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Ranked list · Region 04: Houston school districts

Region 04: Houston school districts with the largest overall score gains since 2021-22

46 districts · since 2021-22 · TEA data fetched 15 August 2026

The change in overall score since 2021-22, from TEA's re-scored "2021-22 What If" figure to the figure it published for 2025-26. TEA re-scored 2021-22 under the rules it adopted for 2022-23 and publishes that re-scoring as "2021-22 What If". This ranking reads the re-scored series, so the change spans one consistent methodology rather than a break. Measured across Region 04: Houston school districts, of which 46 districts are ranked below.

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What this ranking counts

46 districts of 46 districts are ranked here.

Ordered by the largest rise first. A negative figure is a decline.

37 of the ranked districts share a placement with at least one other. Tied districts print the same placement and the next placement skips, so two districts sharing 3rd are both 3rd and the one behind them is 5th.

A ranking by a raw figure is not a measure of teaching quality on its own: it correlates with school size and, more strongly, with how many of a school's students live in poverty. Every entity page on this site instead compares a school against a peer group — districts with districts, campuses with campuses — whose share of economically disadvantaged students falls within 10 percentage points of its own, because a comparison against the state average measures the composition of a school's intake at least as much as anything the school did. This list does not: it orders by the raw figure alone. How the peer group is chosen.

The top 23

23 rows, not 20: 4 districts share 20th place, and cutting a tie in half is how a ranked list stops being true. The full list follows.

Region 04: Houston school districts with the largest overall score gains since 2021-22: the leading 23 of 46 districts
RankDistrictCountyRatingLargest gain in overall score2021-22 "What If"2025-26Students
1stHempstead ISDWallerC+18.059771,563
2ndDayton ISDLibertyC+13.065785,777
3rd tiedAldine ISDHarrisC+10.0697952,115
3rd tiedDickinson ISDGalvestonB+10.0788812,569
5thDanbury ISDBrazoriaB+8.08189645
6th tiedGalveston ISDGalvestonB+7.073806,664
6th tiedKlein ISDHarrisB+7.0818851,154
8th tiedHouston ISDHarrisB+6.07985167,793
8th tiedLa Porte ISDHarrisB+6.080866,900
8th tiedSanta Fe ISDGalvestonB+6.075814,326
8th tiedSpring Branch ISDHarrisB+6.0798531,584
8th tiedStafford MSDFort BendB+6.079853,529
8th tiedWaller ISDWallerB+6.0748010,846
14th tiedAlvin ISDBrazoriaB+5.0818629,994
14th tiedClear Creek ISDGalvestonB+5.0848938,634
14th tiedHumble ISDHarrisB+5.0788347,734
17th tiedColumbus ISDColoradoB+4.077811,594
17th tiedTexas City ISDGalvestonC+4.073777,379
19thAlief ISDHarrisC+3.0757836,376
20th tiedBarbers Hill ISDChambersA+2.091938,069
20th tiedGalena Park ISDHarrisB+2.0868820,108
20th tiedLamar CISDFort BendB+2.0858748,645
20th tiedSpring ISDHarrisC+2.0747632,328

The full list: all 46 districts

Region 04: Houston school districts with the largest overall score gains since 2021-22: all 46 rows
RankDistrictCountyLargest gain in overall score2021-22 "What If"2025-26
1stHempstead ISDWaller+18.05977
2ndDayton ISDLiberty+13.06578
3rd tiedAldine ISDHarris+10.06979
3rd tiedDickinson ISDGalveston+10.07888
5thDanbury ISDBrazoria+8.08189
6th tiedGalveston ISDGalveston+7.07380
6th tiedKlein ISDHarris+7.08188
8th tiedHouston ISDHarris+6.07985
8th tiedLa Porte ISDHarris+6.08086
8th tiedSanta Fe ISDGalveston+6.07581
8th tiedSpring Branch ISDHarris+6.07985
8th tiedStafford MSDFort Bend+6.07985
8th tiedWaller ISDWaller+6.07480
14th tiedAlvin ISDBrazoria+5.08186
14th tiedClear Creek ISDGalveston+5.08489
14th tiedHumble ISDHarris+5.07883
17th tiedColumbus ISDColorado+4.07781
17th tiedTexas City ISDGalveston+4.07377
19thAlief ISDHarris+3.07578
20th tiedBarbers Hill ISDChambers+2.09193
20th tiedGalena Park ISDHarris+2.08688
20th tiedLamar CISDFort Bend+2.08587
20th tiedSpring ISDHarris+2.07476
24th tiedBrazosport ISDBrazoria+1.08283
24th tiedChannelview ISDHarris+1.08081
24th tiedColumbia-Brazoria ISDBrazoria+1.07677
24th tiedCrosby ISDHarris+1.08081
24th tiedCypress-Fairbanks ISDHarris+1.08586
24th tiedKaty ISDHarris+1.08788
24th tiedNeedville ISDFort Bend+1.08990
24th tiedPasadena ISDHarris+1.08384
24th tiedPearland ISDBrazoria+1.09091
24th tiedTomball ISDHarris+1.09192
34th tiedCleveland ISDLiberty±0.06565
34th tiedDeer Park ISDHarris±0.08383
34th tiedFort Bend ISDFort Bend±0.08282
34th tiedFriendswood ISDGalveston±0.09292
38th tiedSheldon ISDHarris−1.08079
38th tiedSweeny ISDBrazoria−1.08079
40th tiedDamon ISDBrazoria−2.09088
40th tiedGoose Creek CISDHarris−2.08280
42ndAngleton ISDBrazoria−4.08884
43rdHitchcock ISDGalveston−5.07267
44thTarkington ISDLiberty−6.07973
45thRoyal ISDWaller−7.07164
46thHuffman ISDHarris−10.08171

The other end, and the other lists

The other end of this list: Region 04: Houston school districts with the largest overall score declines. Both ends are published, because a site that prints only the flattering half of an ordering is advertising.

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Where this comes from

Every figure in this table comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA publishes the ratings; it does not publish this ordering. This site is unofficial and is not affiliated with TEA. How this site works records the snapshot this page was built from and what this site does and does not verify about it.

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