Ranked list · Region 12: Waco school districts

Region 12: Waco school districts with the largest overall score declines since 2021-22

76 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 12: Waco school districts, of which 76 districts are ranked below.

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What this ranking counts

76 districts of 77 districts are ranked here.

1 has no figure at the start of the window and is not ranked.

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

66 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 22

22 rows, not 20: 3 districts share 20th place, and cutting a tie in half is how a ranked list stops being true. The full list follows.

Region 12: Waco school districts with the largest overall score declines since 2021-22: the leading 22 of 76 districts
Rank	District	County	Rating	Largest gain in overall score	2021-22 "What If"	2025-26	Students
1st	Malone ISD	Hill	F	−27.0	71	44	64
2nd	Hallsburg ISD	McLennan	F	−23.0	82	59	106
3rd	Mullin ISD	Mills	C	−19.0	90	71	176
4th	Covington ISD	Hill	C	−14.0	86	72	351
5th	Bosqueville ISD	McLennan	C	−10.0	86	76	718
6th	Bynum ISD	Hill	B	−9.0	95	86	174
7th tied	Dew ISD	Freestone	C	−7.0	83	76	170
7th tied	Hamilton ISD	Hamilton	C	−7.0	85	78	794
7th tied	Marlin ISD	Falls	D	−7.0	73	66	796
10th tied	Coolidge ISD	Limestone	B	−6.0	90	84	311
10th tied	La Vega ISD	McLennan	C	−6.0	78	72	3,079
12th tied	Bruceville-Eddy ISD	McLennan	C	−5.0	75	70	505
12th tied	Groesbeck ISD	Limestone	C	−5.0	81	76	1,457
12th tied	Valley Mills ISD	Bosque	C	−5.0	82	77	664
15th	Walnut Springs ISD	Bosque	C	−4.0	75	71	152
16th tied	Fairfield ISD	Freestone	C	−3.0	82	79	1,526
16th tied	McGregor ISD	McLennan	C	−3.0	80	77	1,448
16th tied	Morgan ISD	Bosque	C	−3.0	73	70	138
16th tied	Waco ISD	McLennan	D	−3.0	69	66	12,892
20th tied	Corsicana ISD	Navarro	C	−2.0	75	73	5,910
20th tied	Lometa ISD	Lampasas	B	−2.0	82	80	293
20th tied	Rice ISD	Navarro	B	−2.0	89	87	1,094

