STAAR, SY 2023-24
All grades, all students. % Meets Grade Level or Above.Reading
38.0%
State avg 51.8%
District avg 46.0%
County avg 47.7%
+12.0pp since 2020-21
Mathematics
22.0%
State avg 42.0%
District avg 32.1%
County avg 40.1%
+3.0pp since 2020-21
Science
32.0%
State avg 35.6%
District avg 26.5%
County avg 29.4%
+14.0pp since 2020-21
Social Studies
23.0%
State avg 45.8%
District avg 25.3%
County avg 41.8%
+6.0pp since 2020-21
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level, about 22 of 100 do math at grade level, about 32 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 23 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52, 42, 36, and 46. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points, science scores are up about 14 points, and social studies scores are up about 6 points.
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 38.0% mean for Reading at LIFE SCHOOL OAK CLIFF?
It means about 38.0 percent of students tested at LIFE SCHOOL OAK CLIFF performed at grade level or above on the STAAR Reading test in 2023-24. The statewide average for Texas that year was 51.8%. 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.
