56 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 56

    Relative Performance

    Similar size · of the 56 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 7of 35

    Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces

    Similar size · of the 35 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

3 measures

  • 11of 292

    Student Achievement

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 292 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 11of 292

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 292 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 13of 292

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 292 that report this measure · tied with 3

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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