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Malone ISD
Hill County · Region 12: Waco · 64 students
Malone ISD is rated F by TEA, scoring 44 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.7 average of the 237 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and below the statewide average of 81.7. It is down 27 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 69.
Ranks 1,019th of 1,019 Texas districts, and 77th of 77 in Region 12: Waco.
1 consecutive year rated unacceptable.
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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 Not Rated with 69 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | F | 44 | 77.7 | 81.7 |
| 2024-25 | B | 88 | 75.5 | 80.3 |
| 2023-24 | D | 69 | 73.7 | 78.7 |
| 2022-23 | C | 77 | 74.2 | 79.2 |
| 2021-22 | C | 71 | 77.0 | 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 Malone 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
Hill 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.
- Malone ISD
- Similar student population (237)
- Region 12: Waco (77)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 50 | F | 10 |
| School Progress | 50 | F | 10 |
| Closing the Gaps | 30 | F | 30 |
| Academic Growth | 48 | F | 12 |
| Relative Performance | 50 | F | 10 |
Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 10 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%.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (237)
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 (237 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
- 64
- Economically disadvantaged
- 81.3%+1.3 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 28.1%+7.7 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 29.7%+11.5 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 96.0%+2.6 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 0.0%−20.8 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- African American 3.1%
- Hispanic 65.6%
- White 29.7%
- Two or More Races 1.6%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Malone ISD
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
Spends $9,498 more per student than its peer group, and $21,623 more than the state average.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $71,561+$7,302 vs similar
- Teachers
- 8
- Students per staff member
- 8.6
Teaching experience
- Beginning 12%
- 1 to 5 years 12%
- 6 to 10 years 12%
- 11 to 20 years 37.3%
- 21 to 30 years 22.7%
- Over 30 years 4%
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 1,019
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Texas average · of the 1,019 that report this measure · tied with 3 · full ranking
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1of 237
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Similar student population · of the 237 that report this measure
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1of 77
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Region 12: Waco · of the 77 that report this measure
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1of 12
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Hill County · of the 12 that report this measure
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1of 12
Average teacher salary
Hill County · of the 12 that report this measure
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2of 12
Per-student spending
Hill County · of the 12 that report this measure
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4of 77
Average teacher salary
Region 12: Waco · of the 77 that report this measure
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4of 77
Per-student spending
Region 12: Waco · of the 77 that report this measure
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4of 12
Attendance
Hill County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1
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5of 237
Attendance
Similar student population · of the 237 that report this measure
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14of 237
Per-student spending
Similar student population · of the 237 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malone Elem | Elementary | F | 44 | 64 |
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.