SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Education Agency released its grades for each school and school district in the state for the 2022-23 academic year on Thursday morning.
The A-F ratings take into account standardized testing scores, graduation rates, and college, career and military readiness. The grades, the release of which was delayed by a lawsuit, show Bexar County schools struggled more compared to the rest of the state.
The grades have been delayed about two years. According to the Texas Tribune, more than 120 Texas school districts sued TEA in hopes that these rankings would be blocked from being made public.
The districts claimed in the lawsuit that TEA “had not given them enough notice before introducing stricter college readiness standards.”
However, a state appeals court ruling earlier this month cleared the way for the TEA to release its 2022-23 ratings.
Coincidentally, TEA said it is unable to release its grades for the 2023-24 academic year sooner because of a “separate, ongoing lawsuit.” The agency said grades for the 2024-25 school year are expected to be released in August.
As for 2022-23, that year’s grades were calculated differently to more “accurately reflect performance,” TEA said in a statement.
BEXAR V. TEXAS
Local schools are struggling more than Texas schools as a whole.
Statewide, 21% of schools received a D or F rating. In Bexar County, the number is 32% — 186 campuses.
YEAR-TO-YEAR
Here is a list of some San Antonio-area school districts with their TEA 2022-23 grade compared to their grade issued for the 2021-22 academic year.
Since the 2022-23 rating standards are different, it can be hard to compare the year-to-year change. However, the TEA rating website also includes a “what if” grade for each school or district in 2021-22, which shows what their grade would have been under the new standards.
- Alamo Heights ISD — 2022-23 grade: 88 (B); 2021-22 grade: 91 (A)
- Boerne ISD — 2022-23 grade: 91 (A); 2021-22 grade: 94 (A)
- Comal ISD — 2022-23 grade: 85 (B); 2021-22 grade: 93 (A)
- East Central ISD — 2022-23 grade: 64 (D); 2021-22 grade: 68 (not rated)
- Edgewood ISD — 2022-23 grade: 63 (D); 2021-22 grade: 70 (C)
- Harlandale ISD — 2022-23 grade: 68 (D); 2021-22 grade: 83 (B)
- Judson ISD — 2022-23 grade: 69 (D); 2021-22 grade: 81 (B)
- Lackland ISD — 2022-23 grade: 82 (B); 2021-22 grade: 81 (B)
- Medina Valley ISD — 2022-23 grade: 87 (B); 2021-22 grade: 95 (A)
- North East ISD — 2022-23 grade: 78 (C); 2021-22 grade: 89 (B)
- Northside ISD — 2022-23 grade: 77 (C); 2021-22 grade: 84 (B)
- Randolph Field ISD — 2022-23 grade: 88 (B); 2021-22 grade: 95 (A)
- San Antonio ISD — 2022-23 grade: 70 (C); 2021-22 grade: 85 (B)
- Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD — 2022-23 grade: 83 (B); 2021-22 grade: 87 (B)
- Somerset ISD — 2022-23 grade: 86 (B); 2021-22 grade: 90 (A)
- South San Antonio ISD — 2022-23 grade: 60 (D); 2021-22: 72 (C)
- Southside ISD — 2022-23 grade: 78 (C); 2021-22 grade: 88 (B)
- Southwest ISD — 2022-23 grade: 75 (C); 2021-22 grade: 86 (B)
“Every Texas family deserves a clear view of school performance, and now those families finally have access to data they should have received two years ago,” Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath’s statement read, in part. “Transparency drives progress, and when that transparency is blocked, students pay the price.”
The ratings won’t be final until August, after schools have had a chance to appeal them. A TEA spokesman said that’s around the same time the agency hopes to release the 2025 ratings.
To find any Texas school or school district’s grade, click here.
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