Carroll ISD received an overall A rating, or 95 out of 100 points, from the Texas Education Agency's 2022-23 accountability ratings. Ratings have been delayed due to an injunction that blocked the ratings for over a year. That injunction was overturned April 3 by Texas’ 15th Court of Appeals.

The TEA remains blocked from issuing ratings for the 2023-24 school year due to a separate lawsuit, which is pending in the state appeals court, according to previous Community Impact reporting.

A closer look

TEA’s interactive ratings database includes highlights from each CISD school's rating. Key ratings metrics in the database include:
  • Overall rating and score
  • School progress rating and score
  • Student achievement rating and score
  • Closing the gaps rating and score
The overall rating and score measure how prepared students are for life after high school, how much they learn in each grade, and how prepared they are.
School progress is measured by student performance over time and by comparing districts and schools with similar economic profiles. Student achievement is primarily based on State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results and graduation rates. Closing the gaps refers to a district or school's ability to ensure the success of all student groups.

“Carroll ISD educators, students and staff perform exceptionally well by any metric,” Carroll ISD Board President Cameron Bryan said. “We are proud to share this information with our community.”


The details

CISD received an A rating with 98 out of 100 points for the 2021-22 school year. The state agency did not release ratings for districts and schools in 2019-20 and 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to previous Community Impact reporting.

During an April 22 press call, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath said the TEA intends to release ratings for the 2024-25 school year Aug. 15, per state law.

Morath spoke about the “frivolous lawsuits” that have blocked transparency, which ultimately makes students “pay the price.”


“For far too long, families, educators and communities have been denied access to information about the performance of their schools, thanks to frivolous lawsuits paid for by tax dollars filed by those who disagreed with the statutory goal of raising career readiness expectations to help students,” Morath said.

Zooming out

According to the TEA’s statewide summary report, nearly 11% of school districts received an A rating for the 2022-23 school year. Forty percent of districts earned a B, while about 32% scored a C, 14% received a D and about 3% received an F. Breaking down the campuses across the state, accountability ratings showed:
  • 1,646 campuses earned an A
  • 2,873 campuses scored a B
  • 2,107 campuses received a C
  • 1,264 campuses received a D
  • 649 campuses scored an F
Morath said that on a statewide scale, campus performance declined from 2022 to 2023, attributing this to both the A-F system refresh, which is required to happen every five years, and less-rapid growth in student performance a few years after the pandemic.

Morath said he expects some districts and/or campuses could face state interventions based on the 2023 ratings.


According to a TEA news release, the A–F accountability system was established as part of House Bill 22 in 2017 by the 85th Texas Legislature.