San Antonio, TX, August 16, 2025
News Summary
The Texas Education Agency has unveiled accountability ratings for school districts in the San Antonio area, highlighting varied performance across multiple districts. This follows legal disputes over the TEA’s evaluation criteria that have sparked concern. Notably, 20% of local campuses received failing grades, with several districts, including Judson ISD, showing declines in ratings. The data reflects the challenges and improvements districts are facing in meeting state educational standards, emphasizing the necessity for continued progress in the region’s schools.
San Antonio – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released its accountability ratings for the 2024 and 2025 school years, revealing a mixed performance among school districts in the San Antonio area. This data comes after a contentious legal backdrop regarding the TEA’s accountability system, which has faced challenges from various districts.
The TEA did not publish accountability ratings during 2020 and 2021 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. While ratings were provided in 2022, they were limited to letter grades ranging from A to C. The 2023 ratings introduced significant changes to the assessment system, resulting in stricter criteria for achieving top ratings, which prompted several districts to file legal challenges on grounds of insufficient preparation time. Nevertheless, a judge upheld the TEA’s right to release the ratings for both 2023 and 2024.
Overall, the performance ratings for San Antonio area districts for the years 2024 and 2025 were similar, with some districts showing improvement compared to the previous ratings. The 2023 ratings, which indicated a decline from 2019’s measurements, were released in April 2023. Compared to the state average, which saw 80% of districts rated C or higher, only 71% of districts in the San Antonio area achieved this threshold. Furthermore, over 20% of local campuses received failing grades.
The accountability ratings for San Antonio-area districts from 2019 through 2025 include:
- SAISD: 2019: B (83), 2023: C (70), 2024: C (69), 2025: C (72)
- North East ISD: 2019: B (89), 2023: C (78), 2024: C (78), 2025: C (78)
- Northside ISD: 2019: B (87), 2023: C (77), 2024: C (76), 2025: C (75)
- Judson ISD: 2019: B (83), 2023: D (69), 2024: D (70), 2025: D (69)
- Southwest ISD: 2019: B (82), 2023: C (75), 2024: C (72), 2025: C (77)
- South San ISD: 2019: C (77), 2023: D (60), 2024: D (69), 2025: D (65)
- Comal ISD: 2019: A (92), 2023: B (85), 2024: B (86), 2025: B (87)
- Alamo Heights ISD: 2019: A (91), 2023: B (88), 2024: B (87), 2025: B (87)
- Boerne ISD: 2019: A (94), 2023: A (91), 2024: A (91), 2025: A (92)
The TEA’s accountability system evaluates schools based on three key categories: student achievement, school progress, and closing the gaps, with the first two areas together comprising 70% of a district’s rating. One noteworthy change in 2023 was an increase in the requirement for high schools to achieve an A rating concerning college graduation rates, rising from 60% to 88%.
In the most recent results from 2025, 115 out of over 500 schools examined received a D or F rating, marking an improvement from the 154 failing schools in the prior year. However, six districts in the area, including Northside ISD and Judson ISD, reported campuses that received failing grades. Despite maintaining the same score and letter grade over three years, North East ISD had fewer F-rated campuses. Meanwhile, Judson ISD, which has been dealing with a budget deficit, is now prioritizing funding improvements for classrooms.
The East Central ISD showed the most significant percentage increase in ratings from 2023 to 2025, reflecting targeted efforts to enhance educational outcomes.
Overall, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath underscored that the A–F rating system aims to provide clear evaluation metrics that benefit stakeholders and foster accountability in the educational sector.
This year’s ratings continue to emphasize the importance of ongoing improvements within the San Antonio school districts to better serve students and meet state educational standards.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- What are the accountability ratings based on? The accountability ratings evaluate schools on student achievement, school progress, and closing the gaps, with student achievement and school progress comprising 70% of the overall ratings.
- Why were ratings not published in 2020 and 2021? The TEA did not release accountability ratings during these years due to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- How do San Antonio area schools perform compared to the state average? Only 71% of districts in the San Antonio area earned a grade of C or higher, compared to 80% of districts statewide.
- What changes were made to the rating system in 2023? One significant change was raising the requirement for high schools to receive an A rating based on 88% of graduates attending college.
| District | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAISD | B (83) | C (70) | C (69) | C (72) |
| North East ISD | B (89) | C (78) | C (78) | C (78) |
| Northside ISD | B (87) | C (77) | C (76) | C (75) |
| Judson ISD | B (83) | D (69) | D (70) | D (69) |
| Southwest ISD | B (82) | C (75) | C (72) | C (77) |
| South San ISD | C (77) | D (60) | D (69) | D (65) |
| Comal ISD | A (92) | B (85) | B (86) | B (87) |
| Alamo Heights ISD | A (91) | B (88) | B (87) | B (87) |
| Boerne ISD | A (94) | A (91) | A (91) | A (92) |
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Additional Resources
- KSAT: TEA Accountability Ratings
- Wikipedia: San Antonio
- Express News: San Antonio School Districts
- Google Search: Texas Education Agency Accountability Ratings
- KENS5: School Ratings
- Google Scholar: Education Accountability Ratings
- Houston Chronicle: TEA Ratings
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Texas Education Agency
- Fox San Antonio: 2024 Texas School Ratings
- Google News: San Antonio School Ratings
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