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Westwood MS

Anderson County · Region 07: Kilgore · 299 students

Current score
59/1002025-26
Change
−20 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−18.7 ptsvs 77.7 average · 2,156 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
2,010 of 2,156tied with 52 others
F59

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 77 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.7 average for 2,156 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

16.7% −3.8 pts vs 20.5%

  • 16.7% is 3.8 percentage points lower than the 20.5% average among 2,068 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Westwood MS is rated F by TEA, scoring 59 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.7 average for 2,156 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 20 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 2,010th of 2,156 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 52 others).

3 consecutive years rated unacceptable. At three or more years, Texas law provides for state intervention.

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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

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: African American, Hispanic, White, Economically Disadvantaged, Special Education, Continuously Enrolled

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

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2026-27 school year

Public Education Grant transfer eligibility

Students assigned to this campus may request a transfer under the state's PEG program.

A request is not guaranteed. A receiving district may apply its enrollment rules, and transportation is not automatically provided.

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Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
33.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,156 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
6.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,156 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 averageWestwood MS 7980535559 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 77 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
2025-26F5977.7 2,156 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25F5577.5 2,144 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24F5374.9 2,129 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8075.4 2,112 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7981.6 2,092 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 Achievement55 F−17.7 vs similar economic context · 1,993 reporting
  • School Progress58 F−21.0 vs similar economic context · 1,986 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps68 D−6.9 vs similar economic context · 1,972 reporting
  • Academic Growth58 F−14.2 vs similar economic context · 1,936 reporting
  • Relative Performance57 F−20.4 vs similar economic context · 1,986 reporting
  • Westwood MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,156 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement55F5
School Progress58F2
Closing the Gaps68D2
Academic Growth58F2
Relative Performance57F3

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 points below D 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 (58), so Student Achievement (55) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 58.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level49%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 reporting
  • Meets grade level23%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level63%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,991 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,991 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,991 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level43%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,981 reporting
  • Meets grade level17%−21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,981 reporting
  • Masters grade level5%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,981 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level47%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,837 reporting
  • Meets grade level19%−19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,837 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,837 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level28%−39 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 815 reporting
  • Meets grade level6%−33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 815 reporting
  • Masters grade level1%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 815 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,156 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
299
Economically disadvantaged
79.5%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
6.0%−22.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
27.2%+8.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.9%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
16.7%−3.8 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Westwood MS

African American: 21.8%Hispanic: 23.2%White: 49.3%American Indian: 0.7%Asian: 0.7%Pacific Islander: 0.3%Two or More Races: 4%
  • African American 21.8%
  • Hispanic 23.2%
  • White 49.3%
  • American Indian 0.7%
  • Asian 0.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,156 reporting for every category shown · 2,156 in full cohort

African American: 14%Hispanic: 67%White: 14.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.7%
  • African American 14%
  • Hispanic 67%
  • White 14.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
298
Economically disadvantaged students
237
Emergent bilingual students
18
Special education students
81

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
27
Students in TEA mobility denominator
218
TEA-published mobility rate
12.4%

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 299 students in 2025–26, an increase of 99 (49.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
299

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+99

Increase · +49.5%

Change since 2021–22
+93

Increase · +45.1%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
299
Selected comparison
632.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,126 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Westwood MS
School yearStudents enrolledWestwood MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 206 First available year 655.6
2022–23 205 Decrease of 1 (0.5%) 659.1
2023–24 202 Decrease of 3 (1.5%) 654.2
2024–25 200 Decrease of 2 (1.0%) 650.8
2025–26 299 Increase of 99 (49.5%) 632.4

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
57

26.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
105

48.17 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
218

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
26.1%
Selected comparison
13.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,598 rated schools reporting

+12.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
48.17
Selected comparison
32.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,702 rated schools reporting

+15.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Westwood MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 216 33 15.3% 52 24.07 8.5% 16.8
2021–22 226 44 19.5% 99 43.81 13.0% 31.2
2022–23 226 32 14.2% 80 35.40 13.8% 34.4
2023–24 225 82 36.4% 172 76.44 13.8% 34.3
2024–25 218 57 26.1% 105 48.17 13.4% 32.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Westwood MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 57 26.1% 105 48.17 13.4% 32.7
In-school suspensions 54 24.8% 88 40.37 11.8% 23.7
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements 12 5.5% 14 6.42 5.4% 6.5
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$49k$91k20182020202220242025
  • Westwood MS
  • Parent district: Westwood ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$54,123
Selected comparison
$13,080

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,143 rated schools reporting

+$41,043 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $54,123 per student for this campus, $22,653 per student for its parent district, Westwood 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
YearWestwood MSParent district: Westwood ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,555$10,064$13,054$8,121 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,027 rated schools reporting
2019$7,684$10,841$13,108$8,257 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,048 rated schools reporting
2020$10,109$10,815$14,058$8,775 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,064 rated schools reporting
2021$10,421$13,094$14,797$9,407 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,075 rated schools reporting
2022$17,907$14,373$15,708$10,833 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,093 rated schools reporting
2023$72,976$24,786$16,792$11,281 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 rated schools reporting
2024$86,292$27,635$18,125$12,291 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,129 rated schools reporting
2025$54,123$22,653$18,972$13,080 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,143 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
$55,493−$11,489 vs similar economic context
Teachers
26−16.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.3−2.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Westwood MS

Beginning: 14%1 to 5 years: 47%6 to 10 years: 12.5%11 to 20 years: 19.7%Over 30 years: 6.8%
  • Beginning 14%
  • 1 to 5 years 47%
  • 6 to 10 years 12.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 19.7%
  • Over 30 years 6.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,156 reporting for every category shown · 2,156 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.9%1 to 5 years: 27.7%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 6.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Westwood MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWestwood MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English12.415.3
Secondary math1516.5
Secondary science1617.7
Secondary social studies1517.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 4 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.

#1 rankings

First-place results

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    Per-student spending

    Anderson County · of the 24 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 001908041.