Cy-Fair ISD received a B in the Texas Education Agency’s accountability rating system for academic years 2023-24 and 2024-25, showing slight improvement at the campus level. The TEA released scores for all public school districts Aug. 15, following delays from several lawsuits, according to past Community Impact reporting.

In a nutshell

The announcement of scores comes after a Texas judge ruled in July that the TEA can release its ratings for the 2023-24 school year, Community Impact reported. The scores were held for almost one year after more than 30 school districts—including CFISD—sued the TEA last August, citing unfair grading criteria.

According to the results for the 2024-25 academic year:
  • 14% of all Texas districts earned an A rating
  • 41% earned a B rating
  • 30% earned a C rating
  • 12% earned a D rating
  • 3% earned an F rating
Read more of Community Impact’s statewide coverage here.

The breakdown


CFISD scored 85 out of 100 possible points in 2025 and 82 out of 100 points in 2024. The calculation is based on factors including student achievement on the STAAR exam, how students perform over time and how well the district closes performance gaps among students.

While the district’s overall letter grade remained the same between 2023-24 and 2024-25, individual campus scores increased on average, with fewer schools earning a C or lower. No CFISD school received a D or an F rating last year.

For CFISD campuses in 2024-25:
  • Elementary schools averaged an 85
  • Middle schools averaged an 84
  • High schools averaged an 87
For CFISD campuses in 2023-24:
  • Elementary schools averaged a 79
  • Middle schools averaged an 83
  • High schools averaged an 83
Find accountability ratings for specific CFISD schools here.

The district saw the greatest change in its “closing the gaps” score, which increased seven points since 2023-24. According to the TEA’s ratings manual, the measure identifies achievement gaps by evaluating the academic performance of different student groups, such as racial/ethnic groups, economically disadvantaged students and bilingual students.


Approximately 60.1% of CFISD’s population in 2023-24 was considered economically disadvantaged compared to 58.9% last year, according to the TEA. Across both years, campuses that earned lower accountability ratings served, on average, a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students.
Zooming out

CFISD was one of several school districts in the Greater Houston area to receive an overall B rating for 2024-25.
Cy-Fair’s results are on trend with those of the state. Eighty-five percent of campuses statewide either received the same rating or improved since 2023-24, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said at an Aug. 14 press conference.

Final takeaways

CFISD Superintendent Doug Killian said in an Aug. 11 newsletter that the district starts the new school year “with a celebratory tone” after receiving preliminary results from the TEA.


“Kudos to all of our staff and students for the incredible work it took to earn this achievement,” Killian said in the newsletter. “While the district came in as a B, we are committed to returning to an A this school year.”

The district last received an overall A rating in 2022, prior to the TEA’s change in scoring standards.

CFISD did not respond to a request for comment as of press time.