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Open-enrollment charter campus
UT Tyler University Academy · Palestine · 281 students
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At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 95 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 84.1 average for 79 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 80.2 average for 221 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Top placement
100% Tied for 1st of 44 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure · 2025-26 · 3 share this value
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100% Tied for 1st of 44 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure · 2025-26 · 2 share this value
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90% 3rd of 44 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure · 2025-26
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100% 1st of 63 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure · 2025-26
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90% 3rd of 63 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure · 2025-26
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Among 221 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
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100% Tied for 1st of 331 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure · 2025-26 · 4 share this value
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Among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
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Among 828 Texas charter campuses 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.
UT Tyler University Academy-Palestine is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 84.1 average for 79 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 15th of 79 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 1 other).
UT Tyler University Academy-Palestine is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.2 average for 221 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 17th of 221 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 6 others).
UT Tyler University Academy-Palestine is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 105th of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 30 others).
Put the numbers in context
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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 A with 95 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.
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 93 | 84.1 79 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | A | 93 | 84.0 76 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | A | 92 | 82.6 71 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | A | 96 | 83.2 68 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 96 | 83.2 63 reporting | 84.5 700 reporting |
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.
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 93 | A | — |
| School Progress | 89 | B | 1 |
| Closing the Gaps | 92 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 59 | F | 1 |
| Relative Performance | 89 | B | 1 |
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 (93), so School Progress (89) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 93.
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.
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.
| Criterion | This school% of graduates | Averagesimilar economic context | Differencepercentage points | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 100.0% | 80.7% | +19.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 41 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% | 60.5% | +39.5 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 90.0% | 30.9% | +59.1 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 0.0% | 13.8% | −13.8 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 100.0% | 24.7% | +75.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 0.0% | 8.3% | −8.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 0.2% | −0.2 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 4.0% | −4.0 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 0.0% | 6.3% | −6.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 5.3% | −5.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 10.0% | 6.8% | +3.2 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 0.0% | 2.1% | −2.1 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 44 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.
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
UT Tyler University Academy-Palestine
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 79 reporting for every category shown · 79 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 221 reporting for every category shown · 221 in full cohort
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
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.
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 281 students in 2025–26, an increase of 18 (6.8%) from 2024–25.
2025–26
Increase · +6.8%
Increase · +17.6%
| School year | Students enrolledUT Tyler University Academy-Palestine | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 239 | First available year | 477.1 |
| 2022–23 | 228 | Decrease of 11 (4.6%) | 495.4 |
| 2023–24 | 233 | Increase of 5 (2.2%) | 517.9 |
| 2024–25 | 263 | Increase of 30 (12.9%) | 521.5 |
| 2025–26 | 281 | Increase of 18 (6.8%) | 549 |
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.
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.
4.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment
4.03 per 100 students
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 265 | 11 | 4.2% | 12 | 4.53 | 3.8% | 6.6 |
| 2021–22 | 259 | Suppressed | — | 15 | 5.79 | — | 13.8 |
| 2022–23 | 246 | Suppressed | — | 11 | 4.47 | — | 15.1 |
| 2023–24 | 249 | 11 | 4.4% | 11 | 4.42 | 8.5% | 14.6 |
| 2024–25 | 273 | 11 | 4.0% | 11 | 4.03 | 8.2% | 13.1 |
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 11 | 4.0% | 11 | 4.03 | 8.2% | 13.1 |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 11 | 4.0% | 11 | 4.03 | 6.7% | 9.3 |
| 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 | 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 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.
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.
For 2025, TEA reported $10,063 per student for this campus, $10,802 per student for its parent district, UT Tyler University Academy, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
| Year | UT Tyler University Academy-Palestine | Parent district: UT Tyler University Academy | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $5,975 | $8,199 | $13,054 | $7,532 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 50 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2019 | $8,372 | $9,110 | $13,108 | $8,360 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 55 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2020 | $7,258 | $9,620 | $14,058 | $8,617 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2021 | $6,705 | $9,265 | $14,797 | $9,003 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 60 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2022 | $8,477 | $10,232 | $15,708 | $10,260 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 64 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2023 | $9,439 | $11,079 | $16,792 | $10,307 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 68 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $10,529 | $11,459 | $18,125 | $11,547 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 72 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $10,063 | $10,802 | $18,972 | $12,712 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 77 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.
UT Tyler University Academy-Palestine
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 79 reporting for every category shown · 79 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 221 reporting for every category shown · 221 in full cohort
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
| Grade or subject | Average students per classUT Tyler University Academy-Palestine · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 20.5 |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 20.7 |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 21.8 |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 21.1 |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 22.2 |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 21.6 |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 19.9 |
| Secondary English | 10.4 | 15.8 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 2.2 | 15 |
| Secondary math | 12 | 15.6 |
| Secondary science | 11.7 | 16.5 |
| Secondary social studies | 8 | 16.2 |
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.
Out of 120 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.
First-place results
2 measures
Earned college credit for a dual credit course
Texas charter average · of the 331 that report this measure · tied with 3
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 44 that report this measure · tied with 2
Second- and third-place results
1 measure
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA
Similar size · of the 63 that report this measure
Fourth- through tenth-place results
3 measures
Attendance
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 77 that report this measure
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 77 that report this measure · tied with 1
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 44 that report this measure · tied with 1
High placements in larger reporting groups
1 measure
Student Achievement
Similar size · of the 221 that report this measure · tied with 4
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.
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