TSDS PEIMS is the software application for the state's Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). School systems and ESCs promote, validate, and submit their PEIMS data to TEA via TSDS PEIMS. The system also provides reports and access for the current year plus prior four years' collections. PEIMS is the legislatively mandated set of data collected by TEA about public education, including student, staff, course, financial, and organizational information.
How Does TSDS PEIMS Benefit my school system?
- All PEIMS submissions for the current school year are open from the beginning of the school year.
- It allows full PEIMS collection loads by Education Service Center (ESC), school system (Texas school district or charter school) or campus.
- It allows partial data loads, helping you avoid unwanted data changes.
- TSDS PEIMS reports and extensive business validations allows ESCs and school systems to verify that their data is accurate and has fully transitioned from the local Student Information System (SIS) into the PEIMS Data Mart (PDM).
- TSDS PEIMS retains prior year reports and data required for reference by school systems.
- It provides a user-friendly, intuitive navigation for PEIMS submission approvers to approve their PEIMS Submission or request an extension.
PEIMS Expansion
Historically the PEIMS Collection has had four annual submissions: Fall, Mid-Year, Summer, Extended Year. However, in response to evolving data needs, two new submissions were added: PEIMS Attendance and PEIMS Fall Enrollment:
Attendance (ATND) Submission
- TEA created a new PEIMS Six Weeks Attendance Submission beginning in 2025–2026 to collect attendance five additional times per school year, once for each of the first five six-week reporting periods.
- School systems will submit the sixth six weeks and the full-year attendance data through the PEIMS Summer Submission.
- Texas House Bill 2, 89th Legislature mandated TEA to update average daily attendance (ADA) during the year using actual six-week data, not just projections.
- This change ensures more accurate and timely funding adjustments throughout the school year and improves data accuracy by giving districts opportunities to submit attendance earlier rather than waiting for year end.
Fall Enrollment (FAEN) Submission
- The PEIMS Fall Enrollment Submission is a new reporting requirement beginning in the 2026–2027 school year.
- It collects student enrollment and demographic information for:
- All students enrolled on the first Friday in October with their Special Education program determination.
- Students in grades 7–12 enrolled at any time during the school start window (first day of school through the last Friday in September).
- TEA must meet federal reporting deadlines (EDFacts, Perkins, etc.), but prior to the introduction of FAEN, student data wasn’t available early enough — causing federal non-compliance for Texas. Collecting enrollment data earlier enables TEA to report accurate, timely demographic and program data to the U.S. Department of Education.
TSDS PEIMS Resources
- The PEIMS data submissions are based on the Texas Education Data Standards (TEDS) which is based on the national level Ed-Fi standard developed by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. Visit the TEDS page for more information.
- Explore PEIMS calculations on our Tech Tips page and PEIMS promotion logic on our Data Collections Documentation page.
- If you have further questions, please or contact TEA at TSDSdeployment@tea.texas.gov.
School system applications communicate with the IODSs in the Landing Zone which, in turn, feeds the following three systems in the EDW: Unique ID, Core Collection, and TSDS PEIMS. Two EDW systems: Core Collection and TSDS PEIMS in turn feed Other Agency/State/Federal/Public Reporting Systems.