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Leary ISD
Bowie County · Region 08: Mt Pleasant · 106 students
Leary ISD is rated A by TEA, scoring 90 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.5 average of the 90 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.7. It is up 9 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 79.
Ranks 129th of 1,019 Texas districts (tied with 36 others), and 6th of 46 in Region 08: Mt Pleasant (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 C with 79 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 90 | 77.5 | 81.7 |
| 2024-25 | D | 61 | 74.1 | 80.3 |
| 2023-24 | F | 58 | 72.9 | 78.7 |
| 2022-23 | C | 73 | 73.0 | 79.2 |
| 2021-22 | B | 81 | 76.9 | 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 Leary ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.
Texas districts
Region 08: Mt Pleasant
Bowie County
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.
- Leary ISD
- Similar student population (90)
- Region 08: Mt Pleasant (46)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 72 | C | 8 |
| School Progress | 92 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 86 | B | 4 |
| Academic Growth | 92 | A | — |
| Relative Performance | 81 | B | 9 |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 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 (92), so Student Achievement (72) 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
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (90)
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 (90 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Who this district serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 106
- Economically disadvantaged
- 93.4%+4.0 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 0.0%−26.9 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 17.0%−0.6 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 95.7%+2.9 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 8.5%−15.4 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 4.7%
- Hispanic 7.5%
- White 79.2%
- American Indian 0.9%
- Two or More Races 7.5%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Leary ISD
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
Spends $14,043 less per student than its peer group, and $7,086 less than the state average.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $53,006−$12,410 vs similar
- Teachers
- 11
- Students per staff member
- 9.7
Teaching experience
- Beginning 9.2%
- 1 to 5 years 18.3%
- 6 to 10 years 9.2%
- 11 to 20 years 45%
- 21 to 30 years 18.3%
Where this district ranks best
Out of 100 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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1of 90
Academic Growth
Similar student population · of the 90 that report this measure
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1of 90
Reading — Approaches
Similar student population · of the 90 that report this measure
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1of 46
Academic Growth
Region 08: Mt Pleasant · of the 46 that report this measure
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1of 13
School Progress
Bowie County · of the 13 that report this measure
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1of 13
Academic Growth
Bowie County · of the 13 that report this measure
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2of 90
School Progress
Similar student population · of the 90 that report this measure · tied with 1
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2of 90
All Subjects — Approaches
Similar student population · of the 90 that report this measure · tied with 2
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2of 46
School Progress
Region 08: Mt Pleasant · of the 46 that report this measure · tied with 1
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2of 13
Overall score
Bowie County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 2 · full ranking
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2of 13
Reading — Approaches
Bowie County · of the 13 that report this measure
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3of 90
Science — Masters
Similar student population · of the 90 that report this measure
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3of 90
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Similar student population · of the 90 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.
1 schools in this district
| School | Type | Rating | Score | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leary Elem | Elementary | A | 90 | 106 |
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.