| Purpose |
| This report provides information on Texas public school kindergarten enrollment and beginning of year assessments. Enrollment in |
| kindergarten is shown for students by race/ethnicity, gender, economically disadvantaged, Emergent Bilingual (EB)/English Learner |
| (EL), and other student programs. Counts are provided of kindergartners who attended Texas public prekindergarten in the same |
| district or school as they enrolled for kindergarten. Additionally, this report provides high-level information on enrolled kindergartners |
| administered an assessment and assessment results. Kindergarten readiness information is provided for all kindergartners and for |
| those kindergartners who attended Texas public prekindergarten the previous school year for eighty or more days. The state level |
| report also compares kindergarten readiness for those kindergartners who were eligible for and attended Texas public prekindergarten |
| the previous school year for one or more days to kindergartners who were eligible for Texas public prekindergarten but did not attend. |
| This report is available at the state level and by individual school districts. |
| Authority for this report comes from the Texas Education Code Sec. 29.1543 for Early Education Reports as follows: The agency |
| shall produce and make available to the public on the agency's Internet website annual district and campus-level reports containing |
| information from the previous school year on early education in school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. A report under |
| this section must contain: |
| (7) the number of students described by Subdivision (6) who attended kindergarten in the district, disaggregated by: |
| (A) whether the student met the kindergarten readiness standard on the reading instrument adopted under Section 28.006; |
| (B) whether the student attended prekindergarten in the district; and |
| (C) the type of prekindergarten the student attended, if applicable; |
| (5) the number of kindergarten students who were enrolled in a prekindergarten program in the previous school year in the same |
| district or school as the district or school in which the student attends kindergarten; |
| Data Elements |
| Data Source |
| Data in this report for Texas public school district kindergarten enrollment come from the Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Public |
| Education Information Management System (PEIMS). Data for kindergarten assessments in Texas public schools come from the |
| Early Childhood Data System (ECDS). In this report, public kindergarten student enrollment is defined as the number of kindergarten |
| enrollees who were reported enrolled as of the Fall Snapshot date (last Friday in October) of each year. Kindergarten assessment |
| data are reported for those kindergartners enrolled as of the Fall Snapshot date who took a beginning of year assessment on the |
| Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. In order to protect student confidentiality, small data numbers in this |
| report are shown as asterisks (*) in data tables and graphed as zeros in charts, but not all zeros in charts represent masked data. |
| Data in this report are updated annually. |
| About the Data |
| Commissioner’s List of |
| Approved Assessment |
| Instruments |
| For information about the Commissioner’s List of Approved Kindergarten Assessment Instruments, see the TEA Early Childhood |
| Education Educator Resources web page: |
| A student is designated as economically disadvantaged if he/she is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or eligible for other public |
| assistance. |
| Economically |
| Disadvantaged |
| Emergent Bilingual (EB)/ |
| English Learner (EL) |
| Military Child |
| A student who is the child of an active duty, injured or killed member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state |
| military forces or a reserved component of the armed forces. |
| Emergent Bilingual (EB)/English Learner (EL) refers to students who have limited English language skills. A student is identified as |
| EB/EL by the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) according to criteria established in the Texas Administrative |
| Code. |
| Homeless |
| Students who are in or who have ever been in the conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) |
| (i.e., in foster care) following an adversary hearing are eligible for free prekindergarten. These students include not only students who |
| are in or who have ever been in DFPS conservatorship but also students who have been adopted or returned to their parents after |
| having been in DFPS conservatorship. |
| Foster Care |
| The Texas Education Code, Section 25.001, adheres to the McKinney-Vento Act’s definition of homeless children and youth. The |
| McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children and youth as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. |
| For more information about homeless students in Texas public schools see: |
| For information about the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments and the TSDS Early Childhood Data System |
| collection of both prekindergarten and kindergarten data, see the TEA website at: |
| A public school district is required to offer a prekindergarten program if it identifies 15 or more eligible students who are at least four |
| years of age by September 1 of the school year. A school district may offer prekindergarten if the district identifies 15 or more eligible |
| children who are at least three years of age. To be eligible to attend a state funded prekindergarten program, the child must meet one of |
| the following prekindergarten eligibility criteria: |
| • is unable to speak and comprehend the English language; |
| • is educationally disadvantaged, which means a student eligible to participate in the national free or reduced-price lunch program; |
| • is homeless; |
| • is the child of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States; |
| • is the child of a member of the armed forces who was injured or killed while on active duty; |
| • is the child of a person eligible for the Star of Texas Award as a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical first responder; or |
