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Tough Elem
Montgomery County · Region 06: Huntsville · 965 students
Tough Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 91.5 average of the 483 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.3. It is down 1 point 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 97.
Ranks 588th of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 249 others), and 19th of 314 in Region 06: Huntsville (tied with 11 others).
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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 A with 97 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 93 | 91.5 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | A | 95 | 92.0 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | A | 95 | 91.1 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | A | 95 | 91.5 | 79.1 |
| 2021-22 | A | 94 | 92.1 | 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 Tough Elem itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
Texas schools
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.
- Tough Elem
- Similar student population (483)
- Region 06: Huntsville (314)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 94 | A | — |
| School Progress | 92 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 92 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 92 | A | — |
| Relative Performance | 83 | B | 7 |
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 Student Achievement (94), so School Progress (92) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 94.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (483)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (483 schools) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 965
- Economically disadvantaged
- 7.5%−2.5 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 20.7%+10.0 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 14.8%−0.6 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 96.3%+0.4 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 4.5%−1.9 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 3.1%
- Hispanic 27.2%
- White 44.8%
- Asian 17.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 7.3%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Tough Elem
- 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
- $69,787+$345 vs similar
- Teachers
- 64
- Students per staff member
- 15.1
Teaching experience
- Beginning 8.9%
- 1 to 5 years 14.1%
- 6 to 10 years 37.7%
- 11 to 20 years 25.1%
- 21 to 30 years 9.4%
- Over 30 years 4.7%
Where this school ranks best
Out of 88 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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4of 304
All Subjects — Masters
Region 06: Huntsville · of the 304 that report this measure
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4of 304
Reading — Masters
Region 06: Huntsville · of the 304 that report this measure · tied with 1
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4of 132
All Subjects — Masters
Montgomery County · of the 132 that report this measure
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4of 132
Reading — Masters
Montgomery County · of the 132 that report this measure
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5of 304
Reading — Approaches
Region 06: Huntsville · of the 304 that report this measure · tied with 5
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5of 89
Science — Masters
Montgomery County · of the 89 that report this measure · tied with 2
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6of 132
Reading — Meets
Montgomery County · of the 132 that report this measure · tied with 1
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6of 132
Math — Masters
Montgomery County · of the 132 that report this measure · tied with 1
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6of 125
Attendance
Montgomery County · of the 125 that report this measure · tied with 2
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6of 125
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Montgomery County · of the 125 that report this measure
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7of 304
Math — Meets
Region 06: Huntsville · of the 304 that report this measure · tied with 2
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7of 304
Math — Masters
Region 06: Huntsville · of the 304 that report this measure · tied with 1
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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