The TEA released the scores following a nearly two-year legal battle between the state and roughly three dozen school districts that sued over the efficacy of changes the state made to the way it calculates the scores.
What you need to know
CCISD scored an 86 out of a possible 100 points, which translates to a B, according to the released scores from the TEA. The score means the district will retain its letter grade, which has been a B since at least the 2021-22 school year.
However, a score of 86 is the highest mark the district has received in that time, the data shows. Previous years saw the district score either an 83 or an 84.
According to the TEA, the scores are broken down into three categories: student achievement, which looks at student performance on state tests and graduation rates; school progress, which tracks how students perform over time; and closing the gaps, which looks at how individual groups are performing.
Those three categories are also scored on a 100-point scale.
CCISD improved its score in all three categories, according to the data. Those scores are:
- 85 in student achievement, which is up from 84
- 81 for school progress, which is up from 80
- 87 for closing the gaps, which is up from 84
CCISD has more than 39,500 students enrolled, according to the TEA. Nearly 36% of the district is considered economically disadvantaged, while more than 16% are considered special education. Around 13% of the district is considered emergent bilingual English learners.
Diving in deeper
Of the district’s 46 schools, 44 received an individual score, according to the TEA. Those that didn’t were the district’s Clear Path Alternative School, and the Harris County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program, or JJAEP.
All but six of the district’s schools received an A or a B, including all seven of the district’s traditional high schools, according to the data.
Those that received a C included:
- Lavace Stewart Elementary
- Armand Bayou Elementary
- Whitcomb Elementary
- Space Center Intermediate
- Clear Lake Intermediate
- Clear Creek Intermediate
Of the remaining 40 schools, 16 received an A and 22 received a B, according to the data. Below is a chart detailing all the school’s ratings from 2023-24 to 2024-25.
Zooming out
Across the state, 24% of the state’s 1,208 school districts received a higher score in 2024-25 compared to 2023-24, TEA data shows. Meanwhile, 64% kept the same rating and 12% received a lower rating.
Of the state’s 9,084 campuses, 31% received a higher grade, while 55% received the same grade and 15% received a lower grade, according to the data.
TEA data shows that in 2025:
- 2,023 campuses earned an A
- 3,005 campuses received a B
- 2,106 campuses scored a C
- 918 campuses received a D
- 389 campuses earned an F
“Year over year, our schools have gotten better across the state for our kids,” Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath told reporters Aug. 14.
The background
State law requires that annual A-F ratings be issued by Aug. 15 of each year; however, the 2024 ratings were blocked for nearly one year after 33 school districts sued the TEA last August, arguing that the agency made it “mathematically impossible” for some schools to earn a high score and waited too long to notify districts about changes to the state accountability system.
Texas' 15th Court of Appeals ruled in July that the 2024 ratings could be released, and the TEA later announced they would be issued alongside the 2025 ratings. Ratings for the 2022-23 school year were issued April 24, after a lawsuit delayed their release for nearly two years.
Morath said issuing annual A-F ratings helps “our students do better academically,” adding that while the TEA won the two lawsuits challenging the school accountability system, “the parents lost.”
“Telling a parent today how well their school did in 2024 doesn't help them with the supports they need to provide their kid [now],” he told reporters. “It is great now to have this tool back to help support our families [and] also support our educators, because educators use this information to build stronger action plans so that they can improve schools in the following year.”
Learn more
Those interested can see the scores for specific districts and schools at www.txschools.gov.
