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Zavala Elem

Zavala County · Region 20: San Antonio · 298 students

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Current score
90/1002025-26
Change
+20 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+12.5 ptsvs 77.5 average · 2,370 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
214 of 2,370tied with 81 others
A90

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 61 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.5 average for 2,370 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 11 points

79 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 90 is 12.5 points above the 77.5 average among 2,370 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 16 points

76 to 92 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 92 is 17.2 points above the 74.8 average among 2,192 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
58%vs 40.4% avg · +17.6 pts
Masters
25%vs 15.9% avg · +9.1 pts

Among 2,211 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

Zavala Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 90 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.5 average for 2,370 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 20 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 214th of 2,370 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 81 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageZavala Elem 7064817990 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 Not Rated with 61 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
2025-26A9077.5 2,370 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7977.1 2,359 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8173.8 2,340 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6473.7 2,330 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7081.7 2,303 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 Achievement80 B+9.5 vs similar economic context · 2,211 reporting
  • School Progress89 B+10.4 vs similar economic context · 2,206 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+17.2 vs similar economic context · 2,192 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 72.8 · 2,169 reporting
  • Relative Performance89 B+12.3 vs similar economic context · 2,206 reporting
  • Zavala Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,370 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement80B10
School Progress89B1
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance89B1

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point below A 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 (89), so Student Achievement (80) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 89.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level76%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
  • Masters grade level25%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,211 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level73%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,202 reporting
  • Meets grade level59%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,202 reporting
  • Masters grade level28%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,202 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,370 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
298
Economically disadvantaged
88.9%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
4.4%−34.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
21.5%+3.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
92.5%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
25.3%+2.6 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Zavala Elem

African American: 0.7%Hispanic: 96.6%White: 2.7%
  • African American 0.7%
  • Hispanic 96.6%
  • White 2.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,370 reporting for every category shown · 2,370 in full cohort

African American: 14.6%Hispanic: 75%White: 6.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.8%
  • African American 14.6%
  • Hispanic 75%
  • White 6.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.8%

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
265
Emergent bilingual students
13
Special education students
64

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
30
Students in TEA mobility denominator
324
TEA-published mobility rate
9.3%

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 298 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 2 (0.7%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
298

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−2

Decrease · −0.7%

Change since 2021–22
−67

Decrease · −18.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
298
Selected comparison
582.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,344 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Zavala Elem
School yearStudents enrolledZavala ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 365 First available year 624.2
2022–23 358 Decrease of 7 (1.9%) 619.9
2023–24 307 Decrease of 51 (14.2%) 611.2
2024–25 300 Decrease of 7 (2.3%) 605.2
2025–26 298 Decrease of 2 (0.7%) 582.9

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
12

3.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
14

4.32 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
324

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.7%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,522 rated schools reporting

−9.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
4.32
Selected comparison
31.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,635 rated schools reporting

−27.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Zavala Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 399 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 398 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 377 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 322 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 324 12 3.7% 14 4.32 13.2% 31.5
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Zavala Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 12 3.7% 14 4.32 13.2% 31.5
In-school suspensions 12 3.7% 14 4.32 11.5% 22.5
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.

$6k$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • Zavala Elem
  • Parent district: Crystal City ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,350
Selected comparison
$13,056

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,357 rated schools reporting

−$2,706 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,350 per student for this campus, $17,586 per student for its parent district, Crystal City ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

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Spending per student by year
YearZavala ElemParent district: Crystal City ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,159$19,143$13,054$8,289 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,239 rated schools reporting
2019$7,059$12,696$13,108$8,320 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,270 rated schools reporting
2020$7,529$13,511$14,058$8,843 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,279 rated schools reporting
2021$7,707$14,701$14,797$9,613 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,283 rated schools reporting
2022$8,693$15,930$15,708$11,131 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,302 rated schools reporting
2023$8,670$19,239$16,792$11,696 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,328 rated schools reporting
2024$10,936$20,905$18,125$12,529 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,341 rated schools reporting
2025$10,350$17,586$18,972$13,056 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,357 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
$65,104−$2,960 vs similar economic context
Teachers
19−21.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.7+1.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Zavala Elem

1 to 5 years: 37%6 to 10 years: 10.6%11 to 20 years: 26.5%21 to 30 years: 25.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 37%
  • 6 to 10 years 10.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 25.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,370 reporting for every category shown · 2,370 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 18.9%11 to 20 years: 27%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 27%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Zavala Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classZavala Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 122.818.3
Grade 217.218.3
Grade 314.818.6

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.

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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 254901106.