TEA annually rates Texas public school districts
and individual schools and the awards the following ratings:
Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable or Academically
Unacceptable.
The ratings are based upon student performance in reading, writing,
mathematics, science and social studies on the Texas Assessment of
Knowledge & Skills tests, school completion data for the class that
graduated (high school level) and dropout data (middle school level).
Within each subject, test scores are evaluated in the following
categories: all students, African-American, Hispanic, white and
economically disadvantaged.
