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W L Kissam Int

Smith County · Region 07: Kilgore · 677 students

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Current score
69/1002025-26
Change
+10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−8.2 ptsvs 77.2 average · 2,375 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,766 of 2,375tied with 149 others
D69

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 58 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.2 average for 2,375 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

19.7% −2.4 pts vs 22.1%

  • 19.7% is 2.4 percentage points lower than the 22.1% average among 2,267 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

W L Kissam Int is rated D by TEA, scoring 69 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.2 average for 2,375 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,766th of 2,375 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 149 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 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

Additional Targeted Support

Official support label: ATS

Identification reason: White, Special Education

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
35.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,375 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
8.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,375 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
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageW L Kissam Int 5984777869 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 Not Rated with 58 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
2025-26D6977.2 2,375 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7877.0 2,362 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7773.9 2,345 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8474.2 2,332 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22F5981.6 2,304 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−1.9 vs similar economic context · 2,212 reporting
  • School Progress74 C−4.4 vs similar economic context · 2,205 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps60 D−14.4 vs similar economic context · 2,191 reporting
  • Academic Growth58 F−14.2 vs similar economic context · 2,162 reporting
  • Relative Performance74 C−2.6 vs similar economic context · 2,205 reporting
  • W L Kissam Int
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,375 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement69D1
School Progress74C6
Closing the Gaps60D10
Academic Growth58F2
Relative Performance74C6

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 6 points 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 level65%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,212 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,201 reporting
  • Meets grade level40%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,201 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,201 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
  • Meets grade level28%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,375 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
677
Economically disadvantaged
85.7%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
26.7%−8.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.2%+5.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.6%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
19.7%−2.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

W L Kissam Int

African American: 18.2%Hispanic: 54.9%White: 21.9%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 0.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 4.4%
  • African American 18.2%
  • Hispanic 54.9%
  • White 21.9%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 0.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 4.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,375 reporting for every category shown · 2,375 in full cohort

African American: 14.2%Hispanic: 73.1%White: 8.8%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2%
  • African American 14.2%
  • Hispanic 73.1%
  • White 8.8%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
677
Economically disadvantaged students
580
Emergent bilingual students
181
Special education students
164

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
97
Students in TEA mobility denominator
748
TEA-published mobility rate
13%

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 677 students in 2025–26, an increase of 2 (0.3%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
677

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+2

Increase · +0.3%

Change since 2021–22
−21

Decrease · −3.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
677
Selected comparison
607.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,346 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for W L Kissam Int
School yearStudents enrolledW L Kissam IntChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 698 First available year 642.5
2022–23 696 Decrease of 2 (0.3%) 639.8
2023–24 711 Increase of 15 (2.2%) 631.8
2024–25 675 Decrease of 36 (5.1%) 628
2025–26 677 Increase of 2 (0.3%) 607.7

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
88

11.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
131

17.54 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
747

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
11.8%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,621 rated schools reporting

−1.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
17.54
Selected comparison
32.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,742 rated schools reporting

−14.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for W L Kissam Int
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 762 73 9.6% 169 22.18 7.7% 15
2021–22 755 126 16.7% 304 40.26 12.6% 30.2
2022–23 760 70 9.2% 113 14.87 13.6% 33.7
2023–24 760 149 19.6% 305 40.13 13.7% 33.9
2024–25 747 88 11.8% 131 17.54 13.3% 32.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for W L Kissam Int in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 88 11.8% 131 17.54 13.3% 32.1
In-school suspensions 87 11.7% 114 15.26 11.7% 23.1
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$6k$26k$45k20182020202220242025
  • W L Kissam Int
  • Parent district: Chapel Hill ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,548
Selected comparison
$13,278

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,360 rated schools reporting

−$730 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,548 per student for this campus, $42,996 per student for its parent district, Chapel Hill 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
YearW L Kissam IntParent district: Chapel Hill ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,279$10,354$13,054$8,265 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,237 rated schools reporting
2019$7,338$11,153$13,108$8,323 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,268 rated schools reporting
2020$7,183$10,811$14,058$8,849 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,278 rated schools reporting
2021$7,456$13,337$14,797$9,547 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,284 rated schools reporting
2022$8,083$13,891$15,708$11,027 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,304 rated schools reporting
2023$8,085$13,940$16,792$11,569 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,330 rated schools reporting
2024$10,147$21,895$18,125$12,521 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,345 rated schools reporting
2025$12,548$42,996$18,972$13,278 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,360 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
$62,239−$5,392 vs similar economic context
Teachers
46+4.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.7+0.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

W L Kissam Int

Beginning: 6.5%1 to 5 years: 20.4%6 to 10 years: 23.4%11 to 20 years: 38.8%21 to 30 years: 8.7%Over 30 years: 2.2%
  • Beginning 6.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 20.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 23.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 38.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.7%
  • Over 30 years 2.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,375 reporting for every category shown · 2,375 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.2%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.3%21 to 30 years: 15.1%Over 30 years: 3.5%
  • Beginning 7.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.1%
  • Over 30 years 3.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for W L Kissam Int in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classW L Kissam Int · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 418.418.8
Grade 520.219.8
Grade 620.517.5

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 3 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.

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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 212909103.