Recent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 2 points
86 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 12.5 points above the 75.5 average among 383 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Open-enrollment charter campus
Universal Academy
Universal Academy · Irving · 669 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 89/1002025-26
- Change
- +13 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +8.1 ptsvs 80.9 average · 383 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 93 of 383tied with 15 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +7.7 ptsvs 81.3 average · 457 similarly sized rated charter campuses
- Similar size placement
- 121 of 457tied with 17 others
- Score vs state
- +7.3 ptsvs 81.7 average · 829 rated Texas charter campuses
- Texas charter placement
- 235 of 829tied with 32 others
B89
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.9 average for 383 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 81.3 average for 457 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Overall score above the similar-context average
89 +8.1 pts vs 80.9
- 89 is 8.1 points above the 80.9 average among 383 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Closing the Gaps above the similar-context average
90 +12.3 pts vs 77.7
- 90 is 12.3 points above the 77.7 average among 379 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 2 points
86 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 10.7 points above the 77.3 average among 457 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
Top placement
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces
11.8% 1st of 151 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure · 2025-26
See the full measureCurrent strength
Overall score above the similar-size average
89 +7.7 pts vs 81.3
- 89 is 7.7 points above the 81.3 average among 457 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 2 points
86 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 88 is 9.9 points above the 78.1 average among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
Current strength
Overall score above the Texas charter average
89 +7.3 pts vs 81.7
- 89 is 7.3 points above the 81.7 average among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
Current strength
Closing the Gaps above the Texas charter average
90 +11.4 pts vs 78.6
- 90 is 11.4 points above the 78.6 average among 807 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
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Universal Academy is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.9 average for 383 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 13 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 93rd of 383 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 15 others).
Universal Academy is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.3 average for 457 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is up 13 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 121st of 457 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 17 others).
Universal Academy is rated B by TEA, scoring 89 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is up 13 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 235th of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 32 others).
Put the numbers in context
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Compare against
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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 89 | 80.9 383 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 88 | 79.7 378 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 87 | 77.6 369 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | D | 69 | 77.4 361 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
| 2021-22 | C | 76 | 84.0 342 reporting | 84.5 700 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.
- Universal Academy
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (383 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 88 | B | 2 |
| School Progress | 87 | B | 3 |
| Closing the Gaps | 90 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 59 | F | 1 |
| Relative Performance | 87 | B | 3 |
Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 2 points below A 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%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (88), so School Progress (87) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 88.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (383 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 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Graduation
- Four-Year
- 100.0%+35.8 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 121 rated charter campuses reporting
- Five-Year
- 100.0%+41.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 121 rated charter campuses reporting
- Six-Year
- 100.0%+47.7 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 120 rated charter campuses reporting
- Dropout Rate
- 0.0%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 121 rated charter campuses reporting
These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only charter campuses in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported charter campus rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.
College, career and military readiness
- Total credit for CCMR criteria
- 100.0%+15.7 pts vs similar economic context
| Criterion | This school% of graduates | Averagesimilar economic context | Differencepercentage points | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 100.0% | 84.3% | +15.7 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 144 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 100.0% | 68.9% | +31.1 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 23.5% | 38.0% | −14.5 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 5.9% | 30.1% | −24.2 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 35.3% | 11.5% | +23.8 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 5.9% | 14.3% | −8.4 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 0.4% | −0.4 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an associate degree | 5.9% | 1.8% | +4.1 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 5.9% | 3.7% | +2.2 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 1.4% | −1.4 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 0.0% | 8.1% | −8.1 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 11.8% | 1.9% | +9.9 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 146 rated charter campuses reporting |
Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported charter campus percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses 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
- 669
- Economically disadvantaged
