Who's thriving?
Every arts program's retention and growth over the last five years, by campus and content area.
Your arts data tells a story. Make it impossible to ignore.
The Cadenza Data Suite transforms years of enrollment, retention, and achievement data into a clear picture of every campus, so administrators know where to put their time, focus, and money, and can show the return on every investment.
Every demo runs on Demo ISD, a sample district.
Demo ISD
Sample data
Unique Fine Arts students
17,001
18% from 14,446
Seats filled
23,237
About 7 in 10 secondary
Secondary seats by program
23,237seats
Visual Arts42.1%
Band16.8%
Theatre15.1%
Dance12.4%
Choir6.4%
Orchestra6.1%
General Music1.1%
Year-to-year retention
70%
Up from 63% in 2023–24
Compare
Every program against the district average
By campus, grade, and content area
Performing arts retention by program, 2026–27
Bars show 2026–27. Change is in percentage points since 2023–24. Average of campus rates. See every program at every campus, year by year.
Bandno change since 2023–24 81%
Orchestra+11 pts since 2023–24 76%
Dance+7 pts since 2023–24 66%
Choir+14 pts since 2023–24 62%
Theatre+16 pts since 2023–24 61%
Students entered
938
2026–27 auditions
Advanced
547
58% of those who entered
EnteredMade All-Region
Track students entered and students selected, year over year.
K–12 market share
84.1%
of students take Fine Arts
Secondary market share
70.7%
of students in grades 6–12
High school (9–12)61.0%
Middle school (6–8)83.6%
Elementary (K–5)100%
What the data says
Let the numbers tell your story.
Numbers like these let administrators show the return on their district's investment in the arts. The Data Suite puts them in front of you for your own district.
17 of 22
Cadenza districts raised their share of First Division ratings in Concert, Sight-Reading, and Marching over the past decade.
Demo ISD · Sample data
70.7%
of secondary students take a Fine Arts course.
Demo ISD · Sample data
92.5%
average attendance for Fine Arts students, compared with 90.5% for other secondary students.
Demo ISD · Sample data
97.9%
graduation rate for seniors in Fine Arts, compared with 95.7% for other seniors.
About this data
"17 of 22": Cadenza analysis of public contest results for the same schools, spring seasons 2014–2016 vs. 2023–2025 (2020–22 pandemic seasons omitted). Figures are totals; no student or single district is identified. "Cadenza districts" are client districts with data in Cadenza's analyses. The other three figures come from Demo ISD, a synthetic sample district: enrollment for 2026–27, attendance and graduation for 2025–26. They show what the Data Suite reports, not results from real students. All figures are descriptive associations and do not show that Fine Arts or Cadenza caused them.
The Fine Arts journey Demo ISD · Sample data
See where your students start, and how long they stay.
In Demo ISD, our sample district, 88.5% of sixth graders take a Fine Arts course, and 7 in 10 of them stay for four or more years. The Data Suite shows you the same picture for your own students, campus by campus.
88.5%
of Demo ISD sixth graders take a Fine Arts course
Students begin their secondary years already in the arts (2026–27).
7 in 10
stay in Fine Arts for four or more years
Among Demo ISD sixth graders who started in Fine Arts in 2022–23, 7 in 10 kept going.
Demo ISD is a synthetic sample district. These figures show what the Data Suite reports; they are not results from real students.
Return on investment
Show the return on every arts dollar.
The Cadenza Data Suite helps leaders connect the dots between spending and outcomes through:
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Engagement
Growth, retention, and market share by campus, grade, and content area.
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Achievement
In-depth individual and ensemble assessment analysis.
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Measurement
Clear, credible evidence for your board, your cabinet, and your community.
Show your board what the arts return: engagement and achievement by program and campus, in one clear story.
See how in a demoInside the Data Suite
Answers to the questions district leaders will ask.
As Fine Arts administrators, we know what our programs do for kids. But school systems don't always reward great ideas on their own merits. You need deep, longitudinal data.
Who needs support?
Every teacher's student retention rate and how far it sits from the district average.
How do you prove your needs?
Fine Arts' market share across every grade, campus, and content area, ready for bond and budget conversations.
Where are your strengths?
Audition success ratios and percentile ranks by district, campus, and instrument or voice, plus a decade of achievement and assessment ratings.
What's your ROI?
How do your interventions translate into measurable change?
See the Data Suite in action with a sample district.
New · Cadenza Chat
What if you could just ask?
Ask Cadenza Chat anything about your Fine Arts programs, and get clear answers with data you can act on. Let your curiosity lead the way.
"Do our dance students have better attendance than their classmates?"
Compare Fine Arts students with their classmates on attendance, STAAR and graduation, by program, campus or grade.
"If current trends continue, where is High School Theatre enrollment headed?"
See where enrollment may go over the next five years, based on your district's own history.
"What factors are most associated with 8th to 9th grade retention in music?"
Find the patterns worth a closer look across enrollment, Concert, Sight Reading, Region Marching, and All-Region results, and district data.
Do our dance students have better attendance than their classmates?
In 2025-26, Demo ISD dance students averaged 92.8% attendance, compared with 91.6% for their classmates.
Your data stays yours.
Cadenza Chat runs inside Google Cloud and answers only from your district's own data. Staff sign in with their district Google account, and only people your district authorizes can use it. Under Google Cloud's terms, your data is not used to train AI models. Read our privacy practices.
Available today for Data Suite districts as an add-on, and for all Cadenza districts starting in the 2027-28 school year. Let your curiosity be your guide.
See Cadenza Chat in a demoPrivacy and data security
Your students' data stays protected.
District data reaches us only under a signed agreement with your district, and that agreement always comes first.
A school official under FERPA
Cadenza acts as a school official under FERPA and follows Texas Education Code Chapter 32.
Secure in Google Cloud
Each district's data has its own space in Google Cloud in the United States, encrypted in transit and at rest.
Only the staff you choose
Only staff your district authorizes can see the data, through your district's Google sign-in. Our data template leaves out student names, birthdates and addresses.
Never sold or shared
We use your data only to serve your district. We never sell it, use it for advertising or AI training, or combine it with another district's data. When service ends, we delete it and confirm in writing.
What our clients say
“Cadenza gives us the evidence to tell our story. It has strengthened our ability to advocate not only for our programs, but for the resources and positions needed to grow them.”
“Cadenza has made me so much more effective in supporting our students and teachers. It's no longer my opinion or comparable information from neighboring districts I present, but actual longitudinal data from our district which cannot be ignored.”
“Cadenza has provided us with the immensely important tools that allow us to make the best data driven decisions for our students and teachers. As a client, we have accessed efficiency of effort that has allowed us to support our programs at whole new levels.”
“Cadenza is the long awaited tool that supports fine arts programming through evidence based data. It is a story teller that creates smart goals, identifies teacher growth measures, and unveils core components that support and drive the Fine Arts vision for Arts leaders and Superintendents.”
Measure what matters.
See how the Data Suite can tell your district's arts story, and its return on investment, in 30 minutes.