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Waterford Oaks Elem

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 500 students

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Current score
67/1002025-26
Change
−8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−11.6 ptsvs 78.6 average · 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,801 of 2,077tied with 39 others
D67

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 78 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 78.6 average for 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Read the full rating context and placement

Waterford Oaks Elem is rated D by TEA, scoring 67 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 78.6 average for 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,801st of 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 39 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: African American, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
31.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
5.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 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 averageWaterford Oaks Elem 7582726767 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 C with 78 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
2025-26D6778.6 2,077 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25D6778.1 2,061 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7276.0 2,049 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8276.5 2,022 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7581.7 2,006 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 Achievement58 F−16.6 vs similar economic context · 1,934 reporting
  • School Progress68 D−11.7 vs similar economic context · 1,928 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps64 D−11.8 vs similar economic context · 1,913 reporting
  • Academic Growth68 D−4.7 vs similar economic context · 1,868 reporting
  • Relative Performance58 F−20.1 vs similar economic context · 1,928 reporting
  • Waterford Oaks Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,077 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement58F2
School Progress68D2
Closing the Gaps64D6
Academic Growth68D2
Relative Performance58F2

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 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 School Progress (68), so Student Achievement (58) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 68.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level60%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Meets grade level33%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level66%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
  • Masters grade level9%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level52%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
  • Masters grade level10%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,077 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
500
Economically disadvantaged
74.4%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
3.4%−20.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
13.6%−5.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.6%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
22.2%+3.3 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Waterford Oaks Elem

African American: 73.4%Hispanic: 19.4%White: 2%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.6%
  • African American 73.4%
  • Hispanic 19.4%
  • White 2%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting for every category shown · 2,077 in full cohort

African American: 13%Hispanic: 61.2%White: 20.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 13%
  • Hispanic 61.2%
  • White 20.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
500
Economically disadvantaged students
372
Emergent bilingual students
17
Special education students
68

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
88
Students in TEA mobility denominator
425
TEA-published mobility rate
20.7%

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 500 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 21 (4.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
500

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−21

Decrease · −4.0%

Change since 2021–22
+41

Increase · +8.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
500
Selected comparison
640.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Waterford Oaks Elem
School yearStudents enrolledWaterford Oaks ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 459 First available year 657.3
2022–23 438 Decrease of 21 (4.6%) 661.8
2023–24 437 Decrease of 1 (0.2%) 658.9
2024–25 521 Increase of 84 (19.2%) 656.6
2025–26 500 Decrease of 21 (4.0%) 640.4

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
43

7.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
94

15.54 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
605

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
7.1%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,565 rated schools reporting

−6.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
15.54
Selected comparison
31.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,675 rated schools reporting

−16.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Waterford Oaks Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 533 22 4.1% 32 6.00 9.2% 18.2
2021–22 515 69 13.4% 179 34.76 13.0% 31
2022–23 478 42 8.8% 91 19.04 13.5% 33.4
2023–24 488 44 9.0% 98 20.08 13.5% 33.1
2024–25 605 43 7.1% 94 15.54 13.2% 31.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Waterford Oaks Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 43 7.1% 94 15.54 13.2% 31.7
In-school suspensions 32 5.3% 60 9.92 11.7% 23.5
Out-of-school suspensions 18 3.0% 34 5.62 7.8% 11.9
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$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Waterford Oaks Elem
  • Parent district: Cedar Hill ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,401
Selected comparison
$13,136

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,059 rated schools reporting

−$5,735 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,401 per student for this campus, $16,573 per student for its parent district, Cedar 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
YearWaterford Oaks ElemParent district: Cedar Hill ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,091$11,101$13,054$8,050 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 rated schools reporting
2019$5,810$12,597$13,108$8,186 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 rated schools reporting
2020$6,851$11,783$14,058$8,738 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting
2021$7,448$12,202$14,797$9,297 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting
2022$7,220$13,336$15,708$10,579 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,006 rated schools reporting
2023$7,518$14,649$16,792$11,159 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,022 rated schools reporting
2024$8,033$16,329$18,125$12,330 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 rated schools reporting
2025$7,401$16,573$18,972$13,136 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,059 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
$67,469+$830 vs similar economic context
Teachers
25−18.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
20.3+6.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Waterford Oaks Elem

Beginning: 22.3%1 to 5 years: 30%6 to 10 years: 4%11 to 20 years: 40.1%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 22.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 30%
  • 6 to 10 years 4%
  • 11 to 20 years 40.1%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting for every category shown · 2,077 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.2%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.2%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Waterford Oaks Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWaterford Oaks Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten22.418
Grade 12318.2
Grade 222.718.3
Grade 32118.7
Grade 423.719
Grade 521.920

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.

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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 057904107.