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Zue S Bales Int

Galveston County · Region 04: Houston · 573 students

Current score
91/1002025-26
Change
−1 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.3 ptsvs 90.7 average · 674 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
345 of 674tied with 71 others
A91

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 94 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 90.7 average for 674 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 2 points

88 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 90 is 3 points above the 87 average among 660 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
73%vs 69.5% avg · +3.5 pts
Masters
48%vs 38.5% avg · +9.5 pts

Among 660 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

90 +4.8 pts vs 85.2

  • 90 is 4.8 points above the 85.2 average among 657 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

Zue S Bales Int is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 90.7 average for 674 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 1 point since 2021-22.

Ranks 345th of 674 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 71 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 averageZue S Bales Int 9289929291 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 A with 94 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
2025-26A9190.7 674 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9291.0 666 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9290.0 651 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8990.4 635 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9291.1 623 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 Achievement92 A+0.3 vs similar economic context · 662 reporting
  • School Progress90 A+3.0 vs similar economic context · 660 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps87 B−1.3 vs similar economic context · 658 reporting
  • Academic Growth90 A+4.8 vs similar economic context · 657 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+1.2 vs similar economic context · 660 reporting
  • Zue S Bales Int
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (674 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress90A—
Closing the Gaps87B3
Academic Growth90A—
Relative Performance80B10

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points 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 Student Achievement (92), so School Progress (90) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level89%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 662 reporting
  • Meets grade level72%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 662 reporting
  • Masters grade level46%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 662 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level91%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 662 reporting
  • Meets grade level78%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 662 reporting
  • Masters grade level48%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 662 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 660 reporting
  • Meets grade level73%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 660 reporting
  • Masters grade level48%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 660 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level81%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 620 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 620 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 620 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (674 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
573
Economically disadvantaged
14.7%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
3.7%−7.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.4%+8.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.7%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
8.1%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Zue S Bales Int

African American: 1.9%Hispanic: 21.5%White: 67%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 2.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 6.5%
  • African American 1.9%
  • Hispanic 21.5%
  • White 67%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 2.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 6.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 674 reporting for every category shown · 674 in full cohort

African American: 6.5%Hispanic: 20.8%White: 48.1%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 18.6%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.6%
  • African American 6.5%
  • Hispanic 20.8%
  • White 48.1%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 18.6%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
573
Economically disadvantaged students
84
Emergent bilingual students
21
Special education students
140

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
26
Students in TEA mobility denominator
654
TEA-published mobility rate
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 573 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 67 (10.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
573

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−67

Decrease · −10.5%

Change since 2021–22
−16

Decrease · −2.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
573
Selected comparison
858.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 671 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Zue S Bales Int
School yearStudents enrolledZue S Bales IntChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 589 First available year 872.8
2022–23 677 Increase of 88 (14.9%) 888.9
2023–24 625 Decrease of 52 (7.7%) 873.6
2024–25 640 Increase of 15 (2.4%) 866.7
2025–26 573 Decrease of 67 (10.5%) 858.1

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
20

3.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
31

4.74 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
654

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
3.1%
Selected comparison
5.5%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 420 rated schools reporting

−2.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
4.74
Selected comparison
9.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 488 rated schools reporting

−5.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Zue S Bales Int
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 626 13 2.1% 19 3.04 4.2% 6.8
2021–22 614 15 2.4% 23 3.75 5.8% 10.2
2022–23 686 21 3.1% 54 7.87 5.9% 10.5
2023–24 641 28 4.4% 46 7.18 5.7% 10.3
2024–25 654 20 3.1% 31 4.74 5.5% 9.9
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Zue S Bales Int in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 20 3.1% 31 4.74 5.5% 9.9
In-school suspensions 20 3.1% 29 4.43 5.2% 7.9
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$16k$25k20182020202220242025
  • Zue S Bales Int
  • Parent district: Friendswood ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,676
Selected comparison
$10,900

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 666 rated schools reporting

−$2,224 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,676 per student for this campus, $14,615 per student for its parent district, Friendswood 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
YearZue S Bales IntParent district: Friendswood ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,966$10,446$13,054$7,338 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 578 rated schools reporting
2019$7,233$10,513$13,108$7,419 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 593 rated schools reporting
2020$7,135$10,624$14,058$7,741 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 607 rated schools reporting
2021$8,752$12,215$14,797$8,313 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 615 rated schools reporting
2022$8,693$15,624$15,708$9,527 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 624 rated schools reporting
2023$10,032$24,200$16,792$9,738 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 635 rated schools reporting
2024$8,377$17,767$18,125$10,765 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 652 rated schools reporting
2025$8,676$14,615$18,972$10,900 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 666 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
$70,809+$1,567 vs similar economic context
Teachers
39−15.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.6−0.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Zue S Bales Int

Beginning: 5.1%1 to 5 years: 22.4%6 to 10 years: 12.8%11 to 20 years: 29.3%21 to 30 years: 23%Over 30 years: 7.7%
  • Beginning 5.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 12.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 23%
  • Over 30 years 7.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 674 reporting for every category shown · 674 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.3%1 to 5 years: 23.1%6 to 10 years: 20.2%11 to 20 years: 32.6%21 to 30 years: 17%Over 30 years: 2.7%
  • Beginning 4.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 17%
  • Over 30 years 2.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Zue S Bales Int in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classZue S Bales Int · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 321.221.4
Grade 421.720.4
Grade 522.622.2

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 school ranks best

Out of 105 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 2of 93

    Math — Masters

    Galveston County · of the 93 that report this measure · tied with 2

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

6 measures

  • 4of 93

    All Subjects — Masters

    Galveston County · of the 93 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 6of 93

    Reading — Masters

    Galveston County · of the 93 that report this measure

  • 7of 86

    Academic Growth

    Galveston County · of the 86 that report this measure

  • 8of 93

    Reading — Meets

    Galveston County · of the 93 that report this measure

  • 9of 93

    Math — Meets

    Galveston County · of the 93 that report this measure

  • 10of 93

    All Subjects — Meets

    Galveston County · of the 93 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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