NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – The latest Texas Education Agency ratings show several major San Antonio-area school districts are still facing academic performance challenges.
The state ratings, released Friday morning, are intended to measure how districts and campuses are performing across three areas: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps.
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath attended New Braunfels ISD’s Oak Run Middle School for a news conference on the release of the ratings.
Morath discussed the reason why the agency releases public accountability ratings.
“Why do we give kids grades in school? This is the ability for us to monitor progress, to have a signal so that we know exactly how well our schools are doing,” Morath said.
Morath also said the public rating system has had a positive impact on students.
“The system has actually been studied,” Morath said. “Researchers looked at Texas schools and Texas schoolchildren, and they found that because we provide public ratings of our schools, our students do better.”
The categories look at factors such as academic outcomes, year-to-year growth and how well schools are serving different student groups.
Here’s how the top districts in the San Antonio area performed in the 2025-26 ratings:
- San Antonio ISD:
- Overall: C
- Student achievement: C
- School progress: C
- Closing the gaps: C
- 2024-25: C
- North East ISD:
- Overall: B
- Student achievement: C
- School progress: B
- Closing the gaps: B
- 2024-25: C
- Northside ISD:
- Overall: C
- Student achievement: C
- School progress: C
- Closing the gaps: C
- 2024-25: C
- Alamo Heights ISD
- Overall: B
- Student achievement: A
- School progress: B
- Closing the gaps: B
- 2024-25: B
- Boerne ISD:
- Overall: A
- Student achievement: A
- School progress: B
- Closing the gaps: A
- 2024-25: A
- Comal ISD:
- Overall: B
- Student achievement: B
- School progress: B
- Closing the gaps: B
- 2024-25: B
- East Central ISD:
- Overall: C
- Student achievement: C
- School progress: C
- Closing the gaps: C
- 2024-25: C
- Harlandale ISD:
- Overall: C
- Student achievement: D
- School progress: C
- Closing the gaps: C
- 2024-25: D
- Judson ISD:
- Overall: C
- Student achievement: C
- School progress: C
- Closing the gaps: D
- 2024-25: D
- Somerset ISD:
- Overall: B
- Student achievement: B
- School progress: A
- Closing the gaps: B
- 2024-25: B
- South San Antonio ISD:
- Overall: C
- Student achievement: D
- School progress: C
- Closing the gaps: C
- 2024-25: D
The ratings offer one snapshot of school performance and are used by the state to identify campuses and districts that may need additional support or intervention.
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