The Texas Education Agency released the official accountability ratings for the 2025-2026 school year for public schools and districts across the state on Friday, Aug. 14.
Abilene ISD received a score of 76 out of 100 or a C in the A-F accountability ratings from the TEA. That is a 1-point improvement from the 2024-25 school year when the district received a score of 75.
“Our continued progress signals our momentum and demonstrates the value of developing instructional leaders at every level, investing in our teachers and classrooms, and accepting the challenge to innovate in service to our students,” Joseph Waldron, the superintendent of AISD, said.
“As of today, 30% of Abilene ISD students learn in A- or B-rated schools; our North Star Goal remains to increase that number to 75% by the 2028-29 school year,” said Waldron “I am confident we have the people, resources, and determination necessary to make it happen.”
For the 2025-2026 school year, AISD received a C rating for student achievement, a C for school progress and a C for closing the gap.
Here are the 2025-2026 accountability ratings for each AISD school with ratings in parentheses for the 2024-25 school year:
In 2025-26, Abilene ISD had an enrollment of 14,260 students, a slight decline from the previous school year’s enrollment of 14,373 students.
The Hispanic student population for the 2025-26 school year was 48%, the white population was 30.6%, and the African American population was 14.6%.
In addition, 67.9% of students enrolled in the 2025-26 school year were classified by TEA as economically disadvantaged, 20.9% were classified as special education, and 9.3% were classified as emergent bilingual.
Attendance rate was reported to be 93.5%. Chronic Absenteeism, meaning missing 10% or more of the school year, was reported to be 21%.
(This story was updated to add new information.)
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: See how Abilene ISD schools performed in new ratings
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