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TEA Unveils Two Years of A–F School Ratings, Shows Statewide Improvement and Potential Takeovers

Long-awaited ratings halve the share of F campuses, placing four districts at risk of takeover under state law.

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Students attend virtual classes in Tomball during the pandemic. 

Overview

  • The Texas Education Agency released 2023–24 and 2024–25 A–F ratings for more than 9,000 campuses and 1,200 districts after a court cleared the scores for publication.
  • Statewide F-rated campuses dropped from 8% to 4%, marking the lowest failure rate since 2019, while 24% of districts and 31% of campuses saw their grades improve.
  • Beaumont, Connally, Wichita Falls and Lake Worth districts each have at least one campus with five consecutive F ratings, triggering mandatory state intervention procedures.
  • Houston ISD reported zero F-rated campuses in 2025 and increased its A- and B-rated schools from 93 to 197 following state-oversight reforms.
  • Arlington ISD plans to appeal its accountability ratings, alleging AI-based STAAR scoring errors excluded results from over 4,000 human-rescored tests.