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Valley Mills JH

Bosque County · Region 12: Waco · 135 students

Current score
73/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−10.2 ptsvs 83.2 average · 1,506 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,318 of 1,506tied with 36 others
C73

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 74 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 83.2 average for 1,506 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

8.6% −4.7 pts vs 13.3%

  • 8.6% is 4.7 percentage points lower than the 13.3% average among 1,458 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Attendance above the similar-context average

96.1% +1.4 pts vs 94.7%

  • 96.1% is 1.4 percentage points above the 94.7% average among 1,458 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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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

Valley Mills JH is rated C by TEA, scoring 73 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 83.2 average for 1,506 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,318th of 1,506 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 36 others).

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

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: Special Education

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
15.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,506 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
0.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,506 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageValley Mills JH 7467727873 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 74 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
2025-26C7383.2 1,506 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7883.6 1,474 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7281.6 1,451 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6782.1 1,436 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7484.4 1,416 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 Achievement75 C−8.3 vs similar economic context · 1,463 reporting
  • School Progress72 C−10.0 vs similar economic context · 1,460 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps68 D−12.5 vs similar economic context · 1,451 reporting
  • Academic Growth72 C−4.8 vs similar economic context · 1,434 reporting
  • Relative Performance63 D−16.3 vs similar economic context · 1,460 reporting
  • Valley Mills JH
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,506 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress72C8
Closing the Gaps68D2
Academic Growth72C8
Relative Performance63D7

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 points below C 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 (75), so School Progress (72) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 75.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level70%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,463 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,462 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,462 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,462 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,458 reporting
  • Meets grade level49%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,458 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,458 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,353 reporting
  • Meets grade level35%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,353 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,353 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level35%−44 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 750 reporting
  • Meets grade level18%−35 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 750 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 750 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,506 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
135
Economically disadvantaged
44.4%−0.8 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.1%−3.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
28.1%+9.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.1%+1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
8.6%−4.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Valley Mills JH

African American: 2.2%Hispanic: 25.2%White: 66.7%Asian: 1.5%Two or More Races: 4.4%
  • African American 2.2%
  • Hispanic 25.2%
  • White 66.7%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Two or More Races 4.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,506 reporting for every category shown · 1,506 in full cohort

African American: 9.2%Hispanic: 38%White: 44.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.3%
  • African American 9.2%
  • Hispanic 38%
  • White 44.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
135
Economically disadvantaged students
60
Emergent bilingual students
11
Special education students
38

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
21
Students in TEA mobility denominator
151
TEA-published mobility rate
13.9%

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 did not publish an enrollment count for 2025–26 in this PEIMS report, so no current year-over-year change is calculated. The latest available PEIMS count is 137 students in 2024–25.

Latest available PEIMS enrollment
137

2024–25

Change since 2021–22
+1

Increase · +0.7%

Enrollment in 2024–25

This school
137
Selected comparison
679.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,447 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Valley Mills JH
School yearStudents enrolledValley Mills JHChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 136 First available year 676.6
2022–23 141 Increase of 5 (3.7%) 682.2
2023–24 147 Increase of 6 (4.3%) 682.8
2024–25 137 Decrease of 10 (6.8%) 679.3
2025–26 Not reported Not available —

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
30

19.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
78

51.66 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
151

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
19.9%
Selected comparison
11.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,157 rated schools reporting

+8.6 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
51.66
Selected comparison
24.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,246 rated schools reporting

+27.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Valley Mills JH
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 144 32 22.2% 59 40.97 9.4% 17.7
2021–22 147 30 20.4% 89 60.54 11.3% 24.3
2022–23 152 24 15.8% 41 26.97 11.7% 25.6
2023–24 155 24 15.5% 47 30.32 11.7% 26.2
2024–25 151 30 19.9% 78 51.66 11.3% 24.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Valley Mills JH in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 30 19.9% 78 51.66 11.3% 24.5
In-school suspensions 20 13.3% 42 27.81 10.1% 18.9
Out-of-school suspensions 16 10.6% 19 12.58 5.5% 7.6
DAEP placements 15 9.9% 17 11.26 4.2% 4.9
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.

$3k$13k$22k20182020202220242025
  • Valley Mills JH
  • Parent district: Valley Mills ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$6,105
Selected comparison
$12,030

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,475 rated schools reporting

−$5,925 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $6,105 per student for this campus, $14,784 per student for its parent district, Valley Mills 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
YearValley Mills JHParent district: Valley Mills ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$4,159$16,157$13,054$7,807 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,354 rated schools reporting
2019$3,474$21,042$13,108$8,011 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,375 rated schools reporting
2020$3,931$13,006$14,058$8,447 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,384 rated schools reporting
2021$5,565$13,867$14,797$8,862 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,404 rated schools reporting
2022$4,976$17,134$15,708$10,236 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,417 rated schools reporting
2023$3,657$16,714$16,792$10,635 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,436 rated schools reporting
2024$6,054$16,966$18,125$11,670 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,452 rated schools reporting
2025$6,105$14,784$18,972$12,030 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,475 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
$56,236−$11,003 vs similar economic context
Teachers
12−32.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.4−9.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Valley Mills JH

Beginning: 16.8%1 to 5 years: 34.5%6 to 10 years: 22.7%11 to 20 years: 17.6%21 to 30 years: 8.4%
  • Beginning 16.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 34.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 17.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,506 reporting for every category shown · 1,506 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.4%1 to 5 years: 23.7%6 to 10 years: 19.5%11 to 20 years: 30.3%21 to 30 years: 16.9%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 5.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Valley Mills JH in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classValley Mills JH · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 616.217.9
Secondary English16.215.4
Secondary math14.616.4
Secondary science17.317.9
Secondary social studies17.317.8

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 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

4 measures

  • 2of 13

    Math — Meets

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 3of 13

    Reading — Masters

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 3of 13

    Math — Masters

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 3of 13

    Attendance

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

18 measures

  • 4of 13

    All Subjects — Masters

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 5of 13

    Academic Growth

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 5of 13

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 13

    Reading — Approaches

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 13

    Student Achievement

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 13

    Reading — Meets

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 7of 13

    Math — Approaches

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 8of 13

    Overall score

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 13

    Closing the Gaps

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 8of 13

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 13

    All Subjects — Meets

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 8of 13

    Science — Approaches

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 9of 13

    School Progress

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 13

    Science — Meets

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 9of 13

    Science — Masters

    Bosque County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 10of 10

    Social Studies — Approaches

    Bosque County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 10of 10

    Social Studies — Meets

    Bosque County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 10of 10

    Social Studies — Masters

    Bosque County · of the 10 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

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.

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