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Timber Ridge Elem

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 692 students

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Current score
69/1002025-26
Change
−8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−11.0 ptsvs 80 average · 2,000 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,691 of 2,000tied with 71 others
D69

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 74 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80 average for 2,000 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

14.7% −1.9 pts vs 16.6%

  • 14.7% is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 16.6% average among 1,937 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Timber Ridge Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 69 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80 average for 2,000 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,691st of 2,000 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 71 others).

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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: Economically Disadvantaged

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
27.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,000 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
2.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,000 rated schools 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 averageTimber Ridge Elem 7778697469 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 C with 74 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
2025-26D6980.0 2,000 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7479.7 1,976 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6977.8 1,956 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7878.3 1,923 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7782.2 1,899 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−7.9 vs similar economic context · 1,897 reporting
  • School Progress70 C−10.8 vs similar economic context · 1,889 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps68 D−9.2 vs similar economic context · 1,870 reporting
  • Academic Growth70 C−3.9 vs similar economic context · 1,832 reporting
  • Relative Performance69 D−10.1 vs similar economic context · 1,889 reporting
  • Timber Ridge Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,000 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement70C10
School Progress70C10
Closing the Gaps68D2
Academic Growth70C10
Relative Performance69D1

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points below C 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%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level66%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,884 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,884 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,884 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level59%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,736 reporting
  • Meets grade level24%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,736 reporting
  • Masters grade level2%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,736 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,000 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
692
Economically disadvantaged
64.1%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
11.3%−6.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
32.0%+13.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.3%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
14.7%−1.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Timber Ridge Elem

African American: 36.8%Hispanic: 30.4%White: 15.8%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 1%Two or More Races: 14.9%
  • African American 36.8%
  • Hispanic 30.4%
  • White 15.8%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 1%
  • Two or More Races 14.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,000 reporting for every category shown · 2,000 in full cohort

African American: 11.1%Hispanic: 51.2%White: 31.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.1%
  • Hispanic 51.2%
  • White 31.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
691
Economically disadvantaged students
443
Emergent bilingual students
78
Special education students
221

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
119
Students in TEA mobility denominator
602
TEA-published mobility rate
19.8%

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 692 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 25 (3.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
692

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−25

Decrease · −3.5%

Change since 2021–22
−139

Decrease · −16.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
692
Selected comparison
621.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,963 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Timber Ridge Elem
School yearStudents enrolledTimber Ridge ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 831 First available year 636
2022–23 796 Decrease of 35 (4.2%) 642.5
2023–24 747 Decrease of 49 (6.2%) 639.1
2024–25 717 Decrease of 30 (4.0%) 634.5
2025–26 692 Decrease of 25 (3.5%) 621.2

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
133

16.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
471

59.62 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
790

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
16.8%
Selected comparison
12.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,536 rated schools reporting

+3.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
59.62
Selected comparison
30.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,654 rated schools reporting

+29.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Timber Ridge Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 960 59 6.2% 115 11.98 9.7% 19.3
2021–22 915 108 11.8% 258 28.20 12.8% 29.7
2022–23 892 98 11.0% 262 29.37 13.3% 31.9
2023–24 822 98 11.9% 382 46.47 13.1% 31.6
2024–25 790 133 16.8% 471 59.62 12.9% 30.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Timber Ridge Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 133 16.8% 471 59.62 12.9% 30.1
In-school suspensions 130 16.5% 440 55.70 11.5% 23.1
Out-of-school suspensions 21 2.7% 24 3.04 7.1% 10.5
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Timber Ridge Elem
  • Parent district: Killeen ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,215
Selected comparison
$12,657

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,972 rated schools reporting

−$1,442 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,215 per student for this campus, $14,322 per student for its parent district, Killeen 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
YearTimber Ridge ElemParent district: Killeen ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,544$9,955$13,054$7,919 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,827 rated schools reporting
2019$6,617$10,689$13,108$8,077 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,843 rated schools reporting
2020$7,401$13,484$14,058$8,661 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,866 rated schools reporting
2021$8,091$14,264$14,797$9,089 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,878 rated schools reporting
2022$8,652$13,404$15,708$10,429 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,900 rated schools reporting
2023$11,314$14,811$16,792$11,140 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 rated schools reporting
2024$11,914$15,038$18,125$12,058 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,952 rated schools reporting
2025$11,215$14,322$18,972$12,657 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,972 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
$68,238+$1,864 vs similar economic context
Teachers
42−0.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.6+2.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Timber Ridge Elem

Beginning: 9.4%1 to 5 years: 32.9%6 to 10 years: 24.5%11 to 20 years: 28.4%21 to 30 years: 4.8%
  • Beginning 9.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 32.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 24.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,000 reporting for every category shown · 2,000 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.2%1 to 5 years: 26.3%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 28%21 to 30 years: 15.9%Over 30 years: 4.1%
  • Beginning 6.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 28%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.9%
  • Over 30 years 4.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Timber Ridge Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classTimber Ridge Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten17.818
Grade 119.318.2
Grade 221.318.4
Grade 317.818.6
Grade 420.619
Grade 521.819.8

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 014906133.