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Union Grove MS

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 718 students

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Current score
79/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−5.0 ptsvs 84 average · 1,394 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,008 of 1,394tied with 47 others
C79

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 84 average for 1,394 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Reading above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
64%vs 62.6% avg · +1.4 pts
Masters
32%vs 28.1% avg · +3.9 pts

Among 1,354 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

See the full measure

Selected 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

Union Grove MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 84 average for 1,394 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,008th of 1,394 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 47 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageUnion Grove MS 7983757279 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 79 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
2025-26C7984.0 1,394 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7284.3 1,363 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7582.6 1,342 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8383.1 1,328 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7985.1 1,308 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 Achievement80 B−4.4 vs similar economic context · 1,355 reporting
  • School Progress80 B−2.3 vs similar economic context · 1,351 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps78 C−3.4 vs similar economic context · 1,341 reporting
  • Academic Growth80 B+2.5 vs similar economic context · 1,327 reporting
  • Relative Performance72 C−7.4 vs similar economic context · 1,351 reporting
  • Union Grove MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,394 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement80B10
School Progress80B10
Closing the Gaps78C2
Academic Growth80B10
Relative Performance72C8

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

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level77%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,355 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,355 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,355 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level84%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,354 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,354 reporting
  • Masters grade level32%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,354 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,349 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,349 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,349 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,252 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,252 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,252 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level59%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 702 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 702 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 702 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,394 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
718
Economically disadvantaged
40.7%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
5.2%−6.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
25.9%+7.7 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.0%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.3%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Union Grove MS

African American: 27.9%Hispanic: 28.8%White: 28.7%Asian: 3.1%Pacific Islander: 1.3%Two or More Races: 10.3%
  • African American 27.9%
  • Hispanic 28.8%
  • White 28.7%
  • Asian 3.1%
  • Pacific Islander 1.3%
  • Two or More Races 10.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,394 reporting for every category shown · 1,394 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 35.8%White: 45.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 4.4%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.4%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 35.8%
  • White 45.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 4.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
718
Economically disadvantaged students
292
Emergent bilingual students
37
Special education students
186

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
106
Students in TEA mobility denominator
786
TEA-published mobility rate
13.5%

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 718 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 15 (2.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
718

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−15

Decrease · −2.0%

Change since 2021–22
+72

Increase · +11.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
718
Selected comparison
701.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,362 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Union Grove MS
School yearStudents enrolledUnion Grove MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 646 First available year 700
2022–23 633 Decrease of 13 (2.0%) 707
2023–24 669 Increase of 36 (5.7%) 708.1
2024–25 733 Increase of 64 (9.6%) 704.9
2025–26 718 Decrease of 15 (2.0%) 701.3

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
249

32.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
701

90.34 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
776

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
32.1%
Selected comparison
10.7%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,081 rated schools reporting

+21.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
90.34
Selected comparison
23.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,160 rated schools reporting

+67.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Union Grove MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 742 67 9.0% 136 18.33 9.0% 17
2021–22 709 157 22.1% 359 50.63 11.0% 23.2
2022–23 675 166 24.6% 368 54.52 11.4% 24.6
2023–24 711 241 33.9% 670 94.23 11.2% 25
2024–25 776 249 32.1% 701 90.34 10.7% 23.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Union Grove MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 249 32.1% 701 90.34 10.7% 23.3
In-school suspensions 220 28.4% 540 69.59 9.6% 17.9
Out-of-school suspensions 96 12.4% 128 16.49 5.3% 7.3
DAEP placements 17 2.2% 20 2.58 4.0% 4.7
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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
  • Union Grove MS
  • Parent district: Killeen ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,192
Selected comparison
$11,973

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,364 rated schools reporting

−$2,781 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,192 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
YearUnion Grove MSParent district: Killeen ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,683$9,955$13,054$7,811 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,247 rated schools reporting
2019$7,010$10,689$13,108$8,014 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,266 rated schools reporting
2020$7,220$13,484$14,058$8,386 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,274 rated schools reporting
2021$8,999$14,264$14,797$8,785 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,292 rated schools reporting
2022$8,684$13,404$15,708$10,117 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,309 rated schools reporting
2023$9,281$14,811$16,792$10,588 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,328 rated schools reporting
2024$10,683$15,038$18,125$11,680 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,343 rated schools reporting
2025$9,192$14,322$18,972$11,973 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,364 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
$71,031+$3,625 vs similar economic context
Teachers
41−5.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
17.6+3.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Union Grove MS

Beginning: 9.5%1 to 5 years: 25.4%6 to 10 years: 36.2%11 to 20 years: 19.3%21 to 30 years: 4.9%Over 30 years: 4.9%
  • Beginning 9.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 36.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 19.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.9%
  • Over 30 years 4.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,394 reporting for every category shown · 1,394 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.3%1 to 5 years: 23.4%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 30.8%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 3.8%
  • Beginning 5.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 3.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Union Grove MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classUnion Grove MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 612.518.1
Secondary English8.415.7
Secondary languages other than English25.718
Secondary math9.416.6
Secondary science13.918
Secondary social studies16.918

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 014906051.