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Whitney Elem

Hill County · Region 12: Waco · 384 students

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Current score
74/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−5.3 ptsvs 79.3 average · 2,031 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,421 of 2,031tied with 62 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 77 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.3 average for 2,031 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

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

Whitney Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.3 average for 2,031 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,421st of 2,031 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 62 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Who this school serves
  5. Student counts behind the percentages
  6. Enrollment over time
  7. Discipline and removal from class
  8. Spending per student
  9. Teachers and actual class size
  10. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageWhitney Elem 7855745774 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
2025-26C7479.3 2,031 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25F5779.1 2,010 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7477.0 1,995 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5577.5 1,965 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7882.0 1,945 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 Achievement—Not reported · similar economic context 76.5 · 1,913 reporting
  • School Progress—Not reported · similar economic context 80.3 · 1,906 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps—Not reported · similar economic context 76.5 · 1,893 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 73.4 · 1,846 reporting
  • Relative Performance—Not reported · similar economic context 78.7 · 1,906 reporting
  • Whitney Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,031 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement—Not rated—
School Progress—Not rated—
Closing the Gaps—Not rated—
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance—Not rated—

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
384
Economically disadvantaged
68.8%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
5.2%−14.8 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.1%+1.3 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.0%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
19.7%+2.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Whitney Elem

African American: 2.3%Hispanic: 25.5%White: 67.4%Asian: 0.5%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 2.3%
  • Hispanic 25.5%
  • White 67.4%
  • Asian 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,031 reporting for every category shown · 2,031 in full cohort

African American: 12.2%Hispanic: 55.6%White: 26.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.1%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.5%
  • African American 12.2%
  • Hispanic 55.6%
  • White 26.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
384
Economically disadvantaged students
264
Emergent bilingual students
20
Special education students
77

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
24
Students in TEA mobility denominator
210
TEA-published mobility rate
11.4%

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 384 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 3 (0.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
384

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−3

Decrease · −0.8%

Change since 2021–22
−19

Decrease · −4.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
384
Selected comparison
640.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Whitney Elem
School yearStudents enrolledWhitney ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 403 First available year 654
2022–23 393 Decrease of 10 (2.5%) 660.9
2023–24 380 Decrease of 13 (3.3%) 659.4
2024–25 387 Increase of 7 (1.8%) 657
2025–26 384 Decrease of 3 (0.8%) 640.6

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
49

11.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
115

27.58 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
417

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
11.8%
Selected comparison
13.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,549 rated schools reporting

−1.3 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
27.58
Selected comparison
30.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,660 rated schools reporting

−3.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Whitney Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 427 18 4.2% 50 11.71 9.7% 19.4
2021–22 457 25 5.5% 56 12.25 12.9% 30.4
2022–23 431 37 8.6% 85 19.72 13.4% 32.4
2023–24 422 37 8.8% 65 15.40 13.3% 32.4
2024–25 417 49 11.8% 115 27.58 13.0% 30.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Whitney Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 49 11.8% 115 27.58 13.0% 30.8
In-school suspensions 49 11.8% 115 27.58 11.6% 23.4
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Whitney Elem
  • Parent district: Whitney ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,215
Selected comparison
$13,156

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,009 rated schools reporting

−$5,941 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,215 per student for this campus, $14,892 per student for its parent district, Whitney 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
YearWhitney ElemParent district: Whitney ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,438$11,953$13,054$7,995 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,871 rated schools reporting
2019$5,350$12,101$13,108$8,163 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,888 rated schools reporting
2020$6,552$13,886$14,058$8,704 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,909 rated schools reporting
2021$6,895$13,377$14,797$9,199 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 rated schools reporting
2022$5,805$14,107$15,708$10,440 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,946 rated schools reporting
2023$6,605$13,977$16,792$11,103 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,967 rated schools reporting
2024$6,873$15,625$18,125$12,347 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 rated schools reporting
2025$7,215$14,892$18,972$13,156 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,009 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
$55,831−$10,626 vs similar economic context
Teachers
24−19.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.3+2.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Whitney Elem

Beginning: 23.8%1 to 5 years: 31.9%6 to 10 years: 11.9%11 to 20 years: 3.8%21 to 30 years: 28.1%
  • Beginning 23.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 31.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 11.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 3.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 28.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,031 reporting for every category shown · 2,031 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.4%1 to 5 years: 26.8%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.7%21 to 30 years: 15.5%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.7%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.5%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Whitney Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWhitney Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten22.418
Grade 118.218.2
Grade 217.918.4

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.

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 109911101.