Ranked list · Region 17: Lubbock school districts
Region 17: Lubbock school districts with the largest overall score gains since 2021-22
58 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 17: Lubbock school districts, of which 58 districts are ranked below.
What this ranking counts
58 districts of 58 districts are ranked here.
Ordered by the largest rise first. A negative figure is a decline.
46 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 25
25 rows, not 20: 6 districts share 20th 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 | Dawson ISD | Dawson | B | +30.0 | 51 | 81 | 145 |
| 2nd | Southland ISD | Garza | B | +20.0 | 65 | 85 | 145 |
| 3rd | Springlake-Earth ISD | Lamb | A | +14.0 | 79 | 93 | 221 |
| 4th tied | Olton ISD | Lamb | B | +10.0 | 74 | 84 | 592 |
| 4th tied | Ralls ISD | Crosby | C | +10.0 | 64 | 74 | 318 |
| 6th tied | Cotton Center ISD | Hale | A | +9.0 | 81 | 90 | 97 |
| 6th tied | Littlefield ISD | Lamb | B | +9.0 | 79 | 88 | 1,185 |
| 6th tied | Seagraves ISD | Gaines | B | +9.0 | 72 | 81 | 523 |
| 6th tied | Whiteface CISD | Cochran | B | +9.0 | 79 | 88 | 294 |
| 10th | Sundown ISD | Hockley | A | +8.0 | 85 | 93 | 701 |
| 11th tied | Patton Springs ISD | Dickens | A | +7.0 | 93 | 100 | 22 |
| 11th tied | Roosevelt ISD | Lubbock | B | +7.0 | 76 | 83 | 1,115 |
| 13th | Hale Center ISD | Hale | B | +6.0 | 74 | 80 | 553 |
| 14th tied | Brownfield ISD | Terry | C | +5.0 | 69 | 74 | 1,587 |
| 14th tied | Lubbock ISD | Lubbock | B | +5.0 | 77 | 82 | 23,029 |
| 14th tied | Motley County ISD | Motley | A | +5.0 | 87 | 92 | 188 |
| 17th tied | Borden County ISD | Borden | A | +4.0 | 92 | 96 | 238 |
| 17th tied | Floydada Collegiate ISD | Floyd | B | +4.0 | 82 | 86 | 644 |
| 17th tied | Lorenzo ISD | Crosby | C | +4.0 | 73 | 77 | 175 |
| 20th tied | Abernathy ISD | Hale | B | +3.0 | 86 | 89 | 775 |
| 20th tied | Loop ISD | Gaines | A | +3.0 | 93 | 96 | 143 |
| 20th tied | Morton ISD | Cochran | B | +3.0 | 77 | 80 | 350 |
| 20th tied | New Deal ISD | Lubbock | B | +3.0 | 84 | 87 | 697 |
| 20th tied | Sands CISD | Dawson | A | +3.0 | 91 | 94 | 225 |
| 20th tied | Smyer ISD | Hockley | A | +3.0 | 90 | 93 | 433 |
The full list: all 58 districts
| Rank | District | County | Largest gain in overall score | 2021-22 "What If" | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dawson ISD | Dawson | +30.0 | 51 | 81 |
| 2nd | Southland ISD | Garza | +20.0 | 65 | 85 |
| 3rd | Springlake-Earth ISD | Lamb | +14.0 | 79 | 93 |
| 4th tied | Olton ISD | Lamb | +10.0 | 74 | 84 |
| 4th tied | Ralls ISD | Crosby | +10.0 | 64 | 74 |
| 6th tied | Cotton Center ISD | Hale | +9.0 | 81 | 90 |
| 6th tied | Littlefield ISD | Lamb | +9.0 | 79 | 88 |
| 6th tied | Seagraves ISD | Gaines | +9.0 | 72 | 81 |
| 6th tied | Whiteface CISD | Cochran | +9.0 | 79 | 88 |
| 10th | Sundown ISD | Hockley | +8.0 | 85 | 93 |
| 11th tied | Patton Springs ISD | Dickens | +7.0 | 93 | 100 |
