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Valor South Austin

Valor Education · Austin · 1,371 students

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Current score
87/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−0.5 ptsvs 87.5 average · 64 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
38 of 64tied with 5 others
B87

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 88 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 87.5 average for 64 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 5 points

87 to 92 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 92 is 7.2 points above the 84.8 average among 61 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Valor South Austin is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 87.5 average for 64 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 38th of 64 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 5 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 school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas charter averageValor South Austin 9089838487 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 B with 88 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 charter average
2025-26B8787.5 64 reporting81.7 829 reporting
2024-25B8488.7 52 reporting81.3 797 reporting
2023-24B8388.0 52 reporting79.5 776 reporting
2022-23B8987.4 48 reporting79.6 749 reporting
2021-22A9089.4 41 reporting84.5 700 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.

  • Student Achievement85 B−3.1 vs similar economic context · 64 reporting
  • School Progress79 C−2.3 vs similar economic context · 62 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+7.2 vs similar economic context · 61 reporting
  • Academic Growth79 C−0.7 vs similar economic context · 61 reporting
  • Relative Performance69 D−3.2 vs similar economic context · 62 reporting
  • Valor South Austin
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (64 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement85B5
School Progress79C1
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth79C1
Relative Performance69D1

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 5 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 (85), so School Progress (79) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 85.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level86%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 64 reporting
  • Meets grade level62%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 64 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 64 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 63 reporting
  • Meets grade level69%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 63 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 63 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level85%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 62 reporting
  • Meets grade level62%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 62 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 62 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 57 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 35 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 35 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 35 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (64 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
97.2%+33.1 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 26 rated charter campuses reporting
Five-Year
0.0%−49.4 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 26 rated charter campuses reporting
Six-Year
0.0%−45.7 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 26 rated charter campuses reporting
Dropout Rate
0.8%+0.3 pts vs similar economic context average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 26 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
79.0%−8.0 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria79.0%87.0%−8.0 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 21 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course73.5%73.6%−0.1 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA73.5%67.8%+5.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)5.9%38.2%−32.3 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course0.0%24.5%−24.5 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an industry-based certification0.0%3.1%−3.1 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%0.0%+0.0 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%2.7%−2.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%2.6%−2.6 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness0.0%1.7%−1.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student8.8%5.1%+3.7 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 rated charter campuses reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces0.0%1.5%−1.5 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 22 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
1,371
Economically disadvantaged
10.3%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.8%−9.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
12.2%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.8%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.1%+2.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Valor South Austin

African American: 2%Hispanic: 22.5%White: 62.4%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 6.1%Two or More Races: 6.6%
  • African American 2%
  • Hispanic 22.5%
  • White 62.4%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 6.1%
  • Two or More Races 6.6%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 64 reporting for every category shown · 64 in full cohort

African American: 9.3%Hispanic: 22.1%White: 31.4%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 30.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 5.7%
  • African American 9.3%
  • Hispanic 22.1%
  • White 31.4%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 30.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 5.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,371
Economically disadvantaged students
141
Emergent bilingual students
66
Special education students
167

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
134
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,288
TEA-published mobility rate
10.4%

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 1,371 students in 2025–26, an increase of 7 (0.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,371

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+7

Increase · +0.5%

Change since 2021–22
+689

Increase · +101.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,371
Selected comparison
612.7

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 64 rated charter campuses reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Valor South Austin
School yearStudents enrolledValor South AustinChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 682 First available year 646.2
2022–23 753 Increase of 71 (10.4%) 608.6
2023–24 827 Increase of 74 (9.8%) 620.3
2024–25 1,364 Increase of 537 (64.9%) 626.5
2025–26 1,371 Increase of 7 (0.5%) 612.7

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
84

5.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
165

11.47 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,438

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
5.8%
Selected comparison
5.1%

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 37 rated charter campuses reporting

+0.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
11.47
Selected comparison
8.3

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 41 rated charter campuses reporting

+3.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Valor South Austin
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 605 13 2.1% 20 3.31 2.6% 3.5
2021–22 734 25 3.4% 34 4.63 4.6% 6.4
2022–23 813 34 4.2% 58 7.13 4.4% 7
2023–24 884 70 7.9% 139 15.72 4.9% 8.1
2024–25 1,438 84 5.8% 165 11.47 5.1% 8.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Valor South Austin in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 84 5.8% 165 11.47 5.1% 8.3
In-school suspensions 26 1.8% 30 2.09 4.2% 5.7
Out-of-school suspensions 72 5.0% 133 9.25 3.4% 5.3
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 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.

$7k$13k$20k2019202120232025
  • Valor South Austin
  • Parent district: Valor Education
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,038
Selected comparison
$10,636

average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 56 rated charter campuses reporting

−$1,598 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,038 per student for this campus, $11,502 per student for its parent district, Valor Education, $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
YearValor South AustinParent district: Valor EducationTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2019$7,791$8,666$13,108$7,303 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 35 rated charter campuses reporting
2020$7,803$9,566$14,058$7,749 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 36 rated charter campuses reporting
2021$7,445$9,026$14,797$8,208 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 39 rated charter campuses reporting
2022$9,783$10,458$15,708$9,402 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 42 rated charter campuses reporting
2023$9,868$11,839$16,792$10,032 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 49 rated charter campuses reporting
2024$9,946$11,446$18,125$10,240 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 53 rated charter campuses reporting
2025$9,038$11,502$18,972$10,636 average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 56 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
$55,811−$6,427 vs similar economic context
Teachers
41+6.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
33.2−4.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Valor South Austin

1 to 5 years: 68.4%6 to 10 years: 12.4%11 to 20 years: 14.3%21 to 30 years: 4.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 68.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 12.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 14.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 4.9%

Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 64 reporting for every category shown · 64 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.2%1 to 5 years: 29%6 to 10 years: 13.3%11 to 20 years: 16.4%21 to 30 years: 6.5%Over 30 years: 1.1%
  • Beginning 7.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 29%
  • 6 to 10 years 13.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 16.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 6.5%
  • Over 30 years 1.1%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Valor South Austin in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classValor South Austin · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten30.420.6
Grade 13021.2
Grade 228.221.3
Grade 327.422.6
Grade 427.622.7
Grade 528.322
Grade 627.621.6
Secondary English27.217.3
Secondary languages other than English23.216.3
Secondary math2615.2
Secondary science28.318.5
Secondary social studies28.218.2

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.

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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 4of 22

    Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 22 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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