Overview

• Spring 2025 STAAR results show statewide reading-language arts scores improved by up to 4 percentage points in key grades, pushing them above pre-pandemic levels.
• Only 43% of students met grade-level math standards, with gains in third and eighth grades offset by declines in fifth and seventh.
• Fort Worth ISD reported subject gains but remains below state averages, faces takeover risk after one campus failed state standards five years running and will double middle-school core instruction next year.
• Houston ISD, now in its second year under state-appointed leadership, sustained or improved performance across all tested grades and outpaced many statewide gains.
• Dallas ISD led district growth with a 4% jump in students meeting standards across grades, while DeSoto ISD recorded 12% and 16% increases in third-grade reading and math respectively.