Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies, Port Arthur TX

Original Research by School Decision on Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies

Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies is a charter school serving pre-K through fifth grade in Port Arthur, Texas. It operates as part of the Tekoa Academy of Accelerated Studies STEM School district entity.

The school's recent state testing results show proficiency levels that are substantially below the county midpoint. In math, third-grade proficiency is very low, while fourth grade reaches roughly the middle range, and fifth grade declines again. English language arts proficiency is similarly low across grades three through five. Science testing in fifth grade shows no students meeting proficiency. When averaged across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Jefferson County.

This performance backdrop matters because the school's Texas Education Agency accountability rating fell sharply from an A in the 2022-2023 school year to an F for 2024-2025, publicly reported. In response, the school implemented a formal recovery plan beginning in 2025-2026. The district adopted the state-developed Bluebonnet curriculum to align instruction with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills standards and STAAR assessment requirements, publicly reported. The school added staff capacity, hiring eight teachers and three interventionists to provide individualized support, publicly reported. Family Academic Nights were launched to give parents STAAR preparation resources to use at home, publicly reported.

The student body reflects the Port Arthur area demographics. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high economic need. The enrollment is predominantly Black, with smaller populations of Hispanic and white students. The school serves a small overall population for its grade band, with notably more students in pre-K and kindergarten than in elementary grades three through five.

The school offers boys basketball and a student council. The locale brief and information about Port Arthur's character, growth, and major employment anchors were not available, so readers may want to research those aspects of the community separately.

A parent considering this school should understand that academic proficiency is currently low across the tested grades and subjects, that a major accountability drop triggered a district-wide instructional redesign now underway, and that this is a small, economically under-resourced school population. The recovery plan represents a genuine operational response, but families should monitor how classroom instruction and student outcomes respond over the coming school years.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 37%

School 7% · District 11% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 33% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 32% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 19% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 22% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 23% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolTEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.