TEA identifies more than 400 Title I Reward Schools

Texas Education Agency (TEA) has identified more than 400 campuses across the state as high-performing and/or high-progress Title I schools for 2014-2015. Title I schools are defined as campuses with a student population of at least 40 percent low-income.

The identification of high-performing and/or high-progress Title I schools is a part of the state’s conditional waiver from the U.S. Department of Education for specific provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001). The identification of high-performing and/or high-progress is based on statewide reading and mathematics assessments under the State Accountability System in the 2013-2014 school year and graduation rates.

"While we talk of the need to close the education achievement gap, the real work in accomplishing that goal is already taking place on these campuses," said Commissioner of Education Michael Williams. "Whether identified as high-performing, high-progress or both, we should be proud of what’s taking place at these schools and what it means for the future of Texas."

A high-performing reward school is identified as a Title I school with distinctions based on reading and math performance, as well as the highest graduation rates at the high school level. For 2014-2015, TEA has identified 192 Texas campuses as high-performing.

School districts and charters with more than one campus identified as high-performing include: Alief ISD (2); Amarillo ISD (2); Austin ISD (4); Brownsville ISD (8); Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (3); Dallas ISD (15); Edinburg CISD (9); El Paso ISD (3); Flatonia (2); Garland ISD (4); Houston ISD (16); IDEA Public Schools (4); KIPP Inc. Charter (3); Lone Oak ISD (2); Los Fresnos CISD (5); McAllen ISD (2); Mumford ISD (2); Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (3); Roma ISD (3); Sharyland ISD (2); Socorro ISD (3); South Texas ISD (2); Valley View ISD (3); and Ysleta ISD (3).

A high-progress reward school is identified as a Title I school in the top 25 percent in annual improvement and/or a school in the top 25 percent of those demonstrating ability to close performance gaps (based on state accountability system safeguards in the 2013-2014 school year). For 2014-2015, TEA has identified 218 Texas campuses as high-progress.

School districts and charters with more than one campus identified as high-progress include: Alief ISD (2); Amarillo ISD (3); Austin ISD (5); Brownsville ISD (9); Bryan ISD (2); Carroll ISD (2); Carrollton-Farmers Branch (6); Copperas Cove ISD (2); Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (2); Dallas ISD (10); Edinburg CISD (11); El Paso ISD (10); Ennis ISD (2); Garland ISD (3); Gruver ISD (2); Houston ISD (8); Los Fresnos ISD (5); IDEA Public Schools (3); KIPP Inc. Charter (2); Lone Oak ISD (2); Los Fresnos CISD (6); Mansfield ISD (2); McAllen ISD (2); Mount Vernon ISD (2); New Braunfels ISD (2); North Lamar ISD (2); Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (2); Port Aransas ISD (2); Rio Grande City CISD (2); Roma ISD (3); Sharyland ISD (3); Socorro ISD (5); United ISD (3); and Valley View ISD (3).

The complete list of 2014-2015 high-progress and high-performing schools (school districts and campus names) may be viewed on the TEA website at

 http://tea.texas.gov/Student_Testing_and_Accountability/Monitoring_and_Interventions/School_Improvement_and_Support/Priority,_Focus,_and_Reward_Schools/