The report, filled with data comparing the district to itself as well as the state, breaks down students’ performance on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, tests during the 2023-24 school year, its dropout rates, its finances and its demographics, among other items.
The full story
The report shows CCISD students in the 2023-24 school year outperformed both the state and region averages across all grades in all subjects, including English language arts and reading, math, science, and social studies, data shows.
CCISD students had a higher passing rate, a higher percentage of students meeting grade level, and a higher rate of students demonstrating mastery of each respective subject, data shows.
Attendance at CCISD in both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years were also higher at CCISD than the state and region average, data shows. Dropout rates were also near 0% from grades 7-12 in the 2022-23 school year.
Data on dropout and attendance for the 2023-24 school year was not presented in the report.
Diving in deeper
One key area the district lagged behind the state and its region was in college, career or military readiness, data shows.
In the 2021-22 school year, the state saw 70% of students meet this criteria while the region showed two-thirds of students did, data shows. CCISD, comparatively, came in at just under 63%.
Each of those camps saw improvement in the 2022-23 school year—with both the state and region eclipsing 70%—but CCISD still lagged behind with roughly two-thirds of students meeting the criteria, according to the presentation.
Also of note
The district’s finances over time have shown a steadily decreasing tax rate but an increasing fund balance from 2019-20 to 2022-23, according to financial data provided in the report.
Meanwhile, the district’s enrollment has declined in that time as well, from around 42,000 to under 40,500 students, according to the data. The district’s average expenditure per student stayed anywhere between $8,400-$8,885 in that time.
The vast majority of the district’s general fund revenue—64.3%—went toward instruction, data shows. This compares to the state average of 55.3%.
What else?
The state issues accountability ratings each year for districts and campuses across Texas but has not issued them for either the 2022-23 or 2023-24 school years, district documents note.
Community Impact has previously reported the state is in litigation with a number of schools over the accountability ratings due to concerns that changes made to how they’re calculated in the 2023 Texas legislative session will harm districts by drastically reducing their scores.
CCISD documents note that until that litigation is resolved, the Texas Education Agency will not issue accreditation statuses for districts for the 2023-24 school year.
