Ranked list · Region 14: Abilene school districts
Region 14: Abilene school districts with the largest overall score gains 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 rise 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: 3 districts share 19th 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 | Trent ISD | Taylor | B | +16.0 | 65 | 81 | 118 |
| 2nd tied | Rising Star ISD | Eastland | B | +15.0 | 67 | 82 | 160 |
| 2nd tied | Roby CISD | Fisher | A | +15.0 | 79 | 94 | 313 |
| 4th | Moran ISD | Shackelford | C | +14.0 | 62 | 76 | 86 |
| 5th | Hermleigh ISD | Scurry | B | +13.0 | 73 | 86 | 265 |
| 6th tied | Albany ISD | Shackelford | B | +12.0 | 77 | 89 | 449 |
| 6th tied | Aspermont ISD | Stonewall | A | +12.0 | 84 | 96 | 210 |
| 8th | De Leon ISD | Comanche | A | +8.0 | 84 | 92 | 616 |
| 9th tied | Abilene ISD | Taylor | C | +7.0 | 69 | 76 | 14,260 |
| 9th tied | Blackwell CISD | Nolan | A | +7.0 | 90 | 97 | 171 |
| 9th tied | Hawley ISD | Jones | B | +7.0 | 74 | 81 | 773 |
| 12th | Jim Ned CISD | Taylor | A | +6.0 | 84 | 90 | 1,625 |
| 13th tied | Breckenridge ISD | Stephens | B | +4.0 | 77 | 81 | 1,288 |
| 13th tied | Eastland ISD | Eastland | B | +4.0 | 77 | 81 | 939 |
| 13th tied | Hamlin Collegiate ISD | Jones | B | +4.0 | 76 | 80 | 383 |
| 16th tied | Loraine ISD | Mitchell | C | +3.0 | 72 | 75 | 133 |
| 16th tied | Merkel ISD | Taylor | C | +3.0 | 74 | 77 | 1,127 |
| 16th tied | Westbrook ISD | Mitchell | A | +3.0 | 89 | 92 | 217 |
| 19th tied | Clyde CISD | Callahan | B | +2.0 | 84 | 86 | 1,421 |
| 19th tied | Ira ISD | Scurry | A | +2.0 | 92 | 94 | 307 |
| 19th tied | Rule ISD | Haskell | B | +2.0 | 79 | 81 | 143 |
The full list: all 42 districts
| Rank | District | County | Largest gain in overall score | 2021-22 "What If" | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Trent ISD | Taylor | +16.0 | 65 | 81 |
| 2nd tied | Rising Star ISD | Eastland | +15.0 | 67 | 82 |
| 2nd tied | Roby CISD | Fisher | +15.0 | 79 | 94 |
| 4th | Moran ISD | Shackelford | +14.0 | 62 | 76 |
| 5th | Hermleigh ISD | Scurry | +13.0 | 73 | 86 |
| 6th tied | Albany ISD | Shackelford | +12.0 | 77 | 89 |
| 6th tied | Aspermont ISD | Stonewall | +12.0 | 84 | 96 |
| 8th | De Leon ISD | Comanche | +8.0 | 84 | 92 |
| 9th tied | Abilene ISD | Taylor | +7.0 | 69 | 76 |
| 9th tied | Blackwell CISD | Nolan | +7.0 | 90 | 97 |
| 9th tied | Hawley ISD | Jones | +7.0 | 74 | 81 |
| 12th | Jim Ned CISD | Taylor | +6.0 | 84 | 90 |
| 13th tied | Breckenridge ISD | Stephens | +4.0 | 77 | 81 |
| 13th tied | Eastland ISD | Eastland | +4.0 | 77 | 81 |
| 13th tied | Hamlin Collegiate ISD | Jones | +4.0 | 76 | 80 |
| 16th tied | Loraine ISD | Mitchell | +3.0 | 72 | 75 |
| 16th tied | Merkel ISD | Taylor | +3.0 | 74 | 77 |
| 16th tied | Westbrook ISD | Mitchell | +3.0 | 89 | 92 |
| 19th tied | Clyde CISD | Callahan | +2.0 | 84 | 86 |
| 19th tied | Ira ISD | Scurry | +2.0 | 92 | 94 |
| 19th tied | Rule ISD | Haskell | +2.0 | 79 | 81 |
| 22nd tied | Baird ISD | Callahan | +1.0 | 81 | 82 |
| 22nd tied | Cross Plains ISD | Callahan | +1.0 | 85 | 86 |
| 22nd tied | Highland ISD | Nolan | +1.0 | 96 | 97 |
| 22nd tied | Paint Creek ISD | Haskell | +1.0 | 93 | 94 |
| 22nd tied | Ranger ISD | Eastland | +1.0 | 68 | 69 |
| 27th | Stamford ISD | Jones | ±0.0 | 85 | 85 |
| 28th tied | Haskell CISD | Haskell | −1.0 | 84 | 83 |
| 28th tied | Sweetwater ISD | Nolan | −1.0 | 73 | 72 |
| 28th tied | Wylie ISD | Taylor | −1.0 | 89 | 88 |
| 31st | Cisco ISD | Eastland | −2.0 | 85 | 83 |
| 32nd tied | Comanche ISD | Comanche | −3.0 | 84 | 81 |
| 32nd tied | Eula ISD | Callahan | −3.0 | 87 | 84 |
| 32nd tied | Sidney ISD | Comanche | −3.0 | 93 | 90 |
| 35th | Colorado ISD | Mitchell | −4.0 | 81 | 77 |
| 36th | Roscoe Collegiate ISD | Nolan | −5.0 | 62 | 57 |
| 37th | Snyder ISD | Scurry | −6.0 | 77 | 71 |
| 38th tied | Anson ISD | Jones | −7.0 | 80 | 73 |
| 38th tied | Gorman ISD | Eastland | −7.0 | 78 | 71 |
| 40th | Rotan ISD | Fisher | −10.0 | 84 | 74 |
| 41st | Gustine ISD | Comanche | −11.0 | 94 | 83 |
| 42nd | Lueders-Avoca ISD | Jones | −13.0 | 82 | 69 |
The other end, and the other lists
The other end of this list: Region 14: Abilene 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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