Dallas ISD earned a B in the Texas Education Agency's 2026 accountability ratings, and the way it got there is the story.
The district scored 79 in student achievement, a C. It scored 86 in school progress, a B. Its overall grade is a B with a score of 85.
Growth outrunning achievement
Those two numbers measure different things. Student achievement reflects how students performed on state tests. School progress reflects how much they improved, either against their own prior results or relative to comparable districts.
A district scoring higher on progress than on achievement is moving students forward faster than its raw scores alone would suggest. In Dallas ISD's case the difference is seven points, and it is what lifted the overall grade from a C to a B.
Closing the gaps scored 81, a B, and academic growth 77, a C.
The extremes in 231 campuses
Dallas ISD rated 231 campuses this year: 48 A, 116 B, 52 C, 13 D and two F.
The School for the Talented and Gifted scored 100, the highest campus score in the state's published data. The School of Science and Engineering and Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School each scored 99.
