Education
BY JAMES T. NORMAN CONTRIBUTIONS BY HANNAH NORTON & CHLOE YOUNG
Clear Creek ISD receives B in latest 2024-25 accountability ratings
Zooming out
Across the state, 24% of the state’s 1,208 school districts received a higher score in 2024-25 compared to 2023-24, TEA data shows. Meanwhile, 64% kept the same rating and 12% received a lower rating. Of the state’s 9,084 campuses, 31% received a higher grade, while 55% received the same grade and 15% received a lower grade, according to the data. Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath said issuing annual A-F ratings helps “our students do better academically,” adding that while the TEA won the two lawsuits challenging the school accountability system, “the parents lost.” “Telling a parent today how well their school did in 2024 doesn’t help them with the supports they need to provide their kid [now],” he told reporters at a press conference Aug. 14. “It is great now to have this tool back to help support our families [and] also support our educators.” Scores for both individual campuses and districts are accessible through the TEA at www.txschools.gov.
Clear Creek ISD scored an 86, or a B, in the state’s annual A-F accountability ratings across both the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, according to new data released by the Texas Education Agency. The TEA released the scores following a nearly two-year legal battle between the state and roughly three dozen school districts that sued over the efficacy of changes the state made to the way it calculates the scores. CCISD’s score means the district will retain its letter grade, which has been a B since at least the 2021-22 school year. An 86 is an improvement over the past two years, data shows. CCISD has more than 39,500 students enrolled, according to the TEA. Nearly 36% of the district is considered economically disadvantaged, while more than 16% are considered special education.
Clear Creek ISD campus A-F scores
2023-24
2024-25
26
22
16
10
8
6
0 0 D
0 0 F
A
C
B
Rating
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Diving in deeper
Statewide district performance
categories, according to the data. Of the district’s 46 schools, 44 received an individual score, according to the TEA. Those that didn’t were the district’s Clear Path Alternative School, and the Harris County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program, or JJAEP. All but six of the district’s schools received an A or a B, including all seven of the district’s traditional high schools, according to the data.
According to the TEA, the scores are broken down into three categories: student achieve- ment, which looks at student performance on state tests and graduation rates; school progress, which tracks how students perform over time; and closing the gaps, which looks at how individ- ual groups are performing. Those three categories are also scored on a 100-point scale. CCISD improved its score in all three
2023-24
2024-25
A: 18% B: 31% C: 25% D: 14% F: 8% Not rated: 6%
A: 23% B: 33% C: 24% D: 10% F: 4% Not rated: 6%
NOTE: PERCENTAGES MAY NOT ADD UP TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING. SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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