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Charter school system
Administrative office: Desoto · 1,285 students
Official charter system websiteEnrollment, registration and eligibility
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 86 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.5 average for 54 rated charter school systems serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 80.1 average for 42 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
STAAR result
Among 54 charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureCurrent strength
10.5% −13.7 pts vs 24.2%
Current strength
95.2% +2.6 pts vs 92.6%
Current strength
10.5% −5.9 pts vs 16.4%
Current strength
95.2% +1.2 pts vs 94%
Current strength
10.5% −10.7 pts vs 21.2%
Current strength
95.2% +1.9 pts vs 93.3%
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 charter school system.
Golden Rule Charter School is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.5 average for 54 rated charter school systems serving a similar economic context. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 45th of 54 rated charter school systems serving a similar economic context.
Golden Rule Charter School is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.1 average for 42 similarly sized rated charter school systems. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 39th of 42 similarly sized rated charter school systems.
Golden Rule Charter School is rated D by TEA, scoring 68 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.7 average for 165 rated Texas charter school systems. It is down 11 points since 2021-22.
Put the numbers in context
Dated TEA notices for campuses in this charter school system. They are shown separately from the charter school system rating because they describe specific campuses, support programs and transfer eligibility.
2026 TEA list
2026–27 school year
| Campus | Notice | Official status or reason |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Rule Charter School | TSI | Targeted Support and Improvement · Hispanic, Special Education, Continuously Enrolled |
| Golden Rule Desoto | ATS | Additional Targeted Support · Continuously Enrolled |
| Golden Rule Southwest | CSI | Comprehensive Support and Improvement · CSI Low Performance |
Selected comparison percentages describe how common each dated campus notice is across reporting charter school systems in that group. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes a campus's official status.
Sources: TEA's 2026 Schools Identified for Improvement and Public Education Grant program, fetched 24 August 2026. A PEG listing makes a student assigned to that campus eligible to request a transfer; it does not guarantee acceptance, available space or transportation.
Follow the solid line to see how this charter school system has changed. Turn comparison lines on or off to add context.
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 86 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.
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | D | 68 | 77.5 54 reporting | 79.7 165 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 75 | 75.3 54 reporting | 79.2 160 reporting |
| 2023-24 | C | 79 | 75.4 53 reporting | 78.2 159 reporting |
| 2022-23 | C | 72 | 73.4 53 reporting | 77.4 158 reporting |
| 2021-22 | C | 79 | 82.3 50 reporting | 82.4 150 reporting |
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.
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 63 | D | 7 |
| School Progress | 71 | C | 9 |
| Closing the Gaps | 60 | D | 10 |
| Academic Growth | 59 | F | 1 |
| Relative Performance | 71 | C | 9 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 9 points 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 charter school system that better measure is School Progress (71), so Student Achievement (63) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 71.
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.
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Golden Rule Charter School
Selected comparison average For charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 54 reporting for every category shown · 54 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter school systems · 42 reporting for every category shown · 42 in full cohort
Texas charter average 165 reporting for every category shown · 165 Texas charter school systems in full cohort
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
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.
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 1,285 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 13 (1.0%) from 2024–25.
2025–26
Decrease · −1.0%
Decrease · −17.5%
| School year | Students enrolledGolden Rule Charter School | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 1,557 | First available year | 1,656.3 |
| 2022–23 | 1,450 | Decrease of 107 (6.9%) | 1,692.1 |
| 2023–24 | 1,397 | Decrease of 53 (3.7%) | 1,771.1 |
| 2024–25 | 1,298 | Decrease of 99 (7.1%) | 1,763.6 |
| 2025–26 | 1,285 | Decrease of 13 (1.0%) | 1,749 |
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.
How many students live in a geographic school district and attend this charter system. These are movement counts, not a quality rating.
Live in a geographic district; attend this charter system · 2025–26
| School year | Transfers inGolden Rule Charter School | Transfers inselected charter comparison average |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 1,557 | 1,656.3 |
| 2022–23 | 1,450 | 1,692.1 |
| 2023–24 | 1,397 | 1,771.1 |
| 2024–25 | 1,298 | 1,763.6 |
| 2025–26 | 1,285 | 1,749 |
Top reported flows only. TEA published 8 of 20 counterpart counts and masked 12.
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.
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.
5.1% of cumulative year-end enrollment
7.37 per 100 students
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 1,634 | 18 | 1.1% | 18 | 1.10 | 3.8% | 5.1 |
| 2021–22 | 1,632 | 45 | 2.8% | 59 | 3.62 | 8.0% | 12.4 |
| 2022–23 | 1,511 | 62 | 4.1% | 94 | 6.22 | 8.6% | 13.6 |
| 2023–24 | 1,466 | 79 | 5.4% | 110 | 7.50 | 7.5% | 11.9 |
| 2024–25 | 1,384 | 71 | 5.1% | 102 | 7.37 | 7.2% | 11.6 |
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 71 | 5.1% | 102 | 7.37 | 7.2% | 11.6 |
| In-school suspensions | 38 | 2.8% | 39 | 2.82 | 5.5% | 9 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | 47 | 3.4% | 63 | 4.55 | 4.9% | 6.1 |
| 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.
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.
| School | Type | Rating | Score | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Rule Grand Prairie | Elementary | B | 81 | 90 |
| Golden Rule Charter School | Elementary | D | 69 | 498 |
| Golden Rule Sunnyside | Elementary | D | 69 | 102 |
| Golden Rule Desoto | Elementary | D | 65 | 408 |
| Golden Rule Southwest | Elementary | F | 55 | 187 |
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.
This charter school system spends $3,641 less per student than TEA's peer group, and $2,852 less per student than the state average.
| Year | Golden Rule Charter School | TEA peer group | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $10,324 | $13,246 | $13,054 | $10,278 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 47 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2019 | $10,278 | $12,865 | $13,108 | $10,345 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 50 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2020 | $11,017 | $13,729 | $14,058 | $11,113 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 51 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2021 | $12,352 | $14,629 | $14,797 | $12,224 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 51 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2022 | $13,274 | $15,859 | $15,708 | $15,246 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 53 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2023 | $14,969 | $17,414 | $16,792 | $15,205 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 53 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2024 | $15,824 | $19,844 | $18,125 | $15,605 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 53 rated charter school systems reporting |
| 2025 | $16,120 | $19,761 | $18,972 | $16,133 | average for charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 54 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.
Golden Rule Charter School
Selected comparison average For charter school systems with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 54 reporting for every category shown · 54 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter school systems · 42 reporting for every category shown · 42 in full cohort
Texas charter average 165 reporting for every category shown · 165 Texas charter school systems in full cohort
TEA reported a 34.0% teacher turnover rate in 2024–25.
| School year | Teacher turnover rateGolden Rule Charter School | Average turnover rateselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 31.7% | 25.7% |
| 2021–22 | 29.7% | 32.0% |
| 2022–23 | 28.6% | 36.2% |
| 2023–24 | 37.1% | 34.5% |
| 2024–25 | 34.0% | 33.2% |
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.
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.
Fourth- through tenth-place results
2 measures
Per-student spending
Similar size · of the 42 that report this measure
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 54 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.
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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