- 84.0%−1.3 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 52.0%+11.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 6.3%−6.7 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.2%+2.8 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 13.8%−11.3 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Universal Academy
- African American 24.7%
- Hispanic 67.3%
- White 1.2%
- American Indian 0.7%
- Asian 4.8%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 1.2%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 reporting for every category shown · 383 in full cohort
- African American 17.5%
- Hispanic 74.9%
- White 4.4%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 1.4%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 457 reporting for every category shown · 457 in full cohort
- African American 15.9%
- Hispanic 65.4%
- White 9.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 6.4%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.1%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- African American 17.5%
- Hispanic 61.8%
- White 12.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.5%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 669
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 562
- Emergent bilingual students
- 348
- Special education students
- 42
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 100
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 589
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 17%
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 669 students in 2025–26, an increase of 46 (7.4%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 669
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +46
Increase · +7.4%
- Change since 2021–22
- −57
Decrease · −7.9%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 669
- Selected comparison
- 517.1
| School year | Students enrolledUniversal Academy | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 726 | First available year | 494.5 |
| 2022–23 | 696 | Decrease of 30 (4.1%) | 513.1 |
| 2023–24 | 619 | Decrease of 77 (11.1%) | 517.8 |
| 2024–25 | 623 | Increase of 4 (0.6%) | 518.4 |
| 2025–26 | 669 | Increase of 46 (7.4%) | 517.1 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses 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
- 20
2.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 22
3.20 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 687
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 2.9%
- Selected comparison
- 10.3%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 3.2
- Selected comparison
- 16.6
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 791 | Suppressed | — | 11 | 1.39 | — | 5.5 |
| 2021–22 | 799 | 28 | 3.5% | 37 | 4.63 | 10.3% | 16.5 |
| 2022–23 | 762 | 87 | 11.4% | 126 | 16.54 | 11.2% | 19.1 |
| 2023–24 | 676 | 49 | 7.3% | 62 | 9.17 | 10.9% | 17.8 |
| 2024–25 | 687 | 20 | 2.9% | 22 | 3.20 | 10.3% | 16.6 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 20 | 2.9% | 22 | 3.20 | 10.3% | 16.6 |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 19 | 2.8% | 21 | 3.06 | 8.2% | 11.4 |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses 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.
- Universal Academy
- Parent district: Universal Academy
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $14,151
- Selected comparison
- $11,633
For 2025, TEA reported $14,151 per student for this campus, $11,045 per student for its parent district, Universal Academy, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Universal Academy | Parent district: Universal Academy | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $8,291 | $8,991 | $13,054 | $8,451 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 242 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2019 | $8,412 | $9,367 | $13,108 | $8,717 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 277 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2020 | $14,509 | $8,963 | $14,058 | $9,427 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 299 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2021 | $10,361 | $9,025 | $14,797 | $9,595 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 331 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2022 | $11,880 | $10,914 | $15,708 | $11,203 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 348 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2023 | $12,636 | $10,362 | $16,792 | $11,319 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 359 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $14,719 | $10,836 | $18,125 | $11,690 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $14,151 | $11,045 | $18,972 | $11,633 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 380 rated charter campuses 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
- $61,595−$2,059 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 46+16.2 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 14.5−3.4 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Universal Academy
- Beginning 30.1%
- 1 to 5 years 43.3%
- 6 to 10 years 15.8%
- 11 to 20 years 8.7%
- 21 to 30 years 2.2%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 383 reporting for every category shown · 383 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.1%
- 1 to 5 years 47.3%
- 6 to 10 years 20.2%
- 11 to 20 years 14.6%
- 21 to 30 years 4.2%
- Over 30 years 0.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 457 reporting for every category shown · 457 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.7%
- 1 to 5 years 46.8%
- 6 to 10 years 20.2%
- 11 to 20 years 13.3%
- 21 to 30 years 3.5%
- Over 30 years 0.4%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- Beginning 13%
- 1 to 5 years 44.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.6%
- 11 to 20 years 15.4%
- 21 to 30 years 4.8%
- Over 30 years 0.9%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classUniversal Academy · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 24.7 | 21.4 |
| Grade 1 | 24.7 | 22.2 |
| Grade 2 | 26.9 | 23.7 |
| Grade 3 | 23.7 | 24.7 |
| Grade 4 | 23.3 | 24.6 |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 24.4 |
| Grade 6 | 26.8 | 23.7 |
| Secondary English | 17.6 | 18.7 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 8.2 | 17.5 |
| Secondary math | 16.9 | 18.8 |
| Secondary science | 21.7 | 19.7 |
| Secondary social studies | 20.8 | 19.9 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 12 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
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#1 rankings
First-place results
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1of 151
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces
Similar size · of the 151 that report this measure
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
1 measure
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10of 146
Earned an associate degree
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 146 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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