Pasadena ISD

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 B with 86 that year.

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

Texas districts

Region 04: Houston

Harris 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.

• Student Achievement78 C+3.0 vs similar · −2.2 vs region
• School Progress86 B+7.3 vs similar · +4.5 vs region
• Closing the Gaps80 B+5.5 vs similar · −0.5 vs region
• Academic Growth73 C+3.6 vs similar · −2.5 vs region
• Relative Performance86 B+7.6 vs similar · +4.8 vs region

• Pasadena ISD
• Similar student population (252)
• Region 04: Houston (46)

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 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 (86), so Student Achievement (78) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 86.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

• Approaches grade level
• Meets grade level
• Masters grade level
• Tick: Similar student population (252)

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

Graduation

Four-Year

92.0%−3.0 pts vs similar

Five-Year

92.2%−3.5 pts vs similar

Six-Year

91.6%−3.6 pts vs similar

Dropout Rate

2.1%+1.2 pts vs similar

College, career and military readiness

Who this district serves

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

Students

44,046

Economically disadvantaged

80.0%+1.3 pts vs similar

English learners

37.5%+17.8 pts vs similar

Special education

15.7%−2.5 pts vs similar

Attendance

92.5%−0.9 pts vs similar

Chronically absent

23.5%+2.9 pts vs similar

Student demographics

• African American 7.9%
• Hispanic 83.1%
• White 4.8%
• American Indian 0.1%
• Asian 3%
• Pacific Islander 0.1%
• Two or More Races 0.9%

Spending per student

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

• Pasadena ISD
• TEA peer group
• Texas average

Spends $299 less per student than its peer group, and $888 less than the state average.

Teachers

Average salary

$72,066+$7,819 vs similar

Teachers

3,285

Students per staff member

13.4

Teaching experience

• Beginning 6.4%
• 1 to 5 years 24.2%
• 6 to 10 years 22%
• 11 to 20 years 30.9%
• 21 to 30 years 14.5%
• Over 30 years 2.1%

Where this district ranks best

Out of 164 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

• 1of 19

  Earned an associate degree

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 4of 45

  Earned an associate degree

  Region 04: Houston · of the 45 that report this measure

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• 4of 19

  Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 6of 19

  School Progress

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · tied with 2

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  Relative Performance

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · tied with 2

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• 6of 19

  College, career or military ready

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · tied with 2

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• 6of 19

  Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 8of 19

  Earned college credit for a dual credit course

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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  Per-student spending

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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• 9of 45

  Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course

  Region 04: Houston · of the 45 that report this measure

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• 9of 19

  Overall score

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure · full ranking

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• 9of 19

  Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

  Harris County · of the 19 that report this measure

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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.

67 schools in this district

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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