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Bangs ISD
Brown County · Region 15: San Angelo · 768 students
Bangs ISD is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.0 average of the 374 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and below the statewide average of 81.7. It is up 1 point since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 89.
Ranks 539th of 1,019 Texas districts (tied with 52 others), and 30th of 45 in Region 15: San Angelo (tied with 2 others).
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5 years of ratings
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 89 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 81 | 80.0 | 81.7 |
| 2024-25 | C | 79 | 78.4 | 80.3 |
| 2023-24 | C | 79 | 76.7 | 78.7 |
| 2022-23 | B | 80 | 77.4 | 79.2 |
| 2021-22 | B | 80 | 78.6 | 80.6 |
How this district's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Bangs ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.
Texas districts
Region 15: San Angelo
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.
- Bangs ISD
- Similar student population (374)
- Region 15: San Angelo (45)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 81 | B | 9 |
| School Progress | 82 | B | 8 |
| Closing the Gaps | 80 | B | 10 |
| Academic Growth | 73 | C | 7 |
| Relative Performance | 82 | B | 8 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 8 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 district that better measure is School Progress (82), so Student Achievement (81) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (374)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (374 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Graduation
- Four-Year
- 98.2%+1.8 pts vs similar
- Five-Year
- 100.0%+3.2 pts vs similar
- Six-Year
- 100.0%+3.5 pts vs similar
- Dropout Rate
- 0.4%−0.1 pts vs similar
College, career and military readiness
| Criterion | This district | similar | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 82.0% | 89.0% | −7.0 |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 19.6% | 57.1% | −37.5 |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 19.6% | 24.3% | −4.7 |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 0.0% | 5.6% | −5.6 |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 39.3% | 32.5% | +6.8 |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 60.7% | 43.7% | +17.0 |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 0.0% | 1.8% | −1.8 |
| Earned an associate degree | 10.7% | 3.8% | +6.9 |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 0.0% | 2.4% | −2.4 |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 3.6% | 3.6% | +0.0 |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 8.9% | 9.2% | −0.3 |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 7.1% | 3.6% | +3.5 |
Who this district serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 768
- Economically disadvantaged
- 67.4%+0.8 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 1.6%−12.2 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 12.8%−5.7 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 94.9%+0.6 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 14.1%−2.0 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 2.9%
- Hispanic 25.5%
- White 68.2%
- Asian 0.3%
- Two or More Races 3.1%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Bangs ISD
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
Spends $5,726 less per student than its peer group, and $3,223 less than the state average.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $52,996−$10,880 vs similar
- Teachers
- 71
- Students per staff member
- 10.9
Teaching experience
- Beginning 11.3%
- 1 to 5 years 36.8%
- 6 to 10 years 17.6%
- 11 to 20 years 19.8%
- 21 to 30 years 11.6%
- Over 30 years 2.8%
Where this district ranks best
Out of 123 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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4of 45
Science — Meets
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 45 that report this measure · tied with 2
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4of 44
Earned an associate degree
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 44 that report this measure
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5of 45
Science — Masters
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 45 that report this measure · tied with 1
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6of 45
Science — Approaches
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 45 that report this measure · tied with 1
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9of 44
Earned an industry-based certification
Region 15: San Angelo · of the 44 that report this measure
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10of 373
Science — Meets
Similar student population · of the 373 that report this measure · tied with 3
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17of 373
Science — Masters
Similar student population · of the 373 that report this measure · tied with 4
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1of 972
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 972 that report this measure · tied with 377
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1of 972
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Texas average (standard accountability only) · of the 972 that report this measure · tied with 359
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1of 359
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 359 that report this measure · tied with 139
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1of 357
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Similar student population (standard accountability only) · of the 357 that report this measure · tied with 122
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1of 44
Five-Year Graduation Rate
Region 15: San Angelo (standard accountability only) · of the 44 that report this measure · tied with 32
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this district ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no district would put in a press release.
3 schools in this district
| School | Type | Rating | Score | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangs MS | Middle / Jr. High | A | 91 | 194 |
| Bangs HS | High School | B | 86 | 204 |
| J B Stephens Elem | Elementary | D | 67 | 370 |
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.