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T H McDonald JH

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 928 students

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Current score
86/1002025-26
Change
+2 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+7.2 ptsvs 78.8 average · 2,060 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
480 of 2,060tied with 75 others
B86

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 84 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78.8 average for 2,060 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 3 points

83 to 86 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 86 is 7.2 points above the 78.8 average among 2,060 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 4 points

84 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 88 is 8 points above the 80 average among 1,915 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
49%vs 45.1% avg · +3.9 pts
Masters
26%vs 17.9% avg · +8.1 pts

Among 1,922 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

T H McDonald JH is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.8 average for 2,060 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 2 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 480th of 2,060 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 75 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
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageT H McDonald JH 8488838386 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 84 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
2025-26B8678.8 2,060 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8378.5 2,043 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8376.4 2,030 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8876.9 2,004 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8481.9 1,984 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 Achievement80 B+4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,922 reporting
  • School Progress88 B+8.0 vs similar economic context · 1,915 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps81 B+5.0 vs similar economic context · 1,902 reporting
  • Academic Growth79 C+6.0 vs similar economic context · 1,858 reporting
  • Relative Performance88 B+9.6 vs similar economic context · 1,915 reporting
  • T H McDonald JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,060 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement80B10
School Progress88B2
Closing the Gaps81B9
Academic Growth79C1
Relative Performance88B2

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 points below A 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 (88), so Student Achievement (80) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 88.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level73%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,922 reporting
  • Meets grade level49%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,922 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,922 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,920 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,920 reporting
  • Masters grade level35%+16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,920 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,911 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,911 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,911 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,771 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 882 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 882 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 882 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,060 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
928
Economically disadvantaged
72.5%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
28.1%+6.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
22.1%+3.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.2%+1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.0%−6.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

T H McDonald JH

African American: 27.8%Hispanic: 54.5%White: 8.8%Asian: 6.5%Two or More Races: 2.4%
  • African American 27.8%
  • Hispanic 54.5%
  • White 8.8%
  • Asian 6.5%
  • Two or More Races 2.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,060 reporting for every category shown · 2,060 in full cohort

African American: 12.7%Hispanic: 59.4%White: 22.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.2%
  • African American 12.7%
  • Hispanic 59.4%
  • White 22.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
928
Economically disadvantaged students
673
Emergent bilingual students
261
Special education students
205

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
153
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,063
TEA-published mobility rate
14.4%

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 928 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 38 (3.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
928

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−38

Decrease · −3.9%

Change since 2021–22
−104

Decrease · −10.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
928
Selected comparison
635.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,028 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for T H McDonald JH
School yearStudents enrolledT H McDonald JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,032 First available year 651.9
2022–23 1,059 Increase of 27 (2.6%) 656.2
2023–24 1,007 Decrease of 52 (4.9%) 654.3
2024–25 966 Decrease of 41 (4.1%) 651.9
2025–26 928 Decrease of 38 (3.9%) 635.1

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
298

28.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
885

85.01 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,041

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
28.6%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,561 rated schools reporting

+15.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
85.01
Selected comparison
31.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,673 rated schools reporting

+53.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for T H McDonald JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,034 97 9.4% 204 19.73 9.3% 18.6
2021–22 1,095 229 20.9% 494 45.11 13.0% 30.9
2022–23 1,142 248 21.7% 642 56.22 13.6% 33.2
2023–24 1,075 286 26.6% 822 76.47 13.5% 32.9
2024–25 1,041 298 28.6% 885 85.01 13.2% 31.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for T H McDonald JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 298 28.6% 885 85.01 13.2% 31.6
In-school suspensions 257 24.7% 645 61.96 11.8% 23.8
Out-of-school suspensions 137 13.2% 204 19.60 7.6% 11.5
DAEP placements 30 2.9% 32 3.07 5.3% 6.4
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$16k$25k20182020202220242025
  • T H McDonald JH
  • Parent district: Katy ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,982
Selected comparison
$13,165

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,042 rated schools reporting

+$817 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,982 per student for this campus, $17,981 per student for its parent district, Katy 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
YearT H McDonald JHParent district: Katy ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,252$14,611$13,054$8,061 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,907 rated schools reporting
2019$8,792$14,868$13,108$8,196 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,927 rated schools reporting
2020$8,912$15,576$14,058$8,749 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,949 rated schools reporting
2021$8,536$13,959$14,797$9,287 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,962 rated schools reporting
2022$9,570$15,755$15,708$10,559 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,985 rated schools reporting
2023$14,755$17,477$16,792$11,278 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,006 rated schools reporting
2024$23,399$16,789$18,125$12,355 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,029 rated schools reporting
2025$13,982$17,981$18,972$13,165 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,042 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
$69,766+$3,226 vs similar economic context
Teachers
73+30.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.7−1.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

T H McDonald JH

Beginning: 10.8%1 to 5 years: 40.6%6 to 10 years: 22.3%11 to 20 years: 17%21 to 30 years: 8.6%Over 30 years: 0.7%
  • Beginning 10.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 40.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 17%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.6%
  • Over 30 years 0.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,060 reporting for every category shown · 2,060 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.6%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.4%21 to 30 years: 15.4%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for T H McDonald JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classT H McDonald JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 616.817.9
Secondary English16.815.3
Secondary languages other than English18.717.9
Secondary math1916.2
Secondary science21.517.5
Secondary social studies21.717.5

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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