Recent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
47 to 51 2024-25 to 2025-26
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Essence Preparatory Charter School
Administrative office: San Antonio · 438 students
Official charter system websiteEnrollment, registration and eligibility
- Current score
- 59/1002025-26
- Change
- ±0 ptssince 2022-23
- Score vs similar economic context
- −19.2 ptsvs 78.2 average · 60 rated charter school systems serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 57 of 60tied with 1 other
- Score vs similar-size group
- −20.6 ptsvs 79.6 average · 49 similarly sized rated charter school systems
- Similar size placement
- 45 of 49tied with 2 others
- Score vs state
- −20.7 ptsvs 79.7 average · 165 rated Texas charter school systems
- Texas charter placement
- 154 of 165tied with 3 others
F59
At a glance
The available rating history is flat. The current score is below the 78.2 average for 60 rated charter school systems serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 79.6 average for 49 similarly sized rated charter school systems.The current score is below the 79.7 average for 165 rated Texas charter school systems.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
STAAR result
Social Studies above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 60%vs 40.8% avg · +19.2 pts
- Masters
- 50%vs 17.8% avg · +32.2 pts
Among 51 charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
- 1st of 51 charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
47 to 51 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureTop placement
Social Studies — Masters
50% Tied for 3rd of 38 similarly sized charter school systems reporting this measure · 2025-26 · 2 share this value
See the full measureRecent domain gain
Student Achievement rose 4 points
47 to 51 2024-25 to 2025-26
See the full measureSTAAR result
Social Studies above Texas charter averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 60%vs 42.2% avg · +17.8 pts
- Masters
- 50%vs 20.2% avg · +29.8 pts
Among 141 Texas charter school systems reporting this measure.
See the full measureSelected 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 charter school system.
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Essence Preparatory Charter School is rated F by TEA, scoring 59 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 78.2 average for 60 rated charter school systems serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2022-23.
Ranks 57th of 60 rated charter school systems serving a similar economic context (tied with 1 other).
Essence Preparatory Charter School is rated F by TEA, scoring 59 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.6 average for 49 similarly sized rated charter school systems. It is unchanged since 2022-23.
Ranks 45th of 49 similarly sized rated charter school systems (tied with 2 others).
Essence Preparatory Charter School is rated F by TEA, scoring 59 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.7 average for 165 rated Texas charter school systems. It is unchanged since 2022-23.
Ranks 154th of 165 rated Texas charter school systems (tied with 3 others).
3 consecutive years rated unacceptable. At three or more years, Texas law provides for state intervention.
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- Overview
- 4 years of ratings
- Where the score comes from
- Student outcomes
- Who this charter school system serves
- Student counts behind the percentages
- Enrollment over time
- Students entering this charter system
- Discipline and removal from class
- 1 schools in this charter school system
- Spending per student
- Teachers
- Where this charter school system ranks best
- Where this comes from
4 years of ratings
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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
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | F | 59 | 78.2 60 reporting | 79.7 165 reporting |
| 2024-25 | F | 59 | 77.1 59 reporting | 79.2 160 reporting |
| 2023-24 | D | 67 | 76.3 59 reporting | 78.2 159 reporting |
| 2022-23 | F | 59 | 75.4 59 reporting | 77.4 158 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.
- Essence Preparatory Charter School
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (60 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 51 | F | 9 |
| School Progress | 58 | F | 2 |
| Closing the Gaps | 61 | D | 9 |
| Academic Growth | 58 | F | 2 |
| Relative Performance | 52 | F | 8 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 points below D 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 charter school system that better measure is School Progress (58), so Student Achievement (51) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 58.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (60 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 charter school systems 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 charter school systems for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this charter school system serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 438
- Economically disadvantaged
- 80.8%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 0.9%−29.1 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 10.3%−4.4 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 88.6%−3.2 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 48.3%+20.1 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Essence Preparatory Charter School
- African American 70.3%
- Hispanic 23.1%
- White 4.3%
- Asian 0.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 1.4%
Selected comparison average For charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 60 reporting for every category shown · 60 in full cohort
- African American 24.2%
- Hispanic 65.7%
- White 5.9%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter school systems · 49 reporting for every category shown · 49 in full cohort
- African American 29.1%
- Hispanic 50.1%
- White 12.8%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 4.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.1%
Texas charter average 165 reporting for every category shown · 165 Texas charter school systems in full cohort
- African American 21%
- Hispanic 54.7%
- White 15.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.9%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 438
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 354
- Emergent bilingual students
- 4
- Special education students
- 45
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 438 students in 2025–26, an increase of 73 (20.0%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 438
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +73
Increase · +20.0%
- Change since 2022–23
- +335
Increase · +325.2%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This charter school system
- 438
- Selected comparison
- 3,381.6
| School year | Students enrolledEssence Preparatory Charter School | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 103 | First available year | 3,168.7 |
| 2023–24 | 180 | Increase of 77 (74.8%) | 3,239.1 |
| 2024–25 | 365 | Increase of 185 (102.8%) | 3,345.8 |
| 2025–26 | 438 | Increase of 73 (20.0%) | 3,381.6 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter school systems in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this charter school system'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.
