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Wise Elem

Smith County · Region 07: Kilgore · 620 students

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Current score
75/1002025-26
Change
−8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−2.4 ptsvs 77.4 average · 2,280 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,404 of 2,280tied with 67 others
C75

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 77.4 average for 2,280 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
39%vs 37.9% avg · +1.1 pts
Masters
22%vs 14.3% avg · +7.7 pts

Among 2,102 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Relative Performance above the similar-context average

79 +2.1 pts vs 76.9

  • 79 is 2.1 points above the 76.9 average among 2,106 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

16.5% −5.1 pts vs 21.6%

  • 16.5% is 5.1 percentage points lower than the 21.6% average among 2,177 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

Wise Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.4 average for 2,280 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,404th of 2,280 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 67 others).

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

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageWise Elem 8391848175 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
2025-26C7577.4 2,280 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8177.1 2,267 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8474.3 2,251 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9174.7 2,237 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8381.7 2,217 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+0.6 vs similar economic context · 2,113 reporting
  • School Progress79 C+0.4 vs similar economic context · 2,106 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps66 D−8.6 vs similar economic context · 2,091 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 72.2 · 2,061 reporting
  • Relative Performance79 C+2.1 vs similar economic context · 2,106 reporting
  • Wise Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,280 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress79C1
Closing the Gaps66D4
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance79C1

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point 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 (79), so Student Achievement (72) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 79.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level66%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level71%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,112 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,102 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,102 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,102 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,280 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
620
Economically disadvantaged
83.7%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
20.8%−12.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.9%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.1%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
16.5%−5.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Wise Elem

African American: 19.5%Hispanic: 41%White: 32.1%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 1.1%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 6%
  • African American 19.5%
  • Hispanic 41%
  • White 32.1%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 1.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,280 reporting for every category shown · 2,280 in full cohort

African American: 14.5%Hispanic: 71.3%White: 10%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2.2%
  • African American 14.5%
  • Hispanic 71.3%
  • White 10%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
620
Economically disadvantaged students
519
Emergent bilingual students
129
Special education students
117

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
45
Students in TEA mobility denominator
406
TEA-published mobility rate
11.1%

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 620 students in 2025–26, an increase of 27 (4.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
620

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+27

Increase · +4.6%

Change since 2021–22
−52

Decrease · −7.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
620
Selected comparison
616.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,250 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Wise Elem
School yearStudents enrolledWise ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 672 First available year 648.3
2022–23 630 Decrease of 42 (6.3%) 647.7
2023–24 622 Decrease of 8 (1.3%) 640.7
2024–25 593 Decrease of 29 (4.7%) 637.7
2025–26 620 Increase of 27 (4.6%) 616.9

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
44

6.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
83

12.79 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
649

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
6.8%
Selected comparison
13.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,587 rated schools reporting

−6.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
12.79
Selected comparison
32.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,704 rated schools reporting

−19.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Wise Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 710 19 2.7% 36 5.07 7.9% 15.4
2021–22 726 Suppressed — 11 1.52 — 30.7
2022–23 697 10 1.4% 18 2.58 13.7% 33.9
2023–24 668 33 4.9% 63 9.43 13.8% 33.9
2024–25 649 44 6.8% 83 12.79 13.3% 32.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Wise Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 44 6.8% 83 12.79 13.3% 32.1
In-school suspensions 44 6.8% 73 11.25 11.8% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$6k$26k$45k20182020202220242025
  • Wise Elem
  • Parent district: Chapel Hill ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$17,668
Selected comparison
$13,227

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,265 rated schools reporting

+$4,441 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $17,668 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
YearWise ElemParent district: Chapel Hill ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,568$10,354$13,054$8,263 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,153 rated schools reporting
2019$7,055$11,153$13,108$8,348 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,181 rated schools reporting
2020$7,112$10,811$14,058$8,865 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,192 rated schools reporting
2021$7,767$13,337$14,797$9,559 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,199 rated schools reporting
2022$8,486$13,891$15,708$11,052 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,217 rated schools reporting
2023$8,729$13,940$16,792$11,511 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,236 rated schools reporting
2024$10,717$21,895$18,125$12,444 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,250 rated schools reporting
2025$17,668$42,996$18,972$13,227 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,265 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
$62,426−$5,079 vs similar economic context
Teachers
40−2.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.5+1.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Wise Elem

Beginning: 9.8%1 to 5 years: 15%6 to 10 years: 15%11 to 20 years: 30.1%21 to 30 years: 20.1%Over 30 years: 10%
  • Beginning 9.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 15%
  • 6 to 10 years 15%
  • 11 to 20 years 30.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 20.1%
  • Over 30 years 10%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,280 reporting for every category shown · 2,280 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.1%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 7.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 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 Wise Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classWise Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten17.218
Grade 115.818.4
Grade 215.618.4
Grade 316.218.8

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 85 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

1 measure

  • 5of 59

    Per-student spending

    Smith County · of the 59 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 212909101.