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Lake Travis ISD’s State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results show improvements year over year and gains compared to statewide results.
The Texas Education Agency released STAAR scores for third through eighth grade June 16 and end-of-course exam scores June 10.
The overview
The TEA administers the STAAR test each year to assess student achievement in a given subject.
Students can receive one of four scores:
“Approaches grade level” is considered a passing grade. This indicates that a student is “likely to succeed in the next grade or course with targeted academic intervention,” according to the TEA.
The greatest decline was seen in eighth grade social studies and sixth grade reading, with rates dropping four percentage points. Although scores declined slightly, they are higher than the state average.
The TEA administers end-of-course exams for high school students. LTISD outperformed the state in every subject.
A closer look
The state also administers a Spanish STAAR for third through fifth grade in math and reading. The Spanish STAAR is “administered to eligible students for whom a Spanish version of STAAR is the most appropriate measure of their academic progress,” according to the TEA website.
LTISD underperforms the state in every metric except third grade math. The rate of students “approaching grade level” in fourth grade math jumped from 0% in 2025 to 44%.
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Statewide, seventh grade math has the lowest rate of students receiving a passing grade, at just 48%. According to a TEA news release, “the decline observed in the Grade 7 math assessment reflects the subset of students taking that test, as far more 7th grade students are taking the Grade 8 math assessment than ever before.”
In 2026, 323 LTISD students took the seventh grade math STAAR, compared to 992 who took the eighth grade math STAAR.
Some context
The TEA uses STAAR results to calculate a district’s accountability score, which is typically released in August. In 2025, LTISD received an “A” rating, scoring 90 out of 100 possible points.
Out of 11 campuses, seven received an “A” rating, and four earned a “B.”
Check it out
Families can access their child's STAAR scores using their unique access code.
Results from fifth and eighth grade science will be released next month, according to the TEA.
