Ranked list · Region 14: Abilene school districts
Region 14: Abilene school districts with the largest overall score declines since 2021-22
42 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 14: Abilene school districts, of which 42 districts are ranked below.
What this ranking counts
42 districts of 42 districts are ranked here.
Ordered by the largest fall first. A negative figure is a decline.
29 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 21
21 rows, not 20: 5 districts share 17th place, and cutting a tie in half is how a ranked list stops being true. The full list follows.
| Rank | District | County | Rating | Largest gain in overall score | 2021-22 "What If" | 2025-26 | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lueders-Avoca ISD | Jones | D | −13.0 | 82 | 69 | 103 |
| 2nd | Gustine ISD | Comanche | B | −11.0 | 94 | 83 | 166 |
| 3rd | Rotan ISD | Fisher | C | −10.0 | 84 | 74 | 265 |
| 4th tied | Anson ISD | Jones | C | −7.0 | 80 | 73 | 702 |
| 4th tied | Gorman ISD | Eastland | C | −7.0 | 78 | 71 | 210 |
| 6th | Snyder ISD | Scurry | C | −6.0 | 77 | 71 | 2,220 |
| 7th | Roscoe Collegiate ISD | Nolan | F | −5.0 | 62 | 57 | 14,905 |
| 8th | Colorado ISD | Mitchell | C | −4.0 | 81 | 77 | 901 |
| 9th tied | Comanche ISD | Comanche | B | −3.0 | 84 | 81 | 1,327 |
| 9th tied | Eula ISD | Callahan | B | −3.0 | 87 | 84 | 486 |
| 9th tied | Sidney ISD | Comanche | A | −3.0 | 93 | 90 | 115 |
| 12th | Cisco ISD | Eastland | B | −2.0 | 85 | 83 | 861 |
| 13th tied | Haskell CISD | Haskell | B | −1.0 | 84 | 83 | 545 |
| 13th tied | Sweetwater ISD | Nolan | C | −1.0 | 73 | 72 | 1,738 |
| 13th tied | Wylie ISD | Taylor | B | −1.0 | 89 | 88 | 5,617 |
| 16th | Stamford ISD | Jones | B | ±0.0 | 85 | 85 | 546 |
| 17th tied | Baird ISD | Callahan | B | +1.0 | 81 | 82 | 345 |
| 17th tied | Cross Plains ISD | Callahan | B | +1.0 | 85 | 86 | 357 |
| 17th tied | Highland ISD | Nolan | A | +1.0 | 96 | 97 | 211 |
| 17th tied | Paint Creek ISD | Haskell | A | +1.0 | 93 | 94 | 116 |
| 17th tied | Ranger ISD | Eastland | D | +1.0 | 68 | 69 | 262 |
The full list: all 42 districts
| Rank | District | County | Largest gain in overall score | 2021-22 "What If" | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lueders-Avoca ISD | Jones | −13.0 | 82 | 69 |
| 2nd | Gustine ISD | Comanche | −11.0 | 94 | 83 |
| 3rd | Rotan ISD | Fisher | −10.0 | 84 | 74 |
| 4th tied | Anson ISD | Jones | −7.0 | 80 | 73 |
| 4th tied | Gorman ISD | Eastland | −7.0 | 78 | 71 |
| 6th | Snyder ISD | Scurry | −6.0 | 77 | 71 |
| 7th | Roscoe Collegiate ISD | Nolan | −5.0 | 62 | 57 |
| 8th | Colorado ISD | Mitchell | −4.0 | 81 | 77 |
| 9th tied | Comanche ISD | Comanche | −3.0 | 84 | 81 |
| 9th tied | Eula ISD | Callahan | −3.0 | 87 | 84 |
| 9th tied | Sidney ISD | Comanche | −3.0 | 93 | 90 |
| 12th | Cisco ISD | Eastland | −2.0 | 85 | 83 |
| 13th tied | Haskell CISD | Haskell | −1.0 | 84 | 83 |
| 13th tied | Sweetwater ISD | Nolan | −1.0 | 73 | 72 |
| 13th tied | Wylie ISD | Taylor | −1.0 | 89 | 88 |
| 16th | Stamford ISD | Jones | ±0.0 | 85 | 85 |
| 17th tied | Baird ISD | Callahan | +1.0 | 81 | 82 |
| 17th tied | Cross Plains ISD | Callahan | +1.0 | 85 | 86 |
| 17th tied | Highland ISD | Nolan | +1.0 | 96 | 97 |
| 17th tied | Paint Creek ISD | Haskell | +1.0 | 93 | 94 |
| 17th tied | Ranger ISD | Eastland | +1.0 | 68 | 69 |
| 22nd tied | Clyde CISD | Callahan | +2.0 | 84 | 86 |
| 22nd tied | Ira ISD | Scurry | +2.0 | 92 | 94 |
| 22nd tied | Rule ISD | Haskell | +2.0 | 79 | 81 |
| 25th tied | Loraine ISD | Mitchell | +3.0 | 72 | 75 |
| 25th tied | Merkel ISD | Taylor | +3.0 | 74 | 77 |
| 25th tied | Westbrook ISD | Mitchell | +3.0 | 89 | 92 |
| 28th tied | Breckenridge ISD | Stephens | +4.0 | 77 | 81 |
| 28th tied | Eastland ISD | Eastland | +4.0 | 77 | 81 |
| 28th tied | Hamlin Collegiate ISD | Jones | +4.0 | 76 | 80 |
| 31st | Jim Ned CISD | Taylor | +6.0 | 84 | 90 |
| 32nd tied | Abilene ISD | Taylor | +7.0 | 69 | 76 |
| 32nd tied | Blackwell CISD | Nolan | +7.0 | 90 | 97 |
| 32nd tied | Hawley ISD | Jones | +7.0 | 74 | 81 |
| 35th | De Leon ISD | Comanche | +8.0 | 84 | 92 |
| 36th tied | Albany ISD | Shackelford | +12.0 | 77 | 89 |
| 36th tied | Aspermont ISD | Stonewall | +12.0 | 84 | 96 |
| 38th | Hermleigh ISD | Scurry | +13.0 | 73 | 86 |
| 39th | Moran ISD | Shackelford | +14.0 | 62 | 76 |
| 40th tied | Rising Star ISD | Eastland | +15.0 | 67 | 82 |
| 40th tied | Roby CISD | Fisher | +15.0 | 79 | 94 |
| 42nd | Trent ISD | Taylor | +16.0 | 65 | 81 |
The other end, and the other lists
The other end of this list: Region 14: Abilene school districts with the largest overall score gains. 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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