Pearland ISD received the state’s top rating in newly released accountability scores.
The Texas Education Agency on Friday released statewide A-F ratings for 2025 as well as delayed scores from 2024. After 2023 ratings came out in April, the last two years became available after the resolution of legal proceedings that stalled release.
PISD earned an overall A with a score of 91 out of 100 for 2025, up from a score of 89 in 2024.
“Every campus that had an A retained their A,” Superintendent Larry Berger said last week. “And every campus that did not have an A in the previous ratings improved. We did not have any campuses that regressed.”
The A-F ratings assigned to districts and individual campuses are largely based on how students did on the STAAR, or State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. The state-mandated test is administered each year to students in third through 12th grades.
Eighteen of the district’s 24 campuses earned an A grade, with no schools receiving a C or below. Schools earning a B were Jamison Middle, Junior High South, Massey Ranch Elementary, Carleston Elementary, CJ Harris Elementary.
Alvin ISD
Alvin ISD received an overall B rating, with nine campuses earning an A, five receiving a C and the rest earning a B. None of the Alvin ISD schools earned a D or below.
Six of the campuses earning an A rating are in the Pearland area: McNair Junior High, York Elementary, Wilder Elementary, Nolan Ryan Junior High, Shadow Creek High School and Shirley Brothers Dill Elementary. Marek Elementary earned a B rating.
AISD showed gains in its results compared with the year before, administrators said.
“We did increase in each subject area for our ‘approaches grade level’ and higher,” said Brent Shaw, Alvin ISD’s chief of Accountability and Assessment. “We had more students pass and we had less students that did not pass the test.”
Neighboring districts
Friendswood ISD earned an A rating, while Clear Creek, Pasadena, Houston and Fort Bend ISDs each earned an overall B.
About 37 percent of Pearland ISD students are considered economically disadvantaged, compared to more than 51 percent in Alvin ISD, only 7 percent in Friendswood ISD and 36 percent in Clear Creek ISD.
Preliminary ratings were released on Aug. 15 and are available at txschools.org. Ratings will be made final in December.