Students entering this charter system
How many students live in a geographic school district and attend this charter system. These are movement counts, not a quality rating.
- Transfers in
- 438
Live in a geographic district; attend this charter system · 2025–26
Transfers in · 2025–26
- This charter school system
- 438
- Selected comparison
- 3,381.6
| School year | Transfers inEssence Preparatory Charter School | Transfers inselected charter comparison average |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Not reported | — |
| 2022–23 | 103 | 3,168.7 |
| 2023–24 | 180 | 3,239.1 |
| 2024–25 | 365 | 3,345.8 |
| 2025–26 | 438 | 3,381.6 |
Largest reported resident-district origins
- San Antonio ISD 015907270
- Judson ISD 01591679
- East Central ISD 01591145
- North East ISD 01591027
Top reported flows only. TEA published 4 of 11 counterpart counts and masked 7.
TEA does not publish a transfers-out total or a resident population for this charter system. A charter system is not a geographic attendance boundary, so a net transfer balance cannot be calculated and this page does not label the system a transfer gainer or loser.
Selected comparison figures are average reported transfer-in counts among charter systems, not rates; system size affects them. They provide scale context and are not a performance judgment. This charter system’s official total does not change when the comparison does.
Source: TEA Student Transfer Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The total and origin rows are TEA’s published charter-system figures; this site does not add masked detail cells. A transfer-in count does not say why a family chose the charter or whether one school is better.
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
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 473
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | 20 | 13.33 | 8.7% | 14.2 |
| 2023–24 | 259 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 473 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 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 charter school systems can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this charter school system'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.
1 schools in this charter school system
Number of schools in the charter school system
- This charter school system
- 1
- Selected comparison
- 6.4
The selected comparison is a neutral average charter school system size. This charter school system's school count and school-type mix remain its own facts.
- Elementary
- 1
Browse all 1 schoolsName, type, rating, score and enrollment
| School | Type | Rating | Score | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essence Preparatory Charter School | Elementary | F | 59 | 438 |
Spending per student
The selected txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference stay visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Essence Preparatory Charter School
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This charter school system
- $24,568
- Selected comparison
- $15,574
This charter school system spends $1,361 less per student than TEA's peer group, and $5,596 more per student than the state average.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Essence Preparatory Charter School | TEA peer group | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $34,813 | $21,827 | $16,792 | $15,151 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 59 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2024 | $29,026 | $23,517 | $18,125 | $15,809 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 60 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2025 | $24,568 | $25,929 | $18,972 | $15,574 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 60 rated charter school systems 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
- Average salary
- $66,570+$2,811 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 22−177.4 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 20+3.4 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Essence Preparatory Charter School
- Beginning 31.1%
- 1 to 5 years 50.7%
- 6 to 10 years 9.1%
- 11 to 20 years 9.1%
Selected comparison average For charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 60 reporting for every category shown · 60 in full cohort
- Beginning 10.1%
- 1 to 5 years 39.7%
- 6 to 10 years 20.5%
- 11 to 20 years 19.9%
- 21 to 30 years 7.5%
- Over 30 years 2.5%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter school systems · 49 reporting for every category shown · 49 in full cohort
- Beginning 11.1%
- 1 to 5 years 37.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.8%
- 11 to 20 years 19%
- 21 to 30 years 8.6%
- Over 30 years 1.9%
Texas charter average 165 reporting for every category shown · 165 Texas charter school systems in full cohort
- Beginning 11.4%
- 1 to 5 years 36.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 20.6%
- 21 to 30 years 8.2%
- Over 30 years 1.9%
Teacher turnover over time
TEA reported a 30.0% teacher turnover rate in 2024–25.
Teacher turnover rate · 2024–25
- This charter school system
- 30.0%
- Selected comparison
- 30.8%
| School year | Teacher turnover rateEssence Preparatory Charter School | Average turnover rateselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Not reported | — |
| 2023–24 | 67.9% | 32.5% |
| 2024–25 | 30.0% | 30.8% |
TEA defines this charter school system rate as the share of teacher full-time equivalents from the prior fall who are not employed as teachers in the charter school system in the current fall. That can include leaving the charter school system or remaining in a different role; it is not a campus-level measure. The comparison average changes with the selected group; this charter school system's reported rate does not.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this charter school system ranks best
Out of 72 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.
#1 rankings
First-place results
1 measure
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1of 51
Social Studies — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 51 that report this measure
#2–3 rankings
Second- and third-place results
1 measure
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3of 60
Per-student spending
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 60 that report this measure
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
1 measure
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5of 51
Social Studies — Meets
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 51 that report this measure
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this charter school system 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 charter school system; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no charter school system 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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