Reading
54.0%
State avg 54.5%
District avg 51.2%
County avg 54.4%
+35.0pp since 2020-21
District avg 51.2%
County avg 54.4%
+35.0pp since 2020-21
Test scores
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STAAR, SY 2025-26
All grades, all students. % Meets Grade Level or Above.Mathematics
48.0%
State avg 45.3%
District avg 45.3%
County avg 45.1%
+23.0pp since 2020-21
District avg 45.3%
County avg 45.1%
+23.0pp since 2020-21
Science
31.0%
State avg 46.6%
District avg 41.6%
County avg 48.8%
+31.0pp since 2020-21
District avg 41.6%
County avg 48.8%
+31.0pp since 2020-21
Social Studies
N/A
State avg 47.2%
District avg 52.1%
County avg 52.3%
District avg 52.1%
County avg 52.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level, about 48 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 31 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55, 45, and 47. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points and science scores are up about 31 points.
Rank: JONES EL places #3,061 of 4,401 Texas elementary schools, and #19 of 30 in Smith County for state test proficiency.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Performance levels, SY 2025-26
Share of tested students at each STAAR level.Reading
| Grade | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All grades | 28.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% |
Mathematics
| Grade | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All grades | 14.0% | 34.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% |
Science
| Grade | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All grades | 8.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 44.0% |
Each tested student counts in exactly one level, so each row adds to about 100%. The headline Meets Grade Level or Above rate is the sum of the top two levels.
6-year history
All grades, all students. JONES Texas avgReading
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2025-26 | 54.0% | 51.2% | 54.4% | 54.5% |
| SY 2024-25 | 50.0% | 51.7% | 56.0% | 53.3% |
| SY 2023-24 | 45.0% | 50.5% | 55.2% | 51.8% |
| SY 2022-23 | 45.0% | 46.1% | 45.1% | 42.0% |
| SY 2021-22 | 44.0% | 48.3% | 47.7% | 41.8% |
| SY 2020-21 | 19.0% | 33.1% | 35.0% | 30.6% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2025-26 | 48.0% | 45.3% | 45.1% | 45.3% |
| SY 2024-25 | 32.0% | 43.2% | 45.8% | 43.3% |
| SY 2023-24 | 33.0% | 40.7% | 43.8% | 42.0% |
| SY 2022-23 | 50.0% | 46.8% | 44.8% | 39.4% |
| SY 2021-22 | 38.0% | 45.2% | 46.4% | 37.2% |
| SY 2020-21 | 25.0% | 44.4% | 44.4% | 29.9% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2025-26 | 31.0% | 41.6% | 48.8% | 46.6% |
| SY 2024-25 | 22.0% | 36.5% | 43.6% | 39.5% |
| SY 2023-24 | 15.0% | 29.0% | 37.6% | 35.6% |
| SY 2022-23 | 0.0% | 27.1% | 32.3% | 31.6% |
| SY 2021-22 | N/A | 34.3% | 35.2% | 32.5% |
| SY 2020-21 | 0.0% | 32.1% | 33.1% | 25.7% |
How to read these scores
What is STAAR?
STAAR (the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) is the annual statewide test used by all Texas public schools. Students in grades 3 through 8 take it in reading and math, with science added in grades 5 and 8 and social studies in grade 8. High school students take End-of-Course (EOC) STAAR exams in Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology, and U.S. History.
What does "% Meets Grade Level or Above" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school whose scores reached or exceeded the "Meets Grade Level" threshold on the test. Texas reports four performance levels (Did Not Meet, Approaches, Meets, Masters). "Meets" and above means the student is performing at grade level or above. A higher number is better.
What does 54.0% mean for Reading at JONES EL?
It means about 54.0 percent of students tested at JONES EL performed at grade level or above on the STAAR Reading test in 2025-26. The statewide average for Texas that year was 54.5%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Texas, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Texas Education Agency, State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), via the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR). School-level All Students subgroup. Headline metric is the cumulative "Meets Grade Level or Above" rate.
How often is it updated?
STAAR is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.