| 11th tied | Roosevelt ISD | Lubbock | +7.0 | 76 | 83 |
| 13th | Hale Center ISD | Hale | +6.0 | 74 | 80 |
| 14th tied | Brownfield ISD | Terry | +5.0 | 69 | 74 |
| 14th tied | Lubbock ISD | Lubbock | +5.0 | 77 | 82 |
| 14th tied | Motley County ISD | Motley | +5.0 | 87 | 92 |
| 17th tied | Borden County ISD | Borden | +4.0 | 92 | 96 |
| 17th tied | Floydada Collegiate ISD | Floyd | +4.0 | 82 | 86 |
| 17th tied | Lorenzo ISD | Crosby | +4.0 | 73 | 77 |
| 20th tied | Abernathy ISD | Hale | +3.0 | 86 | 89 |
| 20th tied | Loop ISD | Gaines | +3.0 | 93 | 96 |
| 20th tied | Morton ISD | Cochran | +3.0 | 77 | 80 |
| 20th tied | New Deal ISD | Lubbock | +3.0 | 84 | 87 |
| 20th tied | Sands CISD | Dawson | +3.0 | 91 | 94 |
| 20th tied | Smyer ISD | Hockley | +3.0 | 90 | 93 |
| 26th | Whitharral ISD | Hockley | +2.0 | 95 | 97 |
| 27th tied | Guthrie CSD | King | +1.0 | 93 | 94 |
| 27th tied | Jayton-Girard ISD | Kent | +1.0 | 95 | 96 |
| 27th tied | Klondike ISD | Dawson | +1.0 | 93 | 94 |
| 27th tied | Lamesa ISD | Dawson | +1.0 | 74 | 75 |
| 27th tied | New Home ISD | Lynn | +1.0 | 91 | 92 |
| 27th tied | Paducah ISD | Cottle | +1.0 | 83 | 84 |
| 27th tied | Tahoka ISD | Lynn | +1.0 | 86 | 87 |
| 27th tied | Wellman-Union CISD | Terry | +1.0 | 91 | 92 |
| 35th tied | O'Donnell ISD | Lynn | ±0.0 | 88 | 88 |
| 35th tied | Sudan ISD | Lamb | ±0.0 | 87 | 87 |
| 37th tied | Idalou ISD | Lubbock | −1.0 | 91 | 90 |
| 37th tied | Levelland ISD | Hockley | −1.0 | 81 | 80 |
| 37th tied | Ropes ISD | Hockley | −1.0 | 94 | 93 |
| 40th tied | Amherst ISD | Lamb | −2.0 | 83 | 81 |
| 40th tied | Crosbyton CISD | Crosby | −2.0 | 78 | 76 |
| 40th tied | Meadow ISD | Terry | −2.0 | 87 | 85 |
| 43rd tied | Lubbock-Cooper ISD | Lubbock | −3.0 | 90 | 87 |
| 43rd tied | Muleshoe ISD | Bailey | −3.0 | 84 | 81 |
| 43rd tied | Petersburg ISD | Hale | −3.0 | 95 | 92 |
| 43rd tied | Plainview ISD | Hale | −3.0 | 79 | 76 |
| 43rd tied | Shallowater ISD | Lubbock | −3.0 | 92 | 89 |
| 43rd tied | Slaton ISD | Lubbock | −3.0 | 77 | 74 |
| 43rd tied | Wilson ISD | Lynn | −3.0 | 78 | 75 |
| 50th | Plains ISD | Yoakum | −4.0 | 81 | 77 |
| 51st | Denver City ISD | Yoakum | −5.0 | 85 | 80 |
| 52nd | Anton ISD | Hockley | −6.0 | 80 | 74 |
| 53rd tied | Frenship ISD | Lubbock | −8.0 | 85 | 77 |
| 53rd tied | Spur ISD | Dickens | −8.0 | 88 | 80 |
| 53rd tied | Texas Tech University K-12 | Lubbock | −8.0 | 93 | 85 |
| 56th | Seminole ISD | Gaines | −9.0 | 84 | 75 |
| 57th | Post ISD | Garza | −10.0 | 79 | 69 |
| 58th | Lockney ISD | Floyd | −13.0 | 79 | 66 |
The other end, and the other lists
The other end of this list: Region 17: Lubbock 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.
Other rankings of Region 17: Lubbock school districts
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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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