Officials: Accountability ratings reflect solid scores, graduation rates
The Boerne Independent School District received its seventh straight “A” accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency, which released the scores last week.
Larissa Flores, Boerne ISD chief of instructional services, reviewed the grades and scores for the school board Monday. The state’s A-F grades cover the 2025-26 academic year.
“Maintaining excellence is one of our top priorities. As educators, we know that we can never rest on our laurels. There is always, always more we can do,” Superintendent Kristin Craft said Tuesday in a prepared statement.
She added, “I am incredibly proud of our staff for their tireless efforts. Our teaching and learning staff, administrators and every member of our team work as hard as they do for our students. It all boils down to doing whatever we can for every child, every day; it’s especially meaningful to reach these goals together.”
The Boerne ISD grade stems from the average of three general metrics: student achievement, school progress and “closing the gaps.”
With Boerne’s scores of 93, 83 and 90, respectively, the district’s overall grade averaged out to a 92 — an “A” for the seventh straight year.
Student achievement and school progress combined to account for 70 percent of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Achievement, or STAAR, rating total.
Student achievement includes STAAR testing results for all grade levels, plus graduation rate and the district’s college, career and military readiness, or CCMR, score.
The school progress domain includes academic growth and accelerated learning scores, as well as relative performance among economically disadvantaged students on campuses.
“ Across all tests, 89% of our students met the passing standard, 72% performed at the ‘meets grade level’ … and nearly 40% achieved masters (at) the grade level,” Flores told the board. “Overall, the results reflect both meaningful growth and consistency across the district.”
The district’s graduation rate stands solid, at 99.2% in 2025 after 99.4% marks in 2024 and 2023, officials said.
The district’s CCMR involvement has risen from 86% in 2023 to 90% in 2024, 95% in 2025 and 98% in 2026.
In 2023, the administration pegged a 2023-2028 five-year projection of 96% by 2028 – a figure now eclipsed.
“As you can see, we’re very close to reaching our overall goal of 100% CCMR, while continuing to minimize the number of students who do not successfully complete high school,” Flores said.
According to the state figures for BISD, overall STAAR scores rose this year from last, in math, 64 to 65; in reading, 76 to 77; and in science, 69 to 75. The social studies score remained constant at 69.
The “All Tests” score rose to 72% this year, a 2% increase over 2025’s 70%.
Trustee Sarah Faulkenberry spoke of the district’s “pathways” and the culture built within Boerne ISD toward educational success.
“Throughout the summer traveling, I’d run into other kids, from other high schools and ask, ‘OK, where are you going, what’s your pathway?’ And they look at me, ‘What do you mean, pathway’?” Faulkenberry said. “Our kids know how to answer that question. You ask them what their plan is after graduation and they have a plan. It may be big, it may be small. But they have a plan.”
The accountability system was created in 2017 through House Bill 22 and underwent significant changes in 2023.
The full A-F ratings are available at TxSchools.gov.
“It all boils down to doing whatever we can for every child.”
— Kristin Craft, Boerne ISD superintendent
