The Texas Education Agency released school accountability ratings for the 2024-2025 school year on Friday, with some of the largest school districts in North Texas grading between A and C.

The Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and Frisco ISDs have the largest enrollment among districts in North Texas. Schools and districts are graded on an A to an F range. Their scores are broken down below.

  • In the Dallas ISD there were 139,776 students enrolled last year and the district was rated a B with a score of 83. The Dallas ISD has had two consecutive years of improvement. In 2023-24 they were rated a C with a score of 79 and in 2022-23 they were rated a C with a score of 76. The TEA said 61 of the district’s 233 rated schools scored an A, 107 scored a B, 49 scored a C, 14 scored a D and two scored an F in the 24-25 ratings. Search all of the district’s campus ratings here.
  • In the Fort Worth ISD there were 70,184 students enrolled last year and the district was rated a C with a score of 73. The Fort Worth ISD has had two consecutive years of improvement. In 2023-24 they were rated a C with a score of 70 and in 2022-23 they were rated a D with a score of 65. The TEA said 17 of the district’s 125 rated schools scored an A, 28 scored a B, 41 scored a C, 28 scored a D and 11 scored an F in the 24-25 ratings. Search all of the district’s campus ratings here.
  • In the Frisco ISD there were 65,151 students enrolled last year and the district was rated an A with a score of 90. The district’s rating of A and score of 90 has remained unchanged since at least 2021-22. The TEA said 56 of the district’s 75 rated schools scored an A, 14 scored a B, and five scored a C. None of the Frisco ISD campuses scored below C. Search all of the district’s campus ratings here.
  • In the Arlington ISD there were 53,309 students enrolled last year and the district was rated a C with a score of 76. The Arlington ISD has had two consecutive years of improvement. In 2023-24 they were rated a C with a score of 74 and in 2022-23 they were rated a C with a score of 72. The TEA said seven of the district’s 71 rated campuses scored an A, 22 a B, 19 a C, 15 a D and eight scored an F. All of the AISD schools that scored failing grades were elementary campuses. Search all of the district’s campus ratings here.

Curious about your district? Parents can use the state’s website to track how well their kids schools compare to others across the area. To view this year’s A-F ratings for school systems and campuses, visit TXschools.gov.

The TEA’s A-F rating system was first introduced in 2018 to show how schools performed in three areas: Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps. The methodology had been largely unchanged until the 2022-2023 school year. That year, the TEA said, “The methods of calculating A-F scores were updated to more accurately reflect performance.”

The top 10 highest scoring traditional North Texas school districts for 2024-25

  1. Highland Park ISD — A/96
  2. Carroll ISD in Southlake — A/95
  3. Lovejoy ISD in Allen — A/94
  4. Sivells Bend ISD in Gainesville — A/94
  5. Huckabay ISD in Stephenville — A/94
  6. Sunnyvale ISD — A/93
  7. Coppell ISD — A/93
  8. Palo Pinto ISD — A/93
  9. Melissa ISD — A/92
  10. Wylie ISD — A/92

The top 10 lowest scoring traditional North Texas school districts for 2024-25

  1. Lake Worth ISD — D/62
  2. Gainesville ISD — D/65
  3. Greenville ISD — D/65
  4. Bridgeport ISD — D/66
  5. Ector ISD — D/68
  6. Commerce ISD — D/68
  7. Kemp ISD — D/68
  8. Poolville ISD — D/68
  9. Venus ISD — D/69
  10. Crandall ISD — D/69

The top 10 highest scoring North Texas charter schools for 2024-25

  1. Westlake Academy Charting School in Westlake — A/98
  2. Imagine International Academy of North Texas in McKinney — A/96
  3. Richland Collegiate High School in Dallas — A/96
  4. Imagine Lone Star International Academy in Plano — A/94
  5. Universal Academy in Irving — A/91
  6. Evolution Academy Charter School in Richardson — A/91
  7. UME Preparatory Academy in Dallas — A/90
  8. Brazos River Charter School in Nemo — A/90
  9. Arlington Classics Academy — B/89
  10. Trivium Academy in Carrollton — B/88

The top 10 lowest scoring North Texas charter schools for 2024-25

  1. Academy of Visual and Performing Arts in Fort Worth — F/48
  2. Jean Massieu Academy in Arlington — F/54
  3. Rocketship Public Schools in Fort Worth — F/57
  4. Academy of Dallas in Dallas — F/59
  5. Bridgeway Preparatory Academy in Dallas — F/59
  6. Faith Family Academy in DeSoto — F/59
  7. Pegasus School of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Dallas — D/60
  8. Nova Academy in Dallas — D/60
  9. Gateway Charter Academy in Dallas — D/61
  10. Texas Works in Lewisville — D/61

In April, the TEA released delayed accountability ratings for the 2022-23 school year after they were withheld pending a lawsuit. School districts sued over the agency’s updated rating system, claiming it would take some “A” schools and grade them with a “C.”

According to a 2023 NBC 5 report, the lawsuit claimed the drastic changes were not properly communicated to districts ahead of time and that they didn’t have time to prepare. Some superintendents argued the change was an attempt by the TEA to make schools look worse and to help pass school choice in the state legislature and added that lower campus grades can impact teacher retention.

While the school districts have known their scores for years, an appellate court ruling earlier this month allowed the TEA to release the 2022-23 scores to the public.