Houston ISD reports ‘remarkable transformation’ in forthcoming state accountability ratings for 2024-25

When the Texas Education Agency releases its A-F ratings next week for schools across the state, HISD leaders say the district will have no F-rated campuses and 18 D-rated schools. Two years earlier, HISD had 121 schools with D or F grades.

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A state appeals court has ruled the Texas Education Agency can release its 2024 ratings of the state’s school districts, overturning a previous ruling in a legal battle that has stretched nearly two years.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/07/09/526011/texas-education-agency-to-release-schools-2024-performance-ratings-after-court-ruling/

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Texas Education Agency to release schools’ 2024 performance ratings after court ruling

An appeals court granted the state approval to release the ratings after doing the same for 2023 scores in April.

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Houston ISD gets C grade from TEA in delayed release of 2022-23 accountability ratings

In ratings that were withheld because of a lawsuit filed by school districts from across the state, HISD received a 72 from the Texas Education Agency, down from an 88 for the 2021-22 school year. Many other Houston-area districts also saw their scores drop.

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Texas Education Agency cleared to release 2023 school accountability ratings, appeals court rules

A judge had blocked the release of the state’s 2023 school ratings after a lawsuit from more than 120 Texas school districts.

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Houston ISD reports big gains for some schools while releasing unofficial accountability ratings

Hilliard, Hobby and Wainwright elementary schools improved their ratings from F to A and were "probably" the only campuses in Texas to achieve that feat, according to HISD Superintendent Mike Miles.

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Houston ISD reports improved accountability ratings ahead of official release by TEA

The number of D- and F-rated HISD campuses decreased from 121 to 41 during the first year of the state takeover, according to Superintendent Mike Miles, who said the number of A and B schools increased from 93 to 170.

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At least 52 schools in the Houston Independent School District would've received F ratings under the Texas Education Agency's accountability rating system, data shows. 59 others would've landed D ratings.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2023/12/06/471575/nearly-half-of-houston-isds-campuses-wouldve-received-failing-accountability-scores-superintendent-says/

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Nearly half of Houston ISD’s campuses would’ve received failing accountability scores, superintendent says

A judge in October blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing accountability ratings after deeming its new ratings system unlawful.

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Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency temporarily blocked from revising school rating system

More than 100 school districts signed on to a lawsuit alleging the new standards set districts up to fail. The new standards applied to students who graduated in 2022, before the districts knew about the change.

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Mike Morath, Texas Education Agency temporarily blocked from revising school rating system

More than 100 school districts signed on to a lawsuit alleging the new standards set districts up to fail. The new standards applied to students who graduated in 2022, before the districts knew about the change.

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