How Black students are performing in Texas schools

In Texas, 38.8% of Black students meet grade level at the typical school — against 56.8% of White students. Within Houston ISD alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 89 points. This tool helps you find the right one.

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47.6%

All students

38.8%

Black

43.6%

Hispanic

56.8%

White

70.9%

Asian

Share of students meeting meets grade level+ at the typical Texas school. Groups are shown wherever Texas reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

These figures come from TEA TAPR 2024–25, measuring meets grade level+ in All Subjects. Across 547 districts, 6,026 Texas schools report enough results to be included.

At the typical Texas school the picture is black students at 38.8%, hispanic students at 43.6%, white students at 56.8% and asian students at 70.9%. That is a 32.1-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.

What the Texas data shows

Opportunity

Texas campuses earn an A for Black students

An A means 80% or more of Black students meet grade level. Eighty-one campuses clear it — led by Mansfield Frontier STEM Academy at 99.0% and Carnegie Vanguard in Houston ISD at 97.3%. Another 203 reach 70%.

Disparity

89.3 pts

gap between the best and worst campuses for Black students in Houston ISD

Carnegie Vanguard H S reaches 97.3%. H S Ahead Academy, in the same district, sits at 8.0%. Across 200 campuses in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.

Statewide

25.4 pts

separates Black and White students across Texas

37.9% of Black students meet grade level, against 63.3% of White students — measured across 984,999 Black student test results. This is the Meets standard, matching how the other states here are measured.

Where Black students are doing best in Texas

These are the schools where Black students most often meet meets grade level+, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

School	All	Black	Hispanic	White	Asian
Tomball Star AcademyTomball Isd	96.8%	100%	93.4%	97.8%	99.1%
Mansfield Frontier Stem AcademyMansfield Isd	98.2%	99%	95.5%	97.9%	98.8%
South Texas Isd Preparatory AcademySouth Texas Isd Magnet	83.4%	98%	81.3%	87.2%	92.3%
Judge Barefoot Sanders Law MagnetDallas Isd Magnet	94.4%	97.8%	93.1%	98%	96.3%
School Of Science And EngineeringDallas Isd Magnet	99.5%	97.7%	99.5%	100%	100%
Sudie L Williams Talented And Gifted AcademyDallas Isd Magnet	96.7%	97.3%	94.9%	96.8%	99%
Carnegie Vanguard H SHouston Isd Magnet	98.7%	97.3%	98.3%	98.9%	99.4%
School For The Highly GiftedGrand Prairie Isd Charter	96.5%	97.2%	94.5%	98.4%	96.2%
Basis PflugervilleBasis Texas Charter	85.2%	96.4%	62.2%	71.4%	88.3%
Debakey H S For Health ProfHouston Isd Magnet	96.2%	96.3%	93.3%	99%	98.1%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

Where Black students are struggling most

The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.

School	All	Black	Hispanic	White	Asian
Houston ElAustin Isd	15.5%	0%	16.6%	16.7%	—
Int'L Newcomer AcadFort Worth Isd Alt	4.1%	0%	4.9%	4.2%	0%
Stewart ElLubbock Isd	39.2%	0%	42.8%	50%	—
Tafolla MiddleSan Antonio Isd Magnet	14.2%	0%	14.6%	25%	7.1%
Zundelowitz ElWichita Falls Isd	27.6%	2.1%	29.7%	27.1%	—
Widen ElAustin Isd	15.3%	2.4%	17.1%	0%	—
Richard Milburn Academy Fort WorthRichard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) CharterAlt	4.8%	2.4%	6.2%	6.2%	—
Richard Milburn Academy OdessaRichard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) CharterAlt	9.8%	2.6%	9.2%	14.1%	—
Govalle ElAustin Isd	17.8%	2.7%	17.8%	37.5%	—
Garfield ElPasadena Isd	39.9%	3.2%	42.9%	0%	—

One district, two outcomes

In Houston Isd, Carnegie Vanguard H S reports 97.3% of Black students meeting the standard. H S Ahead Academy, in the same district, reports 8%. That is a 89.3-point spread across 200 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.

Texas districts

Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.

Houston Isd — 200 schools, 44% average

Dallas Isd — 175 schools, 42.9% average

Fort Worth Isd — 92 schools, 28.6% average

Cypress-Fairbanks Isd — 89 schools, 44.2% average

Fort Bend Isd — 76 schools, 44.2% average

Northside Isd — 75 schools, 41.1% average

Arlington Isd — 70 schools, 33.3% average

Frisco Isd — 68 schools, 49.9% average

Katy Isd — 68 schools, 51.9% average

Idea Public Schools — 62 schools, 44.8% average

Garland Isd — 61 schools, 41.5% average

Plano Isd — 59 schools, 42.3% average

Conroe Isd — 57 schools, 44.7% average

Austin Isd — 54 schools, 25.9% average

Aldine Isd — 50 schools, 32.8% average

Killeen Isd — 49 schools, 35.3% average

North East Isd — 48 schools, 39% average

Mesquite Isd — 47 schools, 33.7% average

Klein Isd — 47 schools, 44.1% average

Kipp Texas Public Schools — 47 schools, 37.6% average

Lewisville Isd — 45 schools, 37.1% average

Lamar Cisd — 45 schools, 53.6% average

Humble Isd — 44 schools, 35.4% average

Mansfield Isd — 44 schools, 52.1% average

Richardson Isd — 43 schools, 39% average

Uplift Education — 40 schools, 38.2% average

Spring Isd — 40 schools, 30.5% average

International Leadership Of Texas (Iltexas) — 39 schools, 37.8% average

Alief Isd — 39 schools, 38.6% average

Round Rock Isd — 39 schools, 38.3% average

Denton Isd — 38 schools, 34% average

Lubbock Isd — 38 schools, 34.8% average

Pasadena Isd — 37 schools, 32.7% average

Clear Creek Isd — 36 schools, 46.5% average

Amarillo Isd — 34 schools, 34.6% average

Grand Prairie Isd — 32 schools, 39.6% average

Northwest Isd — 32 schools, 42.1% average

Pflugerville Isd — 31 schools, 36.8% average

San Antonio Isd — 30 schools, 27.7% average

Judson Isd — 30 schools, 30% average

How these averages are calculated. The figures above average across Texas schools, giving each school equal weight. They describe the typical school, not the state's tested population, and will differ from the headline figure TEA TAPR 2024–25 publishes — that one weights every student equally, so larger schools count for more. Use the state's own published figure when citing a statewide number.

How to read the school data. TEA suppresses rates when fewer than 5 students in a group were tested. Campuses without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 6,026 Texas campuses have reportable data. This ranking reflects the 2024–25 school year at the Meets Grade Level standard, the bar TEA describes as a high likelihood of success in the next grade. Approaches Grade Level, a lower bar, is not used here. TEA publishes updated TAPR data annually each fall. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Texas's figures should not be compared directly against another state's.