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UNIVERSAL ACADEMY · IRVING, TX
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STAAR, SY 2023-24

All grades, all students. % Meets Grade Level or Above.
Reading
45.0%
State avg 51.8%
District avg 68.3%
County avg 47.7%
+15.0pp since 2020-21
Mathematics
33.0%
State avg 42.0%
District avg 57.3%
County avg 40.1%
+3.0pp since 2020-21
Science
29.0%
State avg 35.6%
District avg 49.7%
County avg 29.4%
+5.0pp since 2020-21
Social Studies
30.0%
State avg 45.8%
District avg 45.5%
County avg 41.8%
+9.0pp since 2020-21

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above 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. UNIVERSAL ACADEMY   Texas avg

Reading

31302020-2142432021-2242372022-2352452023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2445.0%68.3%47.7%51.8%
SY 2022-2337.0%54.5%43.2%42.0%
SY 2021-2243.0%54.0%42.3%41.8%
SY 2020-2130.0%41.0%33.7%30.6%

Mathematics

30302020-2137282021-2239292022-2342332023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2433.0%57.3%40.1%42.0%
SY 2022-2329.0%51.0%42.0%39.4%
SY 2021-2228.0%47.5%38.6%37.2%
SY 2020-2130.0%47.0%31.1%29.9%

Science

26242020-2132202021-2232212022-2336292023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2429.0%49.7%29.4%35.6%
SY 2022-2321.0%42.5%31.6%31.6%
SY 2021-2220.0%37.0%32.5%32.5%
SY 2020-2124.0%41.5%25.9%25.7%

Social Studies

26212020-2129242021-2232162022-2346302023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2430.0%45.5%41.8%45.8%
SY 2022-2316.0%31.5%34.3%32.4%
SY 2021-2224.0%20.5%31.1%28.7%
SY 2020-2121.0%42.5%27.5%26.4%

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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 45.0% mean for Reading at UNIVERSAL ACADEMY?
It means about 45.0 percent of students tested at UNIVERSAL ACADEMY 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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