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The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 112 students

Current score
89/1002025-26
Change
+6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+7.9 ptsvs 81.1 average · 1,887 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
364 of 1,887tied with 65 others
B89

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 81 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 81.1 average for 1,887 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 13 points

76 to 89 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 89 is 7.9 points above the 81.1 average among 1,887 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

93 +11.7 pts vs 81.3

  • 93 is 11.7 points above the 81.3 average among 1,807 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

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

The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.1 average for 1,887 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 364th of 1,887 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 65 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. After high school: the following fall
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageThe Academy of Viola Dewalt HS 8377927689 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 81 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
2025-26B8981.1 1,887 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7681.1 1,860 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9279.1 1,834 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7779.8 1,803 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8382.7 1,776 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 Achievement87 B+6.8 vs similar economic context · 1,815 reporting
  • School Progress93 A+11.7 vs similar economic context · 1,807 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps79 C+0.7 vs similar economic context · 1,791 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 74.7 · 1,758 reporting
  • Relative Performance93 A+13.6 vs similar economic context · 1,807 reporting
  • The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,887 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement87B3
School Progress93A—
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance93A—

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point 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 (93), so Student Achievement (87) 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 level83%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,815 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,815 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,815 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,802 reporting
  • Meets grade level23%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,802 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,802 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level100%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,659 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,659 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,659 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level98%+22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 942 reporting
  • Meets grade level53%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 942 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 942 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,887 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.

Completion

Four-Year
83.1%+10.9 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 41 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
96.1%+18.9 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 41 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
92.2%+12.7 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 41 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
2.4%−2.3 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 41 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's alternative-education 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
32.0%−55.9 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria32.0%87.9%−55.9 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 522 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course8.5%58.8%−50.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA1.2%28.0%−26.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)1.2%10.0%−8.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course2.4%33.7%−31.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification12.2%38.0%−25.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%1.7%−1.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%5.3%−5.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%3.8%−3.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness1.2%3.2%−2.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student8.5%7.7%+0.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces3.7%3.5%+0.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 525 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.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
72

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
23

31.9% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
48

66.7% of graduates

Not trackable
1

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
72
Selected comparison
221.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 412 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
23
Selected comparison
97.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 412 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
31.9%
Selected comparison
44.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 412 rated schools reporting

−13.0 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
66.7%
Selected comparison
50.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 412 rated schools reporting

+16.4 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
1.4%
Selected comparison
4.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 412 rated schools reporting

−3.4 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. SAN JACINTO COLLEGE (029137)21

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
112
Economically disadvantaged
56.3%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.9%−5.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.0%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
83.3%−11.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
65.5%+50.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS

African American: 9.8%Hispanic: 48.2%White: 36.6%Two or More Races: 5.4%
  • African American 9.8%
  • Hispanic 48.2%
  • White 36.6%
  • Two or More Races 5.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting for every category shown · 1,887 in full cohort

African American: 9.9%Hispanic: 45.4%White: 37.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.5%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4%
  • African American 9.9%
  • Hispanic 45.4%
  • White 37.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 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
112
Economically disadvantaged students
63
Emergent bilingual students
10
Special education students
19

TEA context labels

  • Alternative education campus under AEA procedures
  • Alternative education type: dropout recovery school
  • Rated under AEA procedures

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
98
Students in TEA mobility denominator
213
TEA-published mobility rate
46%

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 did not publish an enrollment count for 2025–26 in this PEIMS report, so no current year-over-year change is calculated. The latest available PEIMS count is 168 students in 2023–24.

Latest available PEIMS enrollment
168

2023–24

Enrollment in 2023–24

This school
168
Selected comparison
642

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,789 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS
School yearStudents enrolledThe Academy of Viola Dewalt HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 168 First available year 637
2022–23 Not reported Not available —
2023–24 168 No adjacent prior year 642
2024–25 Not reported Not available —
2025–26 Not reported Not available —

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
22

11.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
35

17.86 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
196

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
11.2%
Selected comparison
12.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,445 rated schools reporting

−1.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
17.86
Selected comparison
28

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,566 rated schools reporting

−10.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 241 Suppressed — 11 4.56 — 18.8
2021–22 182 36 19.8% 85 46.70 12.4% 28
2022–23 182 32 17.6% 64 35.16 12.9% 29.7
2023–24 205 38 18.5% 97 47.32 12.8% 29.7
2024–25 196 22 11.2% 35 17.86 12.5% 28
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 22 11.2% 35 17.86 12.5% 28
In-school suspensions Suppressed — 10 5.10 — 21.8
Out-of-school suspensions 15 7.7% 17 8.67 6.4% 9.1
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$20k$33k20182020202220242025
  • The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS
  • Parent district: La Porte ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,988
Selected comparison
$12,328

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,857 rated schools reporting

+$2,660 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,988 per student for this campus, $26,590 per student for its parent district, La Porte 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
YearThe Academy of Viola Dewalt HSParent district: La Porte ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$31,760$16,789$13,054$7,934 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,709 rated schools reporting
2019$17,189$15,044$13,108$8,103 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,727 rated schools reporting
2020$11,490$15,283$14,058$8,689 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 rated schools reporting
2021$11,213$16,586$14,797$9,066 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,761 rated schools reporting
2022$13,011$17,016$15,708$10,478 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,778 rated schools reporting
2023$13,721$19,446$16,792$10,982 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,803 rated schools reporting
2024$13,496$26,911$18,125$11,814 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,831 rated schools reporting
2025$14,988$26,590$18,972$12,328 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,857 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
$74,059+$7,531 vs similar economic context
Teachers
20−21.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
5.5−13.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS

Beginning: 7.9%1 to 5 years: 22.8%6 to 10 years: 10.9%11 to 20 years: 22.8%21 to 30 years: 35.6%
  • Beginning 7.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 10.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 22.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 35.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting for every category shown · 1,887 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.8%1 to 5 years: 24.9%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 28.7%21 to 30 years: 16.4%Over 30 years: 4.4%
  • Beginning 5.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.4%
  • Over 30 years 4.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for The Academy of Viola Dewalt HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classThe Academy of Viola Dewalt HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English114.9
Secondary languages other than English1.317.3
Secondary science1217.2

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 3 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 195 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

1 measure

  • 1of 1,134

    Science — Approaches

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

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

4 measures

  • 4of 13

    Five-Year Completion Rate

    Harris County (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 4of 13

    Dropout Rate (lowest is best)

    Harris County (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 5of 13

    Six-Year Completion Rate

    Harris County (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 6of 13

    Four-Year Completion Rate

    Harris County (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 13 that report this measure

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 62of 1,241

    Relative Performance

    Region 04: Houston · of the 1,241 that report this measure · tied with 17

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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