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Venable Village Elem

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 533 students

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Current score
76/1002025-26
Change
−14 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−3.1 ptsvs 79.1 average · 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,285 of 2,019tied with 54 others
C76

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.1 average for 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Closing the Gaps above the similar-context average

79 +2.7 pts vs 76.3

  • 79 is 2.7 points above the 76.3 average among 1,878 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

12.3% −5.5 pts vs 17.8%

  • 12.3% is 5.5 percentage points lower than the 17.8% average among 1,951 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

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

Venable Village Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 76 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.1 average for 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 14 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,285th of 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 54 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageVenable Village Elem 9080697676 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 87 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
2025-26C7679.1 2,019 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7678.8 2,000 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6976.7 1,984 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8077.2 1,957 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9081.9 1,938 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 Achievement69 D−7.0 vs similar economic context · 1,898 reporting
  • School Progress74 C−6.1 vs similar economic context · 1,891 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps79 C+2.7 vs similar economic context · 1,878 reporting
  • Academic Growth74 C+0.8 vs similar economic context · 1,832 reporting
  • Relative Performance69 D−9.5 vs similar economic context · 1,891 reporting
  • Venable Village Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,019 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement69D1
School Progress74C6
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth74C6
Relative Performance69D1

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point below B 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 School Progress (74), so Student Achievement (69) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 74.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level70%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,898 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,896 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,896 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,896 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level49%−23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,748 reporting
  • Meets grade level14%−29 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,748 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,748 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,019 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
533
Economically disadvantaged
70.0%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
9.2%−11.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
23.6%+4.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.6%+0.7 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.3%−5.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Venable Village Elem

African American: 38.8%Hispanic: 31.1%White: 13.5%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 2.3%Two or More Races: 12.8%
  • African American 38.8%
  • Hispanic 31.1%
  • White 13.5%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 2.3%
  • Two or More Races 12.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,019 reporting for every category shown · 2,019 in full cohort

African American: 12.4%Hispanic: 56.7%White: 25%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.4%
  • African American 12.4%
  • Hispanic 56.7%
  • White 25%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
533
Economically disadvantaged students
373
Emergent bilingual students
49
Special education students
126

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
141
Students in TEA mobility denominator
476
TEA-published mobility rate
29.6%

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 533 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 64 (10.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
533

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−64

Decrease · −10.7%

Change since 2021–22
−89

Decrease · −14.3%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
533
Selected comparison
636.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,980 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Venable Village Elem
School yearStudents enrolledVenable Village ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 622 First available year 648.4
2022–23 605 Decrease of 17 (2.7%) 655.4
2023–24 684 Increase of 79 (13.1%) 654.6
2024–25 597 Decrease of 87 (12.7%) 652
2025–26 533 Decrease of 64 (10.7%) 636.8

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
36

5.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
107

16.34 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
655

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
5.5%
Selected comparison
13.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 rated schools reporting

−7.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
16.34
Selected comparison
30.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,655 rated schools reporting

−14.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Venable Village Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 692 40 5.8% 95 13.73 9.6% 19
2021–22 720 52 7.2% 124 17.22 12.9% 30.2
2022–23 712 38 5.3% 105 14.75 13.5% 32.4
2023–24 789 81 10.3% 202 25.60 13.3% 32.3
2024–25 655 36 5.5% 107 16.34 13.0% 30.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Venable Village Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 36 5.5% 107 16.34 13.0% 30.8
In-school suspensions 36 5.5% 100 15.27 11.6% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$7k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Venable Village Elem
  • Parent district: Killeen ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,336
Selected comparison
$13,219

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,999 rated schools reporting

−$2,883 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,336 per student for this campus, $14,322 per student for its parent district, Killeen 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
YearVenable Village ElemParent district: Killeen ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,734$9,955$13,054$8,036 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,863 rated schools reporting
2019$8,247$10,689$13,108$8,193 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,881 rated schools reporting
2020$8,144$13,484$14,058$8,752 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,902 rated schools reporting
2021$9,111$14,264$14,797$9,248 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,916 rated schools reporting
2022$9,049$13,404$15,708$10,510 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,939 rated schools reporting
2023$10,130$14,811$16,792$11,199 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,959 rated schools reporting
2024$10,135$15,038$18,125$12,448 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,983 rated schools reporting
2025$10,336$14,322$18,972$13,219 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,999 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
$67,947+$1,502 vs similar economic context
Teachers
33−9.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16+2.0 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Venable Village Elem

1 to 5 years: 47.1%6 to 10 years: 17.7%11 to 20 years: 26.4%21 to 30 years: 6%Over 30 years: 3%
  • 1 to 5 years 47.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 17.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 6%
  • Over 30 years 3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,019 reporting for every category shown · 2,019 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.5%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.5%21 to 30 years: 15.4%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Venable Village Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classVenable Village Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.418
Grade 118.318.2
Grade 217.518.3
Grade 318.918.6
Grade 41718.9
Grade 520.419.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 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 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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

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 014906126.