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Walcott ISD
Deaf Smith County · Region 16: Amarillo · 138 students
Walcott ISD is rated B by TEA, scoring 80 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 82.0 average of the 374 districts serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and below the statewide average of 81.7. It is down 13 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 94.
Ranks 592nd of 1,019 Texas districts (tied with 52 others), and 42nd of 59 in Region 16: Amarillo (tied with 1 other).
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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 A with 94 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 80 | 82.0 | 81.7 |
| 2024-25 | A | 91 | 81.1 | 80.3 |
| 2023-24 | B | 81 | 79.2 | 78.7 |
| 2022-23 | B | 86 | 79.7 | 79.2 |
| 2021-22 | A | 93 | 80.6 | 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 Walcott ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.
Texas districts
Region 16: Amarillo
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.
- Walcott ISD
- Similar student population (374)
- Region 16: Amarillo (59)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 79 | C | 1 |
| School Progress | 80 | B | 10 |
| Closing the Gaps | 80 | B | 10 |
| Academic Growth | 78 | C | 2 |
| Relative Performance | 80 | B | 10 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 10 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 (80), so Student Achievement (79) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 80.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (374)
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 (374 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
- 138
- Economically disadvantaged
- 53.6%−0.7 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 4.3%−5.3 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 26.1%+7.7 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 95.8%+1.1 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 5.2%−8.8 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- Hispanic 78.3%
- White 21%
- Two or More Races 0.7%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Walcott ISD
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
Spends $6,174 less per student than its peer group, and $783 more than the state average.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $61,510−$3,262 vs similar
- Teachers
- 10
- Students per staff member
- 14.2
Teaching experience
- Beginning 20.6%
- 1 to 5 years 20.6%
- 11 to 20 years 40.2%
- 21 to 30 years 9.3%
- Over 30 years 10.3%
Where this district ranks best
Out of 66 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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5of 59
Math — Approaches
Region 16: Amarillo · of the 59 that report this measure · tied with 1
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10of 59
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Region 16: Amarillo · of the 59 that report this measure
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12of 374
Math — Approaches
Similar student population · of the 374 that report this measure · tied with 2
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14of 374
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Similar student population · of the 374 that report this measure · tied with 1
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57of 1,019
Math — Approaches
Texas average · of the 1,019 that report this measure · tied with 12 · full ranking
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walcott Elem | Elementary | B | 80 | 138 |
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.