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If you had an hour of school board time for YWLA AT BILL ARNOLD, what would you bring up?
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Reading
N/A
State avg 53.3%
District avg 46.9%
County avg 50.4%
District avg 46.9%
County avg 50.4%
Test scores
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STAAR, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Meets Grade Level or Above.Mathematics
71.0%
State avg 43.3%
District avg 40.7%
County avg 42.0%
+55.0pp since 2020-21
District avg 40.7%
County avg 42.0%
+55.0pp since 2020-21
Science
N/A
State avg 39.5%
District avg 31.7%
County avg 33.7%
District avg 31.7%
County avg 33.7%
Social Studies
100.0%
State avg 45.1%
District avg 45.5%
County avg 42.9%
+86.0pp since 2020-21
District avg 45.5%
County avg 42.9%
+86.0pp since 2020-21
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level and about 100 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 43 and 45. Math scores are up about 55 points since 2020, while social studies scores are up about 86 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 2024-25
Share of tested students at each STAAR level.Mathematics
| Grade | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All grades | 0.0% | 71.0% | 29.0% | 0.0% |
Social Studies
| Grade | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All grades | 67.0% | 33.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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.
5-year history
All grades, all students. YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Texas avgReading
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | N/A | 46.9% | 50.4% | 53.3% |
| SY 2023-24 | 37.0% | 46.2% | 47.7% | 51.8% |
| SY 2022-23 | 37.0% | 43.8% | 43.2% | 42.0% |
| SY 2021-22 | 41.0% | 44.2% | 42.3% | 41.8% |
| SY 2020-21 | 30.0% | 34.1% | 33.7% | 30.6% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 71.0% | 40.7% | 42.0% | 43.3% |
| SY 2023-24 | 20.0% | 38.4% | 40.1% | 42.0% |
| SY 2022-23 | 22.0% | 41.0% | 42.0% | 39.4% |
| SY 2021-22 | 21.0% | 39.7% | 38.6% | 37.2% |
| SY 2020-21 | 16.0% | 30.5% | 31.1% | 29.9% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | N/A | 31.7% | 33.7% | 39.5% |
| SY 2023-24 | 17.0% | 26.4% | 29.4% | 35.6% |
| SY 2022-23 | 24.0% | 29.0% | 31.6% | 31.6% |
| SY 2021-22 | 38.0% | 34.9% | 32.5% | 32.5% |
| SY 2020-21 | 32.0% | 28.7% | 25.9% | 25.7% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 100.0% | 45.5% | 42.9% | 45.1% |
| SY 2023-24 | 15.0% | 38.3% | 41.8% | 45.8% |
| SY 2022-23 | 7.0% | 31.0% | 34.3% | 32.4% |
| SY 2021-22 | 15.0% | 27.1% | 31.1% | 28.7% |
| SY 2020-21 | 14.0% | 22.5% | 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.
How should I read a single score?
Each percent represents the share of tested students who performed at grade level or above. Compare the school number against the state, district, and county averages on this page to see whether it is above or below typical.
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.