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The Varnett School - Northeast

The Varnett Public School · Houston · 314 students

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Current score
72/1002025-26
Change
−17 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−8.0 ptsvs 80 average · 207 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
161 of 207tied with 3 others
C72

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 average for 207 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
46%vs 42.9% avg · +3.1 pts
Masters
19%vs 15.7% avg · +3.3 pts

Among 207 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

10.8% −12.7 pts vs 23.5%

  • 10.8% is 12.7 percentage points lower than the 23.5% average among 204 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement

The Varnett School - Northeast is rated C by TEA, scoring 72 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80 average for 207 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 17 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 161st of 207 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 3 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  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 comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: Special Education

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
32.4%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 rated charter campuses reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
0.0%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 rated charter campuses reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageThe Varnett School - Northeast 8968647672 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
2025-26C7280.0 207 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25C7678.3 202 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24D6476.1 196 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23D6875.4 188 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22B8983.6 174 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 Achievement62 D−11.9 vs similar economic context · 207 reporting
  • School Progress71 C−9.9 vs similar economic context · 207 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps73 C−3.4 vs similar economic context · 202 reporting
  • Academic Growth71 C−1.9 vs similar economic context · 195 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−9.3 vs similar economic context · 203 reporting
  • The Varnett School - Northeast
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (207 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement62D8
School Progress71C9
Closing the Gaps73C7
Academic Growth71C9
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 7 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 (62) 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 level61%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level56%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 205 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 205 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 205 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level59%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 189 reporting
  • Meets grade level19%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 189 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 189 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level33%−36 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 127 reporting
  • Meets grade level10%−27 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 127 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 127 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (207 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.

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
314
Economically disadvantaged
100.0%+5.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
52.9%+5.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
10.2%−1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.1%+2.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
10.8%−12.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

The Varnett School - Northeast

African American: 23.6%Hispanic: 75.5%Asian: 0.6%Two or More Races: 0.3%
  • African American 23.6%
  • Hispanic 75.5%
  • Asian 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 0.3%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting for every category shown · 207 in full cohort

African American: 18.4%Hispanic: 75.6%White: 2.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.7%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 18.4%
  • Hispanic 75.6%
  • White 2.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
314
Economically disadvantaged students
314
Emergent bilingual students
166
Special education students
32

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
26
Students in TEA mobility denominator
304
TEA-published mobility rate
8.6%

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 314 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 40 (11.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
314

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−40

Decrease · −11.3%

Change since 2021–22
−63

Decrease · −16.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
314
Selected comparison
508.2

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 205 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for The Varnett School - Northeast
School yearStudents enrolledThe Varnett School - NortheastChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 377 First available year 485.8
2022–23 344 Decrease of 33 (8.8%) 497.5
2023–24 369 Increase of 25 (7.3%) 511.5
2024–25 354 Decrease of 15 (4.1%) 509.4
2025–26 314 Decrease of 40 (11.3%) 508.2

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
375

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for The Varnett School - Northeast
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 453 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 396 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2022–23 361 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 407 10 2.5% 13 3.19 11.1% 18.9
2024–25 375 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for The Varnett School - Northeast in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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 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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • The Varnett School - Northeast
  • Parent district: The Varnett Public School
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,255
Selected comparison
$12,072

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 204 rated charter campuses reporting

+$1,183 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,255 per student for this campus, $17,125 per student for its parent district, The Varnett Public School, $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 Varnett School - NortheastParent district: The Varnett Public SchoolTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,947$11,474$13,054$8,688 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 114 rated charter campuses reporting
2019$6,468$10,393$13,108$8,362 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 154 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$6,856$10,943$14,058$8,934 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 158 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$9,051$12,717$14,797$9,395 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 172 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$11,577$16,714$15,708$11,442 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 183 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$12,394$16,604$16,792$11,382 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 190 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$11,873$16,720$18,125$11,168 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 197 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$13,255$17,125$18,972$12,072 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 204 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
$68,599+$4,428 vs similar economic context
Teachers
26−2.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.3−6.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

The Varnett School - Northeast

Beginning: 29.7%1 to 5 years: 35.2%6 to 10 years: 3.9%11 to 20 years: 19.5%21 to 30 years: 7.8%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 29.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 35.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 3.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 19.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 7.8%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 207 reporting for every category shown · 207 in full cohort

Beginning: 13.3%1 to 5 years: 47.9%6 to 10 years: 19.4%11 to 20 years: 14.9%21 to 30 years: 3.9%Over 30 years: 0.6%
  • Beginning 13.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 3.9%
  • Over 30 years 0.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for The Varnett School - Northeast in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classThe Varnett School - Northeast · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 117.522.1
Grade 218.522.2
Grade 319.523.7
Grade 423.524
Grade 51523.5
Grade 619.523.2
Secondary English1619
Secondary math1619.8
Secondary science1520.5
Secondary social studies1620.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 10 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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