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Test scores

STAAR, SY 2023-24

All grades, all students. % Meets Grade Level or Above.
Reading
67.0%
State avg 51.8%
District avg 51.4%
County avg 49.3%
+50.0pp since 2020-21
Mathematics
31.0%
State avg 42.0%
District avg 35.6%
County avg 40.2%
+19.0pp since 2020-21
Science
33.0%
State avg 35.6%
District avg 31.0%
County avg 30.6%
Social Studies
N/A
State avg 45.8%
District avg 42.5%
County avg 44.6%

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

4-year history

All grades, all students. NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY WATAUGA   Texas avg

Reading

31172020-2142212021-2242502022-2352672023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2467.0%51.4%49.3%51.8%
SY 2022-2350.0%42.9%43.3%42.0%
SY 2021-2221.0%40.3%44.3%41.8%
SY 2020-2117.0%31.8%32.4%30.6%

Mathematics

30122020-2137422021-2239362022-2342312023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2431.0%35.6%40.2%42.0%
SY 2022-2336.0%35.3%39.5%39.4%
SY 2021-2242.0%28.9%37.8%37.2%
SY 2020-2112.0%18.8%29.4%29.9%

Science

36332023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2433.0%31.0%30.6%35.6%
SY 2022-23N/A35.5%29.6%31.6%
SY 2021-22N/A31.8%31.2%32.5%
SY 2020-21N/A19.0%25.4%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 67.0% mean for Reading at NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY WATAUGA?
It means about 67.0 percent of students tested at NEWMAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY WATAUGA 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.

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