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Killeen ISD

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 41,366 students

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C79

Killeen ISD is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.2 average of the 384 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and below the statewide average of 81.7. It is up 5 points 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 78.

Ranks 645th of 1,019 Texas districts (tied with 39 others), and 44th of 77 in Region 12: Waco (tied with 4 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. How this district's change over time is ranked
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. Who this district serves
  7. Spending per student
  8. Teachers
  9. Where this district ranks best
  10. 53 schools in this district
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

Compare against
90807060 Districts like this oneTexas averageKilleen ISD 7472757479 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 C with 78 that year.

Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSimilarState
2025-26C7980.281.7
2024-25C7478.980.3
2023-24C7577.278.7
2022-23C7277.879.2
2021-22C7479.080.6

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 Killeen ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.

Texas districts

Region 12: Waco

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 Achievement76 C−3.8 vs similar · −4.7 vs region
  • School Progress79 C−1.7 vs similar · −0.6 vs region
  • Closing the Gaps79 C+1.6 vs similar · +1.8 vs region
  • Academic Growth74 C+3.0 vs similar · +3.9 vs region
  • Relative Performance79 C−1.3 vs similar · +0.4 vs region
  • Killeen ISD
  • Similar student population (384)
  • Region 12: Waco (77)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement76C4
School Progress79C1
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth74C6
Relative Performance79C1

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 1 point 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 district that better measure is School Progress (79), so Student Achievement (76) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 79.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level71%−3 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level45%−2 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level17%+0 vs Similar student population

Reading

  • Approaches grade level74%−2 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level50%−1 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level18%+0 vs Similar student population

Math

  • Approaches grade level67%−3 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level38%−2 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level14%+0 vs Similar student population

Science

  • Approaches grade level76%−1 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level47%−2 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level21%+1 vs Similar student population

Social Studies

  • Approaches grade level71%−3 vs Similar student population
  • Meets grade level45%−1 vs Similar student population
  • Masters grade level20%+1 vs Similar student population
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar student population (384)

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 (384 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
90.6%−5.7 pts vs similar
Five-Year
92.9%−3.5 pts vs similar
Six-Year
91.9%−4.5 pts vs similar
Dropout Rate
2.0%+1.5 pts vs similar

College, career and military readiness

CCMR criteria
CriterionThis districtsimilarGap
Total credit for CCMR criteria87.0%89.0%−2.0
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course67.3%56.7%+10.6
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA27.1%24.8%+2.3
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)13.8%5.1%+8.7
Earned college credit for a dual credit course18.4%33.1%−14.7
Earned an industry-based certification25.3%43.2%−17.9
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.6%1.6%−1.0
Earned an associate degree7.4%3.4%+4.0
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.1%2.4%−2.3
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness4.4%3.5%+0.9
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student7.8%9.1%−1.3
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces5.7%3.8%+1.9

Who this district serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
41,366
Economically disadvantaged
64.7%+0.5 pts vs similar
English learners
13.1%+0.6 pts vs similar
Special education
22.6%+4.0 pts vs similar
Attendance
93.6%−0.8 pts vs similar
Chronically absent
19.2%+3.4 pts vs similar

Student demographics

African American: 34.4%Hispanic: 35.2%White: 15.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 2.2%Two or More Races: 10.3%
  • African American 34.4%
  • Hispanic 35.2%
  • White 15.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 2.2%
  • Two or More Races 10.3%

Spending per student

Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.

$9k$14k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Killeen ISD
  • TEA peer group
  • Texas average

Spends $4,061 less per student than its peer group, and $4,650 less than the state average.

Teachers

Average salary
$71,148+$7,126 vs similar
Teachers
2,583
Students per staff member
16

Teaching experience

Beginning: 6.6%1 to 5 years: 31.4%6 to 10 years: 23.5%11 to 20 years: 24.1%21 to 30 years: 11.3%Over 30 years: 3.1%
  • Beginning 6.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 31.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 23.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 24.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 11.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.1%

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.

  • 5of 77

    Average teacher salary

    Region 12: Waco · of the 77 that report this measure

  • 5of 73

    Earned an associate degree

    Region 12: Waco · of the 73 that report this measure

  • 10of 73

    Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

    Region 12: Waco · of the 73 that report this measure

  • 10of 73

    Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit

    Region 12: Waco · of the 73 that report this measure

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.

53 schools in this district

Schools in this district
SchoolTypeRatingScoreStudents
Killeen ISD Early College HSHigh SchoolA98992
Pathways Academic CampusHigh SchoolA94247
Harker Heights HSHigh SchoolA922,175
Clarke ElemElementaryA91475
Oveta Culp Hobby ElemElementaryA90676
Nolanville ElemElementaryB87677
Mountain View ElemElementaryB87769
Richard E Cavazos ElemElementaryB87516
Cedar Valley ElemElementaryB85520
Chaparral HSHigh SchoolB842,185
Montague Village ElemElementaryB84499
Killeen HSHigh SchoolB831,871
Willow Springs ElemElementaryB83592
Haynes ElemElementaryB83779
C E Ellison HSHigh SchoolB821,626
Dr Joseph A Fowler ElemElementaryB82727
Roy J Smith MSMiddle / Jr. HighB81963
Nolan MSMiddle / Jr. HighB811,004
Saegert ElemElementaryB81877
Skipcha ElemElementaryB81883
Maude Moore Wood ElemElementaryB80713
Robert M Shoemaker HSHigh SchoolC792,021
Rancier MSMiddle / Jr. HighC79751
Union Grove MSMiddle / Jr. HighC79718
Dr Jimmie Don Aycock MSMiddle / Jr. HighC79589
Clear Creek ElemElementaryC79649
Iduma ElemElementaryC79745
Meadows ElemElementaryC78965
Audie Murphy MSMiddle / Jr. HighC77788
Clifton Park ElemElementaryC77807
Venable Village ElemElementaryC76533
Pat Carney ElemElementaryC76806
Hay Branch ElemElementaryC75509
Alice W Douse ElemElementaryC75822
Manor MSMiddle / Jr. HighC74533
Harker Heights ElemElementaryC74677
Live Oak Ridge MSMiddle / Jr. HighC73649
Pershing Park ElemElementaryC73913
Charles E Patterson MSMiddle / Jr. HighC71751
Reeces Creek ElemElementaryC70718
Brookhaven ElemElementaryD69445
Maxdale ElemElementaryD69466
Ira Cross Jr ElemElementaryD69609
Timber Ridge ElemElementaryD69691
Palo Alto MSMiddle / Jr. HighD68772
Trimmier ElemElementaryD68638
Liberty Hill MSMiddle / Jr. HighD65677
Killeen ElemElementaryF581,008
Gateway HSHigh SchoolNot Rated157
Gateway MSMiddle / Jr. HighNot Rated149
Adventhealth SchoolK-12Not Rated12
Killeen JJAEPHigh SchoolNot Rated6
El Alter Learning CenterElementaryNot Rated16

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.

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