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Van MS

Van Zandt County · Region 07: Kilgore · 829 students

Current score
69/1002025-26
Change
−20 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−11.7 ptsvs 80.7 average · 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,683 of 1,925tied with 62 others
D69

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 91 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80.7 average for 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

12% −4 pts vs 16%

  • 12% is 4 percentage points lower than the 16% average among 1,867 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement

Van MS is rated D by TEA, scoring 69 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.7 average for 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 20 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,683rd of 1,925 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 62 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

Comprehensive Support and Improvement

Official support label: Comprehensive Progress

Identification reason: CSI Low Performance

TEA track year 2 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
24.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
2.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 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

Follow the solid line to see how this school has changed. Turn comparison lines on or off to add context.

Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageVan MS 8978807069 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 A with 91 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
2025-26D6980.7 1,925 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7080.5 1,902 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8078.5 1,880 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7879.1 1,847 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8982.5 1,822 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 Achievement72 C−7.2 vs similar economic context · 1,841 reporting
  • School Progress70 C−11.3 vs similar economic context · 1,834 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps63 D−14.9 vs similar economic context · 1,817 reporting
  • Academic Growth65 D−9.4 vs similar economic context · 1,781 reporting
  • Relative Performance70 C−9.5 vs similar economic context · 1,834 reporting
  • Van MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,925 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress70C10
Closing the Gaps63D7
Academic Growth65D5
Relative Performance70C10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 7 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 (72), so School Progress (70) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 72.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level71%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,838 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,838 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,838 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,830 reporting
  • Meets grade level42%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,830 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,830 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,925 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
829
Economically disadvantaged
60.4%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
11.0%−5.0 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
19.7%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.3%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.0%−4.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Van MS

African American: 2.4%Hispanic: 26.8%White: 65.8%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.5%
  • African American 2.4%
  • Hispanic 26.8%
  • White 65.8%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 reporting for every category shown · 1,925 in full cohort

African American: 10.3%Hispanic: 48.3%White: 34.7%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.9%
  • African American 10.3%
  • Hispanic 48.3%
  • White 34.7%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.9%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
828
Economically disadvantaged students
500
Emergent bilingual students
91
Special education students
163

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
92
Students in TEA mobility denominator
885
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 829 students in 2025–26, an increase of 1 (0.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
829

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+1

Increase · +0.1%

Change since 2021–22
+311

Increase · +60.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
829
Selected comparison
635.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,892 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Van MS
School yearStudents enrolledVan MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 518 First available year 643.7
2022–23 512 Decrease of 6 (1.2%) 648.1
2023–24 833 Increase of 321 (62.7%) 646.8
2024–25 828 Decrease of 5 (0.6%) 643.9
2025–26 829 Increase of 1 (0.1%) 635.6

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
94

10.6% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
201

22.71 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
885

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
10.6%
Selected comparison
12.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,469 rated schools reporting

−2.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
22.71
Selected comparison
28.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,590 rated schools reporting

−6.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Van MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 581 71 12.2% 146 25.13 9.6% 18.8
2021–22 552 46 8.3% 90 16.30 12.5% 28.6
2022–23 541 80 14.8% 180 33.27 13.0% 30.5
2023–24 885 114 12.9% 176 19.89 12.9% 30.3
2024–25 885 94 10.6% 201 22.71 12.6% 28.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Van MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 94 10.6% 201 22.71 12.6% 28.7
In-school suspensions 91 10.3% 166 18.76 11.4% 22.2
Out-of-school suspensions 11 1.2% 21 2.37 6.7% 9.7
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 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.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Van MS
  • Parent district: Van ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,261
Selected comparison
$12,480

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 rated schools reporting

−$4,219 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,261 per student for this campus, $13,658 per student for its parent district, Van 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
YearVan MSParent district: Van ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,647$11,458$13,054$7,925 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,756 rated schools reporting
2019$5,432$11,207$13,108$8,067 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,774 rated schools reporting
2020$5,700$11,619$14,058$8,680 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,792 rated schools reporting
2021$6,028$11,916$14,797$9,096 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,805 rated schools reporting
2022$6,994$13,989$15,708$10,437 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,823 rated schools reporting
2023$7,280$13,857$16,792$11,106 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 rated schools reporting
2024$8,373$14,008$18,125$11,937 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,876 rated schools reporting
2025$8,261$13,658$18,972$12,480 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 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
$62,132−$4,303 vs similar economic context
Teachers
60+18.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
13.8−5.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Van MS

1 to 5 years: 29.3%6 to 10 years: 19.8%11 to 20 years: 27.5%21 to 30 years: 18.3%Over 30 years: 5%
  • 1 to 5 years 29.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 18.3%
  • Over 30 years 5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,925 reporting for every category shown · 1,925 in full cohort

Beginning: 6%1 to 5 years: 25.4%6 to 10 years: 19.2%11 to 20 years: 28.3%21 to 30 years: 16.3%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 6%
  • 1 to 5 years 25.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Van MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classVan MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 220.518.4
Grade 321.318.6
Grade 419.318.9
Grade 521.219.7
Grade 618.417.6

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 105 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

  • 9of 21

    Math — Masters

    Van Zandt County · of the 21 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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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 234906104.