Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 99 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 89 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 84 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 17% |
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 100 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 66.0% | 34.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 41.0% | 55.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 100.0% | 96.0% |
| 2024-25 | 100.0% | 98.0% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% | 98.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 98% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
Schools most like Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy
Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy's state test result (98.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy this school | 326 | 22.4% | 98.5% |
| Keller Collegiate Academy KELLER | 296 | 26.4% | 84.1% |
| Kinder H S for Performing and Visual Arts HOUSTON | 782 | 23.1% | 90.9% |
| Rrisd Early College High School ROUND ROCK | 364 | 24.5% | 81.3% |
| Ischool High at University Park HOUSTON | 433 | 32.8% | 67.4% |
| Tomball Star Academy TOMBALL | 402 | 28.4% | 97.8% |
Where Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 98.5% | #3 of 1,385 | #1 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #7 of 1,425 ▼ 2 | #2 of 76 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 100% | #4 of 1,425 no change | #1 of 76 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #1,123 of 2,107 | #76 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #507 of 1,344 | #17 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #14 of 1,346 | #3 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #1,436 of 1,522 | #81 of 82 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 326 | 23.8 | 13.7:1 | 22% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 22.6 | 13.6:1 | 23% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 18.6 | 12.8:1 | 20% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 163 | 12 | 13.6:1 | 28% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 171 | 17.3 | 9.9:1 | 33% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 70 | 3.5:1 | 27% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | 13 | 15.3:1 | 31% (61) |
Since 2017-18: students up 91% (171 to 326); teachers up 38% (17.3 to 23.8).
About Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy
This page covers Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy, a small high school in MANSFIELD, Texas. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 326 students. The school is 59% below the average for high schools in Texas.
MANSFIELD ISD enrolls 35,354 students in 47 schools, including Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy.
The student body at Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy has no majority group. White students lead at 34%. The next largest groups are 26% Black, 20% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 14 points below the 48% share among Tarrant County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 76%.
Classroom staffing at Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy totals 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 22% of students (73) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County, the school's rate is lower.
Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Texas public high schools.
Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 98.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 64.1%, so the school is 34.3 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
The school is in Tarrant County, where median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy.
Of the public schools around it, Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy is closest to Donna Shepard Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 163 to 326. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
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