| • is or ever has been in foster care. |
| A school district may offer a tuition-based program for an additional half day of prekindergarten classes to those children who are |
| eligible for free prekindergarten classes or half-day and full-day prekindergarten classes to children who are ineligible for free |
| prekindergarten classes. |
| Prekindergarten |
| (PK or PreK) |
| Special education is a program that serves students with disabilities. It provides instructional and related services for eligible students |
| with cognitive, physical, and/or emotional disabilities. |
| Special Education |
| Calculated Data Elements |
| Race/ethnicity is one of the demographic characteristics reported for each student at the time of enrollment. |
| The categories used in this report are described in the PEIMS Data Standards as: |
| • Asian - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, |
| including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and |
| Vietnam. |
| • Hispanic/Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or |
| origin, regardless of race. |
| • American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South |
| America (including Central America), and who maintains a tribal affiliation or community attachment. |
| • White - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. |
| • Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (NH/PI) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, |
| Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. |
| • Two or more races - A person having origins in any two, or more than two, non-Hispanic racial categories, e.g., Black or |
| African American and White. |
| • Other - In the district report, a person belonging to either Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hawaiian/Other Pacific |
| Islander or two or more races racial categories. |
| Race/Ethnicity |
| The number of students enrolled in kindergarten in the Texas public school system as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in |
| October of each year). Kindergarten enrollment of all ages includes any student served by a public school district including charter |
| schools but not including the Texas School for the Deaf, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, or the Texas Juvenile Justice |
| Department (TJJD) schools. |
| Total Students Enrolled |
| or All Kindergartners |
| The percentage of All Kindergartners who attended prekindergarten in the previous year or belong to a particular race/ethnicity or |
| subpopulation. |
| Percentage (%) |
| Enrolled |
| Students Assessed |
| The number of kindergartners enrolled in the Texas public school system as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in October of each |
| year) who were administered, at the beginning of year (BOY) administration, an assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved |
| Assessment Instruments. Students may take multiple assessments. |
| The percentage of all kindergartners who were administered, at the beginning of year (BOY) administration, an assessment on the |
| Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) |
| Assessed |
| The number of Students Assessed who were Prek Eligible and attended Texas public prekindergarten the prior year for one or more |
| days. |
| Assessed Students who |
| were PreK Eligible and |
| Attended PreK |
| The number of kindergartners enrolled in the Texas public school system as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in October of |
| each year) who were administered, at the beginning of year (BOY) administration, an assessment on the Commissioner’s List of |
| Approved Assessment Instruments. Students may take multiple assessments. Kindergarten students are determined to have been |
| eligible for prekindergarten the prior year if they were reported through PEIMS their kindergarten year as economically disadvantaged, as |
| an Emergent Bilingual (EB)/English Learner (EL), in foster care, homeless, or as a qualifying military child. |
| Kindergarten students who did not attend public prekindergarten are determined to have been eligible for prekindergarten the prior year if |
| they were reported through PEIMS their kindergarten year as economically disadvantaged, as an Emergent Bilingual (EB)/English |
| Learner (EL), in foster care, homeless, or as a qualifying military child. |
| Students Assessed who |
| were PreK Eligible |
| The number of Students Assessed who were Prek Eligible and did not attend Texas public prekindergarten the prior year. |
| Assessed Students who |
| were PreK Eligible and |
| Did Not Attend PreK |
| Assessed Students who |
| were Not PreK Eligible |
| The number of kindergartners enrolled in the Texas public school system as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in October of |
| each year) who were not eligible for Texas public prekindergarten the prior year and who were administered, at the beginning of year |
| (BOY) administration, an assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. Students may take |
| multiple assessments. |
| The percentage of all kindergartners who were not reported by a Texas public school district or school reporting assessments, for the |
| beginning of year administration, on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) of |
| Students Not Assessed |
| The number of Students Assessed who met the criteria for a particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment |
| Instruments. Kindergarten readiness for each assessment is assessed differently across multiple assessment domains with varying |
| benchmarks/cut-off scores of readiness. A student must pass all required assessment domains to be considered kindergarten ready. |
| Readiness is based on literacy assessment only and does not provide comprehensive information on student readiness across important |
| developmental domains. For information about the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments, see the TEA Early |
| Childhood Education Educator Resources web page: |
| The percentage of Students Assessed who met the criteria for a particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved |
| Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) |
| Kindergarten Ready |
| Kindergarten Ready |
| The percentage of Students Assessed who did not meet the cut-off score for a particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List of |
| Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) Not |
| Kindergarten Ready |
| The change in Kindergarten Ready Students is the percentage point difference calculated as percentage of kindergarten ready students in |
| the current year minus percentage of kindergarten ready students in the previous year. |
| Note: Due to changes in the TX-KEA Kindergarten Readiness scoring methodology for the 2022-23 school year, kindergarten readiness |
| scores may not be directly comparable to prior years. |
| Change in Kindergarten |
| Ready Students |
| The change in Students Assessed is the percentage point difference calculated as percentage of students assessed in the current year |
| minus percentage of students assessed in the previous year. |
| Change in Students |
| Assessed |
| Percentage (%) |
| PreK Eligible & Attended |
| PreK |
| The percentage of kindergartners who were eligible for Texas public prekindergarten the prior year, attended Texas public |
| prekindergarten the prior year for one or more days, and met or exceeded the cut-off score for a particular assessment on the |
| Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) |
| PreK Eligible & Did Not |
| Attend PreK |
| The percentage of kindergartners who were eligible for Texas public prekindergarten the prior year, did not attend Texas public |
| prekindergarten the prior year, and met or exceeded the cut-off score for a particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List of |
| Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| The percentage of kindergartners who were eligible for Texas public prekindergarten the prior year who met the criteria for a particular |
| assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) |
| Total Eligible |
| Kindergarten Ready |
| Students Assessed who |
| Attended Texas Public |
| PreK for 80 or More |
| Days |
| The number of students enrolled in kindergarten in the Texas public school system as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in |
| October of each year) who were four years old as of September 1 the previous year and enrolled in a Texas Public Prekindergarten |
| program as of the Fall Snapshot date the previous year. |
| The number of kindergarten Students Enrolled who Attended Texas Public PreK for 80 or More Days who took a beginning of year |
| assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| The number of students enrolled in kindergarten in the Texas public school system as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in |
| October of each year) who were four years old as of September 1 the previous year and enrolled in a Texas Public Prekindergarten |
| program as of the Fall Snapshot date the previous year in the same district or same school as they enrolled in kindergarten. |
| Students Enrolled who |
| Attended Texas Public |
| PreK in the Same |
| District or School |
| The number of students enrolled in kindergarten in the Texas public school system as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in |
| October of each year) who were four years old as of September 1 the previous year, enrolled in a Texas Public Prekindergarten program |
| as of the Fall Snapshot date the previous year and attended a Texas Public Prekindergarten half-day or full-day program the previous year |
| for 80 or more days. |
| Students Enrolled who |
| Attended Texas Public |
| PreK for 80 or More |
| Days |
| Students Enrolled who |
| Attended Texas Public |
| PreK |
| The percentage of all Districts Reporting Assessment results for a particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved |
| Assessment Instruments for the beginning of year administration, e.g., percentage of all districts who reported The Texas Kindergarten |
| Entry Assessment (TX-KEA). |
| Percentage (%) of |
| Districts (or Schools) |
| Reporting Assessments |
| The number of districts (or schools) with enrolled kindergartners as of the Fall Snapshot date (the last Friday in October of each year) and |
| reported results for at least one assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments for the beginning of year |
| administration. |
| Districts (or Schools) |
| Reporting Assessments |
| The percentage of kindergarten Students Assessed who Attended Texas Public PreK for 80 or More Days who met the criteria for a |
| particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) |
| Kindergarten Ready who |
| Attended Texas Public |
| PreK for 80 or More |
| Days |
| The percentage of kindergarten Students Enrolled who Attended Texas Public PreK for 80 or More Days and who took a beginning of year |
| assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments. |
| Percentage (%) of |
| Students Assessed who |
| Attended Texas Public |
| PreK for 80 or More |
| Days |
| The percentage of Students Assessed who took a particular assessment, e.g., The Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment (TX-KEA), |
| on the Commissioner’s List of Approved Assessment Instruments and met the criteria for a particular assessment. |
| Enrolled kindergartners who are provided fewer than two hours of instruction each school day. |
| Not in Membership |
| Enrolled kindergartners who are provided instruction for at least two hours but fewer than four hours each school day. |
| Half-Day Students |
| Enrolled kindergartners who are provided instruction for at least four hours each school day. |
| Full-Day Students |
| Percentage (%) |
| Kindergarten Ready by |
| Readiness Assessment |
| At the state level, the percentage of all Students Assessed who took a particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List of Approved |
| Assessment Instruments, e.g., percentage of assessed students who took The Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment (TX-KEA). At the |
| district level, the percentage of all enrolled students who took a particular assessment on the Commissioner’s List. |
| Percentage (%) of |
| Students Assessed by |
| Readiness Assessment |