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Stafford STEM Magnet Academy

Fort Bend County · Region 04: Houston · 400 students

Current score
97/1002025-26
Change
+1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+12.8 ptsvs 84.2 average · 1,398 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
16 of 1,398tied with 13 others
A97

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 97 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 84.2 average for 1,398 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

0% −12.6 pts vs 12.6%

  • 0% is 12.6 percentage points lower than the 12.6% average among 1,353 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
  • Tied for 1st-lowest of 1,353 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure; 6 schools share that value.
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STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
96%vs 62.7% avg · +33.3 pts
Masters
73%vs 28.2% avg · +44.8 pts

Among 1,357 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

  • 2nd of 1,357 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
91%vs 57.9% avg · +33.1 pts
Masters
61%vs 26.6% avg · +34.4 pts

Among 1,358 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

Stafford STEM Magnet Academy is rated A by TEA, scoring 97 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 84.2 average for 1,398 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 16th of 1,398 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 13 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 averageStafford STEM Magnet Academy 9697969797 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 97 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
2025-26A9784.2 1,398 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9784.4 1,368 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9682.6 1,346 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9783.2 1,332 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9685.1 1,314 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 Achievement96 A+11.4 vs similar economic context · 1,358 reporting
  • School Progress96 A+13.6 vs similar economic context · 1,354 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps98 A+16.5 vs similar economic context · 1,344 reporting
  • Academic Growth85 B+7.3 vs similar economic context · 1,331 reporting
  • Relative Performance96 A+16.6 vs similar economic context · 1,354 reporting
  • Stafford STEM Magnet Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,398 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement96A—
School Progress96A—
Closing the Gaps98A—
Academic Growth85B5
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%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level99%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,358 reporting
  • Meets grade level91%+33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,358 reporting
  • Masters grade level61%+34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,358 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level99%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,357 reporting
  • Meets grade level96%+33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,357 reporting
  • Masters grade level73%+45 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,357 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level98%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,352 reporting
  • Meets grade level85%+34 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,352 reporting
  • Masters grade level45%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,352 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,254 reporting
  • Meets grade level93%+36 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,254 reporting
  • Masters grade level64%+35 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,254 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 702 reporting
  • Meets grade level93%+39 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 702 reporting
  • Masters grade level70%+43 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 702 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,398 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%−93.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 385 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
0.0%−93.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
0.0%−92.6 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 385 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.

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
400
Economically disadvantaged
40.5%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.0%−4.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
0.8%−17.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
99.1%+4.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
0.0%−12.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Stafford STEM Magnet Academy

African American: 32%Hispanic: 18%White: 5%American Indian: 2%Asian: 40.3%Two or More Races: 2.8%
  • African American 32%
  • Hispanic 18%
  • White 5%
  • American Indian 2%
  • Asian 40.3%
  • Two or More Races 2.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,398 reporting for every category shown · 1,398 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 35.7%White: 45.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 4.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.4%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 35.7%
  • White 45.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 4.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
400
Economically disadvantaged students
162
Emergent bilingual students
28
Special education students
3

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
14
Students in TEA mobility denominator
350
TEA-published mobility rate
4%

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 400 students in 2025–26, an increase of 55 (15.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
400

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+55

Increase · +15.9%

Change since 2021–22
+225

Increase · +128.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
400
Selected comparison
700

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,366 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Stafford STEM Magnet Academy
School yearStudents enrolledStafford STEM Magnet AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 175 First available year 697.7
2022–23 233 Increase of 58 (33.1%) 704.9
2023–24 322 Increase of 89 (38.2%) 706
2024–25 345 Increase of 23 (7.1%) 703.2
2025–26 400 Increase of 55 (15.9%) 700

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
12

3.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
17

5.00 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
340

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.5%
Selected comparison
10.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,083 rated schools reporting

−7.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
5
Selected comparison
23.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,162 rated schools reporting

−18.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Stafford STEM Magnet Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2021–22 179 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 234 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 323 15 4.6% 25 7.74 11.1% 24.9
2024–25 340 12 3.5% 17 5.00 10.7% 23.2
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Stafford STEM Magnet Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 12 3.5% 17 5.00 10.7% 23.2
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 12 3.5% 17 5.00 5.3% 7.3
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 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$13k$20k202220242025
  • Stafford STEM Magnet Academy
  • Parent district: Stafford MSD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,184
Selected comparison
$11,959

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,369 rated schools reporting

−$4,775 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,184 per student for this campus, $16,043 per student for its parent district, Stafford MSD, $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
YearStafford STEM Magnet AcademyParent district: Stafford MSDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2022$11,089$16,127$15,708$10,112 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,315 rated schools reporting
2023$10,517$15,259$16,792$10,567 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,332 rated schools reporting
2024$6,361$15,800$18,125$11,670 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,347 rated schools reporting
2025$7,184$16,043$18,972$11,959 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,369 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
$69,396+$1,979 vs similar economic context
Teachers
24−21.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.7+2.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Stafford STEM Magnet Academy

Beginning: 25.4%1 to 5 years: 40.4%6 to 10 years: 12.5%11 to 20 years: 11.7%21 to 30 years: 7.9%Over 30 years: 2.1%
  • Beginning 25.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 40.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 12.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 11.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 7.9%
  • Over 30 years 2.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,398 reporting for every category shown · 1,398 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.3%1 to 5 years: 23.4%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 30.9%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 3.8%
  • Beginning 5.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 3.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Stafford STEM Magnet Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classStafford STEM Magnet Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 321.919.5
Grade 417.419.3
Grade 521.620.7
Grade 62218.1
Secondary English17.315.7
Secondary languages other than English20.618.1
Secondary math16.116.6
Secondary science18.418
Secondary social studies18.318

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 9 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 140 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

11 measures

  • 1of 7,358

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Texas average · of the 7,358 that report this measure · tied with 21 · full ranking

  • 1of 1,134

    Science — Approaches

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,134 that report this measure · tied with 22

  • 1of 140

    Overall score

    Fort Bend County · of the 140 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 1of 136

    Closing the Gaps

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure

  • 1of 136

    Relative Performance

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure

  • 1of 136

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure

  • 1of 136

    All Subjects — Meets

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 136

    Reading — Meets

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure

  • 1of 133

    Attendance

    Fort Bend County · of the 133 that report this measure

  • 1of 46

    Social Studies — Approaches

    Fort Bend County · of the 46 that report this measure

  • 1of 21

    Dropout Rate (lowest is best)

    Fort Bend County (standard accountability only) · of the 21 that report this measure

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

7 measures

  • 2of 1,357

    Reading — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,357 that report this measure

  • 2of 136

    School Progress

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure

  • 2of 136

    Reading — Approaches

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure

  • 2of 135

    Science — Meets

    Fort Bend County · of the 135 that report this measure

  • 2of 46

    Social Studies — Meets

    Fort Bend County · of the 46 that report this measure

  • 2of 46

    Social Studies — Masters

    Fort Bend County · of the 46 that report this measure

  • 3of 136

    Student Achievement

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

3 measures

  • 4of 135

    Science — Masters

    Fort Bend County · of the 135 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 1,358

    All Subjects — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,358 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 136

    Math — Meets

    Fort Bend County · of the 136 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

2 measures

  • 14of 1,352

    Math — Approaches

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,352 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 48of 1,352

    Math — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,352 that report this measure · tied with 7

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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