Education
BY WESLEY GARDNER
HISD touts zero failing campuses in state’s A-F accountability ratings
Some context
Elementary and middle school ratings are largely based on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, which students begin taking in third grade. High school ratings are based on the STAAR and how well students are prepared for success after graduation. State law requires that annual A-F ratings be issued by Aug. 15 of each year; however, the 2024 ratings were blocked for nearly one year after 33 school districts sued the TEA last August, arguing that the agency made it “mathematically impossi- ble” for some schools to earn a high score. Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals ruled in July that the 2024 ratings could be released, which were issued alongside the 2025 ratings. “Millions of dollars and thousands of hours of work by teachers, administrators and experts have been invested in creating the A-F ratings system; courts can decide only whether it is legal, not whether it is wise or fair, much less commandeer the job of running it,” Chief Justice Scott Brister said.
Houston ISD received a C for the 2023-24 school year and a B for the 2024-25 school year in the Texas Education Agency’s accountability ratings for school districts statewide. The ratings were released Aug. 15 after a legal battle that began nearly two years prior. Texas schools are rated on an A-F scale based on three different categories—student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps. HISD received 79 out of 100 points for 2023-24 and 82 out of 100 points for 2024-25, TEA data shows. The improvement marks a 10-point jump from the district’s score of 72 for the 2022-23 school year, TEA data shows. In June 2023, the TEA appointed HISD Superintendent Mike Miles and a board of managers to lead the district after Wheatley High School posted five consecutive failing grades in the ratings.
Houston ISD campus A-F scores
2023-24
2024-25
124
109
73
59
53 54
29
18
11
0
F
B
C
A
D
Rating
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Put in perspective
Statewide district performance
2024-25
2023-24
Across the state, most school districts and campuses maintained or improved their A-F ratings between the 2023-24 and the 2024-25 school years. Of Texas’ 1,208 school districts, 24% received a higher rating, while 64% kept the same rating and 12% received a lower rating, TEA data shows.
TEA data shows that in HISD for the 2024-25 school year, 73 campuses earned an A, 124 earned a B, 54 earned a C and 18 earned a D. None earned an F. “We have 80,000 more students attending A and B schools this year than there were a few years ago,” Miles said. “The kids have done remarkably well.”
A: 23% B: 33% C: 24% D: 10% F: 4% Not rated: 6%
A: 18% B: 31% C: 25% D: 14% F: 8% Not rated: 6%
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