Round Rock ISD students score above state average on all but one 2026 STAAR exam

The TEA uses a four-tiered grading system for student performance to score STAAR test performance in each subject:

• Did not meet grade level
• Approaches grade level
• Meets grade level
• Masters grade level

The local impact

In RRISD, data for passing scores show students performed:

• Above state average in 12 subjects
• Below state average in one subject, seventh grade math

Forty-six percent of RRISD students scored "approaches grade level" or higher on seventh grade math in 2026, down from 43 % in 2025, while the state average for 2026 was 48%.

Students saw equal or improved performance year-over-year in all exams except:

• Third grade math
• Fifth grade math
• Third grade reading
• Fourth grade reading

“The 2026 results demonstrate both the progress Texas students are making and the work that remains ahead of us," Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said in a June 16 news release. "We are encouraged by continued gains in mathematics, especially with the growing number of students participating and succeeding in advanced mathematics courses. The gains in middle school reading are also notable, as it may be associated with the statewide ban on the use of cell phones in schools."

What else?

Families can access their student's STAAR testing results at www.texasassessment.gov using their unique access code from the district.