Are Lubbock area school districts earning A's or F's? TEA releases 2023 school ratings

The long-awaited Texas Education Agency school year academic accountability ratings have been released, and Lubbock's school districts did not fare well.

For context, districts sued TEA and its evaluation process, as they perceived them as unfair, and were not given sufficient warning when the agency began factoring career readiness into the scores.

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A judge originally sided with the district in keeping the scores concealed from the public; however, the judge recently ruled that TEA followed the law and that it wasn't up to the courts to determine whether the scores are fair.

Here's a look at how the three largest school districts fared in their 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic accountability ratings.

What are the TEA accountability ratings?

The new TEA A-F rating factor in many aspects boils down to three "domains."

70% of the score comes from the highest score of the following:

• Student Achievement: What students know and can do. (I.e., STAAR scores, graduation rates and college/career readiness.)

• School Process: How far students have come or how campuses have done compared to similar comparison groups.

  • This score comes from the higher Academic Growth or Relative Performance scores.

The other 30% comes from Closing the Gap, or how different student groups are performing.

TEA also released a "What If" score for the 2021-22, scoring districts and schools based old accountability scores based on the new accountability standards.

Lubbock ISD sees Cs

2022-23 Overall Rating: C (79/100).

2021-22 What If Rating: C (77/100).

2021-22 Overall Rating: B (87/100).

The 2022-23 three domains ranking:

• Student Achievement: C (75/100).

• School Progress: B (80100).

• Closing the Gap: C (75/100).

The district's high school's overall A-F rating:

• Lubbock High: B (86/100).

• Monterey: B (84/100).

• Coronado: B (81/100).

• Estacado: C (72/100).

Lubbock-Cooper ISD leads area school districts

2022-23 Overall Rating: B (89/100).

2021-22 What If Rating: A (90/100).

2021-22 Overall Rating: A (95/100).

The 2022-23 three domains ranking:

• Student Achievement: B (89/100).

• School Progress: B (83/100).

• Closing the Gap: B (88/100).

The district's high school's overall A-F rating:

• Lubbock-Cooper High: A (94/100).

• Lubbock-Cooper Liberty: N/A (Not operational at the time).

Frenship ISD sees slight decline

2022-23 Overall Rating: B (82/100).

2021-22 What If Rating: B (85/100).

2021-22 Overall Rating: A (92/100).

The 2022-23 three domains ranking:

• Student Achievement: B (84/100).

• School Progress: B (83/100).

• Closing the Gap: B (77/100).

The district's high school's overall A-F rating:

• Frenship High: B (85/100).

To find more information about the different schools and the district's ratings, visit  txschools.gov.

Mateo Rosiles is the Government & Public Policy reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Got a news tip for him? Email him: mrosiles@lubbockonline.com.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: See latest school ratings from 2023 for Lubbock area school districts