The agency’s accountability ratings for the 2023-24 school year were released Aug. 15 following a delay due to a lawsuit filed by 33 districts, which argued the agency’s revamped guidelines did not follow state law. In August 2024, a Travis County district court blocked the release of the ratings; however, the Texas Courts of Appeals ruled in July that the 2023-24 ratings can be released.
The Aug. 15 release of the 2024-25 ratings is on time and in accordance with state law.
The details
Overall, the district earned a B rating, totaling 88 out of 100 points for the 2024-25 school year. It earned a B rating in all other rated areas, including:
- Student achievement, which measures student performance across all subjects on the STAAR test, graduation rates and student readiness for post-high school success.
- School progress, which measures the number of students who grew academically and district performance compared to other districts with similar economically disadvantaged student populations.
- Closing the gaps, which uses data to find differentials between ethnic groups, socioeconomic backgrounds and other factors.
More detail about campus and district ratings can be found at www.txschools.gov.
Diving in deeper
Of MISD’s 30 campuses that received a 2024-25 rating, 13 received an A, seven received a B, eight received a C, two received a D and none received an F.
At an Aug. 18 news conference, TEA Commissioner of Education Mike Morath said the A-F accountability system "fundamentally starts with a basic belief system in Texas that we think that all children can learn and achieve at high levels, ... as long as we, the adults, support them appropriately in our schools."
Morath said that according to the 2024 results, only 18% of districts would have received an A rating, while 23% did for the 2024-25 school year. Additionally, 31% of campuses across the state had an increase to their rating.
“This accountability system in Texas has been studied, and because we publicly rate schools, our students do better academically,” Morath said.
In an email to district parents and staff, MISD officials highlighted the year-over-year district 4-point rating increase from 2023-24 to 2024-25. The district also saw 18 campuses increase year-over-year in overall scores.
“The increase in our overall rating, along with 25 campuses improving in at least one accountability domain, is a direct reflection of the hard work of our teachers, staff, students and families,” Superintendent Shawn Pratt said in the email. “I’m especially proud that all three of our high schools earned an ‘A’ rating, showing that our students are ready for college, career, and life.”
The district also exceeded state and regional STAAR performance at every grade level and content area, the email states. District officials plan to use the ratings to inform instructional planning, professional learning and targeted interventions for the upcoming school year, with the goal of sustaining high performance and supporting students below grade level.
District officials will also present the 2024-25 TEA accountability ratings alongside the district’s locally developed McKinney Accountability System at the Aug. 18 school board meeting. The local accountability system is intended to measure student success while also including input from students, staff and parents, the email states.
For more information, visit www.mckinneyisd.net/o/misd/page/mckinney-isd-accountability-information.
