Texas Education Agency releases 2023 A-F accountability ratings for schools statewide

AUSTIN – April 24, 2025 – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has released the 2023 A-F accountability ratings, marking the return of public accessibility to school performance data after a two-year hiatus caused by a legal dispute. This recent publication covers performances from the 2022-23 school year. However, legal issues currently restrict TEA from sharing the latest school ratings from the 2023-24 school year. Ratings for the 2024-25 school year are anticipated in August 2025.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath expressed frustration over the delay: “For far too long, families, educators and communities have been denied access to information about the performance of their schools, thanks to frivolous lawsuits paid for by tax dollars filed by those who disagreed with the statutory goal of raising career readiness expectations to help students. Every Texas family deserves a clear view of school performance, and now those families finally have access to data they should have received two years ago. Transparency drives progress, and when that transparency is blocked, students pay the price.”

Since 2018, the A-F ratings have evaluated Texas public school systems. The methodology remained largely unchanged until the 2022-23 school year, when updates were made to better assess school performance. TEA also released adjusted scores for 2022 to facilitate accurate comparisons between the two years, which can be viewed on TXSchools.gov. The system originally implemented in 2017, aimed at providing clear insights on school performance across three domains: Student Achievement, School Progress, and Closing the Gaps.

Despite the intent for consistent annual reporting, families were without a full set of ratings over the past five years. The COVID-19 pandemic saw no ratings for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. Issues during 2022 included disruptions due to the pandemic and a state law barring lower ratings. Legal challenges delayed releases for subsequent years.

With the 2023 ratings now available, families and districts can gain insights into student service quality and identify areas for instructional improvement.