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Theron Jones Early Literacy Center
Bowie County · Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 289 students
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center is rated F by TEA, scoring 58 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.8 average of the 1,385 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and below the statewide average of 81.3. It is up 3 points since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 59.
Ranks 7,444th of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 44 others), and 137th of 142 in Region 08: Mt Pleasant (tied with 1 other).
3 consecutive years rated unacceptable. At three or more years, Texas law provides for state intervention.
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5 years of ratings
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 Not Rated with 59 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | F | 58 | 77.8 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | D | 69 | 77.4 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | F | 53 | 73.8 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | F | 59 | 72.8 | 79.1 |
| 2021-22 | F | 55 | 81.9 | 83.7 |
How this school's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Theron Jones Early Literacy Center itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
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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.
- Theron Jones Early Literacy Center
- Similar student population (1,385)
- Region 08: Mt Pleasant (142)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | — | Not rated | — |
| School Progress | — | Not rated | — |
| Closing the Gaps | — | Not rated | — |
| Academic Growth | — | Not rated | — |
| Relative Performance | — | Not rated | — |
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 289
- Economically disadvantaged
- 98.6%+4.7 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 5.2%−38.8 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 5.9%−11.3 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 93.6%+0.7 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 23.3%−0.4 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 80.6%
- Hispanic 10.7%
- White 4.8%
- Two or More Races 3.8%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Theron Jones Early Literacy Center
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
TEA's published file does not include peer-group spending for this entity, so no comparison is shown.
Not reported by TEA for this entity: peer.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $50,003−$18,786 vs similar
- Teachers
- 26
- Students per staff member
- 11.2
Teaching experience
- Beginning 0.4%
- 1 to 5 years 51.8%
- 6 to 10 years 33.1%
- 11 to 20 years 1.6%
- 21 to 30 years 14%
Where this school ranks best
Out of 20 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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10of 1,369
Per-student spending
Similar student population · of the 1,369 that report this measure · tied with 2
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319of 7,547
Per-student spending
Texas average · of the 7,547 that report this measure · tied with 10
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1of 41
Per-student spending
Bowie County · of the 41 that report this measure · tied with 10
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6of 140
Per-student spending
Region 08: Mt Pleasant · of the 140 that report this measure · tied with 10
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this campus ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.
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