Recent movement
Overall score rose 6 points
89 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 95 is 17.4 points above the 77.6 average among 2,205 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Traditional public school campus
Tool Elem
Henderson County · Region 07: Kilgore · 214 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 95/1002025-26
- Change
- +5 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +17.4 ptsvs 77.6 average · 2,205 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 43 of 2,205tied with 16 others
- Score vs region
- +15.0 ptsvs 80 average · 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore
- Region 07: Kilgore placement
- 11 of 352tied with 6 others
- Score vs county
- +14.5 ptsvs 80.5 average · 28 rated schools in Henderson County
- Henderson County placement
- 1 of 28among reporting schools
- Score vs similar-size group
- +13.9 ptsvs 81.1 average · 1,450 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 60 of 1,450tied with 33 others
- Score vs state
- +13.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 247 of 7,646tied with 131 others
A95
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.6 average for 2,205 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore.The current score is above the 80.5 average for 28 rated schools in Henderson County.The current score is above the 81.1 average for 1,450 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 8 points
83 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 16.2 points above the 74.8 average among 2,019 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 67%vs 42.1% avg · +24.9 pts
- Masters
- 36%vs 16.5% avg · +19.5 pts
Among 2,040 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 6 points
89 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 95 is 15 points above the 80 average among 352 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 8 points
83 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 14.7 points above the 76.3 average among 313 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
Current strength
Academic Growth above the Region 07: Kilgore average
96 +23.2 pts vs 72.8
- 96 is 23.2 points above the 72.8 average among 296 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
- 1st of 296 schools in Region 07: Kilgore reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 6 points
89 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 95 is 14.5 points above the 80.5 average among 28 schools in Henderson County reporting this measure.
- 1st of 28 schools in Henderson County reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 8 points
83 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 15.4 points above the 75.6 average among 27 schools in Henderson County reporting this measure.
- Tied for 2nd of 27 schools in Henderson County reporting this measure; 3 schools share that value.
Current strength
School Progress above the Henderson County average
96 +13.7 pts vs 82.3
- 96 is 13.7 points above the 82.3 average among 27 schools in Henderson County reporting this measure.
- 1st of 27 schools in Henderson County reporting this measure.
Recent movement
Overall score rose 6 points
89 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 95 is 13.9 points above the 81.1 average among 1,450 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 8 points
83 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 12.6 points above the 78.4 average among 1,287 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 67%vs 49.3% avg · +17.7 pts
- Masters
- 36%vs 19.6% avg · +16.4 pts
Among 1,288 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 6 points
89 to 95 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 95 is 13.7 points above the 81.3 average among 7,646 Texas schools reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Closing the Gaps rose 8 points
83 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 91 is 12.3 points above the 78.7 average among 7,185 Texas schools reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above Texas averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 67%vs 50.8% avg · +16.2 pts
- Masters
- 36%vs 22.8% avg · +13.2 pts
Among 7,260 Texas schools reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected 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
Tool Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.6 average for 2,205 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 5 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 43rd of 2,205 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 16 others).
Tool Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80 average for 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore. It is up 5 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 11th of 352 rated schools in Region 07: Kilgore (tied with 6 others).
Tool Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.5 average for 28 rated schools in Henderson County. It is up 5 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1st of 28 rated schools in Henderson County.
Tool Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.1 average for 1,450 similarly sized rated schools. It is up 5 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 60th of 1,450 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 33 others).
Tool Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 95 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is up 5 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 247th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 131 others).
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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 89 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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 95 | 77.6 2,205 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 89 | 77.3 2,192 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 85 | 74.7 2,178 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 88 | 75.2 2,161 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 90 | 81.6 2,140 reporting | 83.7 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.
