3 Big Country school districts get failing TEA ratings, 8 get ‘D’ ratings, 9 get ‘A’ ratings

(KTAB/KRBC) – Three Big Country school districts received failing ratings from the Texas Education Agency, 8 other districts received ‘D’ ratings, and 9 districts received ‘A’ ratings.

The TEA released their accountability ratings for the 2024-2025 school year Friday. Ratings are based issues on criteria such as Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps.

Mullin ISD, Roscoe Collegiate ISD, and Brookesmith ISD all received ‘F’ letter ratings, which is equal to a numerical score of less than 60 points.

Blanket ISD, Baird ISD, Ranger ISD, Rising Star ISD, Priddy ISD, Loraine ISD, Sweetwater ISD, and Snyder ISD all received ‘D’ letter ratings, which is equal to a numerical score of 60-to-69 points.

Bronte ISD, DeLeon ISD, Guthrie ISD, Knox City-O’Brien ISD, Munday ISD, Westbrook ISD, Highland ISD, Miles ISD, and Aspermont ISD all received ‘A’ letter ratings, which is equal to a numerical score of 90 points or greater. Highland ISD gets the honor of being the highest-rated school in the Big Country with a numerical score of 97.

The breakdown of each school district in the Big Country is as follows:

Brown County

• Bangs ISD – C(79)
• Brownwood ISD – C(74)
• Blanket ISD – D(63)
• May ISD – C(73)
• Zephyr ISD – B(81)
• Brookesmith ISD – F(58)
• Early ISD – B(80)

Callahan County

• Cross Plains ISD – B(83)
• Clyde CISD – B(84)
• Baird ISD – D(68)
• Eula ISD – B(87)

Coke County 

• Bronte ISD – A(90)
• Robert Lee ISD – B(83)

Coleman County

• Coleman ISD – C(76)
• Santa Anna ISD – C(72)
• Panther Creek CISD – C(75)

Comanche County 

• Comanche ISD – B(83)
• DeLeon ISD – A(93)
• Gustine ISD – B(89)
• Sidney ISD – B(86)

Eastland County 

• Eastland ISD – B(81)
• Gorman ISD – C(72)
• Ranger ISD – D(65)
• Rising Star ISD – D(69)

Fisher County 

• Roby CISD – B(87)
• Rotan ISD – C(76)

Haskell County

• Haskell CISD – B(86)
• Rule ISD – B(84)
• Paint Creek ISD – B(89)

Jones County 

• Anson ISD – C(77)
• Hamlin Collegiate ISD – C(78)
• Hawley ISD – C(74)
• Leuders-Avoca ISD – C(75)
• Stamford ISD – B(83)

King County 

• Guthrie CSD – A(94)

Knox County 

• Knox City-O’Brien CISD – A(95)
• Munday CISD – A(91)
• Benjamin ISD – B(84)

Mills County 

• Goldthwaite ISD – B(87)
• Mullin ISD – F(55)
• Priddy ISD – D(66)

Mitchell County 

• Colorado ISD – C(76)
• Loraine ISD – D(67)
• Westbrook ISD – A(93)

Nolan County 

• Roscoe Collegiate ISD – F(56)
• Sweetwater ISD – D(62)
• Blackwell CISD – B(89)
• Highland ISD – A(97)

Runnels County 

• Ballinger ISD – C(77)
• Miles ISD – A(94)
• Winters ISD – C(77)
• Olfen ISD – B(84)

Scurry County 

• Hermleigh ISD – C(78)
• Snyder ISD – D(66)
• Ira ISD – B(86)

Shackelford County

• Albany ISD – B(81)
• Moran ISD – C(78)

Stephens County

• Breckenridge ISD – B(83)

Stonewall County

• Aspermont ISD – A(90)

Taylor County 

• Texas College Preparatory Academies – B(81)
• Abilene ISD – C(75)
• Merkel ISD – C(78)
• Trent ISD – C(71)
• Jim Ned CISD – B(88)
• Wylie ISD – B(89)

Throckmorton County 

• Throckmorton Collegiate ISD – B(87)
• Woodson ISD – B(89)

To learn more about what factored in to these scores, and to get demographics for districts and individual campuses, visit the Texas Education Agency website.