The full list: all 76 districts

Region 12: Waco school districts with the largest overall score declines since 2021-22: all 76 rows
Rank	District	County	Largest gain in overall score	2021-22 "What If"	2025-26
1st	Malone ISD	Hill	−27.0	71	44
2nd	Hallsburg ISD	McLennan	−23.0	82	59
3rd	Mullin ISD	Mills	−19.0	90	71
4th	Covington ISD	Hill	−14.0	86	72
5th	Bosqueville ISD	McLennan	−10.0	86	76
6th	Bynum ISD	Hill	−9.0	95	86
7th tied	Dew ISD	Freestone	−7.0	83	76
7th tied	Hamilton ISD	Hamilton	−7.0	85	78
7th tied	Marlin ISD	Falls	−7.0	73	66
10th tied	Coolidge ISD	Limestone	−6.0	90	84
10th tied	La Vega ISD	McLennan	−6.0	78	72
12th tied	Bruceville-Eddy ISD	McLennan	−5.0	75	70
12th tied	Groesbeck ISD	Limestone	−5.0	81	76
12th tied	Valley Mills ISD	Bosque	−5.0	82	77
15th	Walnut Springs ISD	Bosque	−4.0	75	71
16th tied	Fairfield ISD	Freestone	−3.0	82	79
16th tied	McGregor ISD	McLennan	−3.0	80	77
16th tied	Morgan ISD	Bosque	−3.0	73	70
16th tied	Waco ISD	McLennan	−3.0	69	66
20th tied	Corsicana ISD	Navarro	−2.0	75	73
20th tied	Lometa ISD	Lampasas	−2.0	82	80
20th tied	Rice ISD	Navarro	−2.0	89	87
23rd tied	Abbott ISD	Hill	−1.0	95	94
23rd tied	China Spring ISD	McLennan	−1.0	89	88
23rd tied	Lorena ISD	McLennan	−1.0	92	91
23rd tied	Riesel ISD	McLennan	−1.0	90	89
27th tied	Lampasas ISD	Lampasas	±0.0	84	84
27th tied	Midway ISD	McLennan	±0.0	90	90
27th tied	Rogers ISD	Bell	±0.0	81	81
27th tied	Westphalia ISD	Falls	±0.0	92	92
31st tied	Buckholts ISD	Milam	+1.0	74	75
31st tied	Chilton ISD	Falls	+1.0	90	91
31st tied	Dawson ISD	Navarro	+1.0	81	82
31st tied	Kerens ISD	Navarro	+1.0	84	85
31st tied	Mart ISD	McLennan	+1.0	82	83
31st tied	Salado ISD	Bell	+1.0	81	82
31st tied	Teague ISD	Freestone	+1.0	86	87
38th tied	Belton ISD	Bell	+2.0	78	80
38th tied	Goldthwaite ISD	Mills	+2.0	87	89
38th tied	Hico ISD	Hamilton	+2.0	78	80
38th tied	Holland ISD	Bell	+2.0	88	90
38th tied	Hubbard ISD	Hill	+2.0	75	77
38th tied	Mexia ISD	Limestone	+2.0	74	76
38th tied	Troy ISD	Bell	+2.0	81	83
38th tied	Whitney ISD	Hill	+2.0	76	78
38th tied	Wortham ISD	Freestone	+2.0	70	72
47th tied	Academy ISD	Bell	+3.0	80	83
47th tied	Axtell ISD	McLennan	+3.0	83	86
47th tied	Frost ISD	Navarro	+3.0	73	76
47th tied	Gatesville ISD	Coryell	+3.0	75	78
47th tied	Itasca ISD	Hill	+3.0	69	72
52nd tied	Aquilla ISD	Hill	+4.0	85	89
52nd tied	Clifton ISD	Bosque	+4.0	77	81
52nd tied	West ISD	McLennan	+4.0	85	89
55th tied	Crawford ISD	McLennan	+5.0	83	88
55th tied	Evant ISD	Coryell	+5.0	64	69
55th tied	Killeen ISD	Bell	+5.0	74	79
55th tied	Mildred ISD	Navarro	+5.0	81	86
55th tied	Mount Calm ISD	Hill	+5.0	74	79
55th tied	Robinson ISD	McLennan	+5.0	85	90
61st tied	Connally ISD	McLennan	+6.0	63	69
61st tied	Copperas Cove ISD	Coryell	+6.0	79	85
61st tied	Iredell ISD	Bosque	+6.0	87	93
61st tied	Meridian ISD	Bosque	+6.0	65	71
61st tied	Oglesby ISD	Coryell	+6.0	81	87
61st tied	Priddy ISD	Mills	+6.0	85	91
67th tied	Gholson ISD	McLennan	+7.0	82	89
67th tied	Hillsboro ISD	Hill	+7.0	82	89
67th tied	Kopperl ISD	Bosque	+7.0	55	62
67th tied	Rosebud-Lott ISD	Falls	+7.0	76	83
67th tied	Temple ISD	Bell	+7.0	74	81
72nd	Blum ISD	Hill	+8.0	82	90
73rd tied	Cranfills Gap ISD	Bosque	+10.0	78	88
73rd tied	Moody ISD	McLennan	+10.0	78	88
75th	Jonesboro ISD	Coryell	+12.0	67	79
76th	Penelope ISD	Hill	+14.0	78	92

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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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