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Stephens Elem

Denton County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 394 students

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Current score
73/1002025-26
Change
−12 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−7.6 ptsvs 80.6 average · 1,948 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,527 of 1,948tied with 41 others
C73

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80.6 average for 1,948 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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

Stephens Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 73 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.6 average for 1,948 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 12 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,527th of 1,948 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 41 others).

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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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageStephens Elem 8571646873 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 average
2025-26C7380.6 1,948 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6880.4 1,925 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6478.4 1,904 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7179.0 1,874 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8582.5 1,850 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 Achievement70 C−9.0 vs similar economic context · 1,861 reporting
  • School Progress71 C−10.3 vs similar economic context · 1,854 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps77 C−0.9 vs similar economic context · 1,836 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−3.3 vs similar economic context · 1,799 reporting
  • Relative Performance66 D−13.6 vs similar economic context · 1,854 reporting
  • Stephens Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,948 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement70C10
School Progress71C9
Closing the Gaps77C3
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance66D4

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below B 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 (71), so Student Achievement (70) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 71.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level68%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,861 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,861 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,861 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,858 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,850 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,850 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,850 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,706 reporting
  • Meets grade level18%−30 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,706 reporting
  • Masters grade level2%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,706 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,948 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
394
Economically disadvantaged
61.0%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
11.2%−5.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.7%+4.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.3%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
15.5%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Stephens Elem

African American: 38.8%Hispanic: 20.9%White: 24.7%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 5.9%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 8.9%
  • African American 38.8%
  • Hispanic 20.9%
  • White 24.7%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 5.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 8.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,948 reporting for every category shown · 1,948 in full cohort

African American: 10.5%Hispanic: 49.1%White: 33.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.8%
  • African American 10.5%
  • Hispanic 49.1%
  • White 33.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.8%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
392
Economically disadvantaged students
239
Emergent bilingual students
44
Special education students
93

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
88
Students in TEA mobility denominator
382
TEA-published mobility rate
23%

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 394 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 28 (6.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
394

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−28

Decrease · −6.6%

Change since 2021–22
−41

Decrease · −9.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
394
Selected comparison
622.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,913 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Stephens Elem
School yearStudents enrolledStephens ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 435 First available year 634.9
2022–23 464 Increase of 29 (6.7%) 639.1
2023–24 461 Decrease of 3 (0.6%) 636.7
2024–25 422 Decrease of 39 (8.5%) 632.3
2025–26 394 Decrease of 28 (6.6%) 622.3

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
33

6.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
67

13.87 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
483

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
6.8%
Selected comparison
12.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,478 rated schools reporting

−5.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
13.87
Selected comparison
28.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,600 rated schools reporting

−15.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Stephens Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 423 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 486 22 4.5% 65 13.37 12.6% 28.8
2022–23 517 22 4.3% 49 9.48 13.0% 30.6
2023–24 512 16 3.1% 38 7.42 12.9% 30.5
2024–25 483 33 6.8% 67 13.87 12.7% 28.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Stephens Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 33 6.8% 67 13.87 12.7% 28.9
In-school suspensions 29 6.0% 45 9.32 11.4% 22.3
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 22 4.55 — 9.8
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.

$7k$18k$28k20182020202220242025
  • Stephens Elem
  • Parent district: Denton ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$17,976
Selected comparison
$12,501

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,921 rated schools reporting

+$5,475 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $17,976 per student for this campus, $26,904 per student for its parent district, Denton 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
YearStephens ElemParent district: Denton ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,478$14,175$13,054$7,927 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,780 rated schools reporting
2019$9,762$14,042$13,108$8,071 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,797 rated schools reporting
2020$10,844$19,314$14,058$8,685 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,818 rated schools reporting
2021$11,259$22,233$14,797$9,105 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,832 rated schools reporting
2022$10,512$21,473$15,708$10,477 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,851 rated schools reporting
2023$11,234$22,155$16,792$11,114 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,874 rated schools reporting
2024$11,497$23,301$18,125$11,943 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,900 rated schools reporting
2025$17,976$26,904$18,972$12,501 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,921 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
$64,769−$1,589 vs similar economic context
Teachers
30−12.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.2−5.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Stephens Elem

Beginning: 3%1 to 5 years: 18.5%6 to 10 years: 19.8%11 to 20 years: 21.8%21 to 30 years: 30.2%Over 30 years: 6.7%
  • Beginning 3%
  • 1 to 5 years 18.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 21.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 30.2%
  • Over 30 years 6.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,948 reporting for every category shown · 1,948 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.1%1 to 5 years: 25.6%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 28.4%21 to 30 years: 16.1%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 6.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.1%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Stephens Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classStephens Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten12.318
Grade 113.718.2
Grade 215.718.4
Grade 317.718.6
Grade 415.918.9
Grade 518.819.6

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 061901123.