TEA Releases School Ratings

TYLER — State preliminary accountability ratings have been released to the public on the Texas Education Agency website. Final ratings are published in the fall after all appeals have been considered. Tyler ISD received a rating of Academically Acceptable (AA) and posted ratings for 2 Exemplary (EX), 4 Recognized (RE), 17 Academically Acceptable, 3 Academically Unacceptable campuses (AU), with 1 of the AU ratings pending appeal. The district has appealed the rating for Dogan Middle School, and based on preliminary conversations with TEA TISD officials say they believe that Dogan’s rating will be elevated to Academically Acceptable in the coming weeks. District officials say the appeal was filed when the district discovered that the state had inaccurately counted a student’s test scores due to a flaw in the state’s accounting system. The other Tyler schools rated as academically unacceptable are the city’s two high schools, John Tyler And Robert E Lee.

Elsewhere in Smith County, Lindale ISD received a district rating of Recognized from the TEA. Four campuses — Lindale High School, Lindale Junior High School, Velma Penny Elementary School and College Street Elementary School — also received ratings of Recognized. E.J. Moss Intermediate School received a rating of Exemplary, the highest rating awarded by the TEA.

Other area schools rated as academically unacceptable:
SMITH COUNTY
Azleway Charter School
Azleway Charter School Willow

GREGG COUNTY
Longview High School
J.L. Everhart Magnet El.
South Ward El.
Ware El.
Pine Tree El.
PineTree Int.

RUSK COUNTY
Overton High School
Overton El.
Carlisle School
West Rusk Middle
West Rusk El.

UPSHUR COUNTY
Gilmer El.