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Waskom MS

Harrison County · Region 07: Kilgore · 187 students

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Current score
74/1002025-26
Change
−5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−5.7 ptsvs 79.7 average · 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,426 of 2,007tied with 67 others
C74

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 80 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.7 average for 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

11.2% −5.7 pts vs 16.9%

  • 11.2% is 5.7 percentage points lower than the 16.9% average among 1,942 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement

Waskom MS is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.7 average for 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,426th of 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 67 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.

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
28.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
3.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 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 averageWaskom MS 7967697674 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 80 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
2025-26C7479.7 2,007 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7679.4 1,984 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6977.5 1,970 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6778.1 1,938 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7982.1 1,917 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−5.4 vs similar economic context · 1,897 reporting
  • School Progress75 C−5.6 vs similar economic context · 1,890 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps70 C−6.9 vs similar economic context · 1,873 reporting
  • Academic Growth67 D−6.8 vs similar economic context · 1,831 reporting
  • Relative Performance75 C−4.0 vs similar economic context · 1,890 reporting
  • Waskom MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,007 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress75C5
Closing the Gaps70C10
Academic Growth67D3
Relative Performance75C5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 5 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 (75), so Student Achievement (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 level69%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 reporting
  • Meets grade level27%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,737 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,737 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,737 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level48%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Meets grade level23%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 927 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,007 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
187
Economically disadvantaged
65.8%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
9.1%−9.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
13.4%−5.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.7%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
11.2%−5.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Waskom MS

African American: 10.2%Hispanic: 27.3%White: 52.4%Asian: 0.5%Two or More Races: 9.6%
  • African American 10.2%
  • Hispanic 27.3%
  • White 52.4%
  • Asian 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 9.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 reporting for every category shown · 2,007 in full cohort

African American: 11.5%Hispanic: 52.6%White: 29.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.5%
  • Hispanic 52.6%
  • White 29.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
187
Economically disadvantaged students
123
Emergent bilingual students
17
Special education students
25

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
20
Students in TEA mobility denominator
188
TEA-published mobility rate
10.6%

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 187 students in 2025–26, an increase of 8 (4.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
187

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+8

Increase · +4.5%

Change since 2021–22
−7

Decrease · −3.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
187
Selected comparison
626.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,972 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Waskom MS
School yearStudents enrolledWaskom MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 194 First available year 642.5
2022–23 202 Increase of 8 (4.1%) 647.9
2023–24 191 Decrease of 11 (5.4%) 646.3
2024–25 179 Decrease of 12 (6.3%) 642.6
2025–26 187 Increase of 8 (4.5%) 626.8

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
58

30.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
136

72.34 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
188

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
30.9%
Selected comparison
12.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,552 rated schools reporting

+18.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
72.34
Selected comparison
30.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,658 rated schools reporting

+41.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Waskom MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 198 47 23.7% 84 42.42 9.7% 19.4
2021–22 216 64 29.6% 163 75.46 12.9% 30.4
2022–23 222 54 24.3% 107 48.20 13.4% 32.3
2023–24 201 50 24.9% 106 52.74 13.2% 31.9
2024–25 188 58 30.9% 136 72.34 12.9% 30.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Waskom MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 58 30.9% 136 72.34 12.9% 30.4
In-school suspensions 50 26.6% 82 43.62 11.5% 23
Out-of-school suspensions 22 11.7% 31 16.49 7.2% 10.7
DAEP placements Suppressed — 22 11.70 — 6
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$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • Waskom MS
  • Parent district: Waskom ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,412
Selected comparison
$12,732

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 rated schools reporting

+$680 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,412 per student for this campus, $20,465 per student for its parent district, Waskom 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
YearWaskom MSParent district: Waskom ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,109$12,131$13,054$7,967 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 rated schools reporting
2019$8,300$12,685$13,108$8,119 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,862 rated schools reporting
2020$9,214$14,409$14,058$8,705 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,881 rated schools reporting
2021$9,976$14,554$14,797$9,168 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 rated schools reporting
2022$10,616$15,330$15,708$10,482 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,916 rated schools reporting
2023$10,612$20,919$16,792$11,211 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,939 rated schools reporting
2024$12,637$17,743$18,125$12,092 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,967 rated schools reporting
2025$13,412$20,465$18,972$12,732 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 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
$56,006−$10,432 vs similar economic context
Teachers
19−24.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
10−3.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Waskom MS

1 to 5 years: 34.9%6 to 10 years: 14.5%11 to 20 years: 33.3%21 to 30 years: 11.3%Over 30 years: 5.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 34.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 14.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 33.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 11.3%
  • Over 30 years 5.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 reporting for every category shown · 2,007 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.9%21 to 30 years: 15.8%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.8%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Waskom MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWaskom MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 616.617.8
Secondary English13.215.1
Secondary languages other than English13.517.6
Secondary math13.216
Secondary science16.817.3
Secondary social studies16.817.3

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 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

3 measures

  • 6of 25

    Per-student spending

    Harrison County · of the 25 that report this measure

  • 7of 24

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Harrison County · of the 24 that report this measure

  • 10of 13

    Social Studies — Masters

    Harrison County · of the 13 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 102903041.