- Tool Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,205 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 91 | A | — |
| School Progress | 96 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 91 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 96 | A | — |
| Relative Performance | 92 | A | — |
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 (96), so Student Achievement (91) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 96.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,205 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
- 214
- Economically disadvantaged
- 80.4%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 13.1%−16.5 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 17.8%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.7%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 6.9%−13.7 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Tool Elem
- African American 3.3%
- Hispanic 26.2%
- White 64.5%
- American Indian 0.5%
- Asian 1.9%
- Two or More Races 3.7%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,205 reporting for every category shown · 2,205 in full cohort
- African American 14%
- Hispanic 68.2%
- White 13.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 2.6%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- African American 13.6%
- Hispanic 28.4%
- White 52.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4.7%
Selected comparison average For Henderson County · 28 reporting for every category shown · 28 in full cohort
- African American 6.7%
- Hispanic 25.4%
- White 62.9%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 0.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 4.2%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 1,450 reporting for every category shown · 1,450 in full cohort
- African American 8.8%
- Hispanic 48.3%
- White 38.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.1%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 214
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 172
- Emergent bilingual students
- 28
- Special education students
- 38
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 31
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 161
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 19.3%
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 214 students in 2025–26, an increase of 17 (8.6%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 214
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +17
Increase · +8.6%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 214
- Selected comparison
- 629.1
| School year | Students enrolledTool Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 245 | First available year | 653.5 |
| 2022–23 | Not reported | Not available | — |
| 2023–24 | 246 | No adjacent prior year | 650.6 |
| 2024–25 | 197 | Decrease of 49 (19.9%) | 648.2 |
| 2025–26 | 214 | Increase of 17 (8.6%) | 629.1 |
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
- 26
12.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 47
21.66 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 217
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 12.0%
- Selected comparison
- 13.3%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 21.66
- Selected comparison
- 32.4
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 288 | 12 | 4.2% | 18 | 6.25 | 8.4% | 16.7 |
| 2021–22 | 286 | 21 | 7.3% | 47 | 16.43 | 12.9% | 30.9 |
| 2022–23 | 295 | 26 | 8.8% | 37 | 12.54 | 13.7% | 34 |
| 2023–24 | 286 | 17 | 5.9% | 21 | 7.34 | 13.7% | 34 |
| 2024–25 | 217 | 26 | 12.0% | 47 | 21.66 | 13.3% | 32.4 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 26 | 12.0% | 47 | 21.66 | 13.3% | 32.4 |
| In-school suspensions | 25 | 11.5% | 43 | 19.82 | 11.7% | 23.4 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 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.
- Tool Elem
- Parent district: Malakoff ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $12,927
- Selected comparison
- $13,043
For 2025, TEA reported $12,927 per student for this campus, $27,810 per student for its parent district, Malakoff ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Tool Elem | Parent district: Malakoff ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,599 | $11,992 | $13,054 | $8,135 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,074 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $7,613 | $12,712 | $13,108 | $8,262 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,096 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $6,938 | $13,540 | $14,058 | $8,769 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $7,994 | $14,978 | $14,797 | $9,409 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,123 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $9,523 | $19,071 | $15,708 | $10,837 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,141 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $9,383 | $39,791 | $16,792 | $11,349 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,161 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $10,134 | $44,594 | $18,125 | $12,288 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,177 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $12,927 | $27,810 | $18,972 | $13,043 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,191 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
- $65,422−$1,722 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 21−21.8 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 10−4.3 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Tool Elem
- 1 to 5 years 18.3%
- 6 to 10 years 27.2%
- 11 to 20 years 22.5%
- 21 to 30 years 22.5%
- Over 30 years 8.9%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,205 reporting for every category shown · 2,205 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.8%
- 1 to 5 years 27.7%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.2%
- 21 to 30 years 15%
- Over 30 years 3.6%
Selected comparison average For Region 07: Kilgore · 352 reporting for every category shown · 352 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 24.6%
- 6 to 10 years 17.7%
- 11 to 20 years 28%
- 21 to 30 years 17.3%
- Over 30 years 6%
Selected comparison average For Henderson County · 28 reporting for every category shown · 28 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.7%
- 1 to 5 years 19.3%
- 6 to 10 years 18.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28%
- 21 to 30 years 16.6%
- Over 30 years 11.1%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 1,450 reporting for every category shown · 1,450 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.7%
- 1 to 5 years 23.9%
- 6 to 10 years 17.6%
- 11 to 20 years 28.4%
- 21 to 30 years 17.6%
- Over 30 years 5.2%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classTool Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 18 |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 18.4 |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 18.4 |
| Grade 3 | 18.6 | 18.9 |
| Grade 4 | 17.3 | 19 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 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 90 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
5 measures
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1of 296
Academic Growth
Region 07: Kilgore · of the 296 that report this measure
-
1of 28
Overall score
Henderson County · of the 28 that report this measure
-
1of 27
School Progress
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
-
1of 27
All Subjects — Masters
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
-
1of 27
Math — Masters
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
#2–3 rankings
Second- and third-place results
8 measures
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2of 28
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Henderson County · of the 28 that report this measure
-
2of 27
Closing the Gaps
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure · tied with 2
-
2of 27
Relative Performance
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
-
2of 27
Reading — Approaches
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
-
3of 27
Student Achievement
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure · tied with 1
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3of 27
All Subjects — Meets
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
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3of 27
Reading — Masters
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure · tied with 2
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3of 27
Math — Meets
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure · tied with 1
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
5 measures
-
4of 28
Attendance
Henderson County · of the 28 that report this measure
-
4of 27
All Subjects — Approaches
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure · tied with 2
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4of 27
Reading — Meets
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
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5of 28
Per-student spending
Henderson County · of the 28 that report this measure
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8of 27
Math — Approaches
Henderson County · of the 27 that report this measure
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
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