Summary:
This analysis focuses on a single middle school, Tekoa Academy Of Accelerated Studies, located in Port Arthur, TX, serving grades 6 through 8 with a very small enrollment of 46 students under the Tekoa Academy Of Accelerated Studies Stem School district.
Tekoa Academy Of Accelerated Studies is a remarkable turnaround story. After ranking in the bottom 5% of Texas middle schools in 2024-2025 (0 stars), the school soared to the 88th percentile in 2025-2026 (4 stars), a jump of over 1,940 places. This dramatic improvement is most evident in math, where the school now significantly outperforms state averages: 7th-grade math proficiency (66.67%) is more than double the state average (29.41%), and 8th-grade math (83.33%) nearly doubles the state average (47.24%). The 8th-grade cohort showed the most dramatic gains, with reading proficiency jumping from 41.18% to 83.33% and math from 11.76% to 83.33% in a single year. The school maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1 and a 0.0% dropout rate, despite serving a highly economically disadvantaged population (80.43% free/reduced lunch).
However, the 6th grade remains a relative weak link, with reading proficiency (50%) slightly below the state average (53.52%), suggesting the school's new strategies may be more effective for returning students than incoming ones. The 2024-2025 "crisis" year saw alarmingly low scores across all subjects, with many in the single digits, making the subsequent recovery unprecedented. Overall, Tekoa Academy Of Accelerated Studies is a compelling case of rapid school improvement, particularly in mathematics, validating its STEM focus. The key question for parents is whether the school can sustain this high performance and bring its 6th-grade scores up to the level of its 7th and 8th graders.
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