The New Braunfels ISD board of trustees reviewed the report, during its Feb. 10 meeting.
The Texas Education Code requires the district to publish the TAPR annually, which breaks down students' State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness scores during the 2023-24 school year, demographics, dropout rates and more.
By the numbers
The report shows the demographic makeup of the district is predominantly Hispanic and white, which is a similar makeup compared to the district's 2020-21 TAPR report.
About 37.5% of students are “at risk”—a term used to describe students who are likely to fail academically or drop out of school—which is also a decrease compared to the district's 2020-21 TAPR report.
About 60% of NBISD students are meeting grade level. The district was outperforming the state in 2021 in English language arts, science, social studies and math; however, the percentage of students in the district meeting grade level in math, science and social studies has decreased since 2021.
NBISD students in the 2023-24 school year outperformed both the state and region in mastery of English language arts, science and social studies, data shows. NBISD students mastering each of the aforementioned subjects except social studies is also an increase from 2021, even compared to state averages.
The state issues accountability ratings each year for districts and campuses across Texas, but has yet to issue ratings for the 2023-2024 school year, board documents note.
The state is in litigation with numerous districts over the accountability ratings due to concerns that changes made to how the ratings are calculated will harm districts by drastically reducing their scores, according to previous reporting by Community Impact.
Although NBISD is not part of the lawsuit, the board of trustees did approve a resolution in March to speak in opposition to the “retroactive and drastic” mid-year change to the 2022-23 school year performance ratings. NBISD officials also support the efforts to reform the Texas Education Agency’s accountability system and are advocating for a rating method that uses more than standardized testing, according to the resolution.
