Data Points

Texas Graduation Rates Are Worth Celebrating

Texas public schools are doing better than 92% of the states in the nation in graduation rates, ranking 4th overall! Why is it so...

Texas school districts earn top ratings for fiscal responsibility

The state of Texas admits through its rating system that educators are good stewards of tax dollars!

Texas’s NAEP results show that students in the Lone Star State have shown more progress than most

The 2022 Nation's Report Card is great news for Texas math scores

74% of Texas Public School Campuses Achieve an A or B Rating, Despite COVID-19 Challenges

The TEA 2022 Accountability Ratings show that 74% of Texas Public School campuses received an A or B rating, despite COVID-19 challenges

The 10-year graduation rate shows year-over-year gains, ranking Texas 3rd nationally

According to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the four-year public high school graduation rates in Texas have been trending upward for...

Texans’ Attitudes Toward Public Education Shows Public School Parents Hold Teachers in High Regard

The 2022 Charles Butt Foundation Poll on Texans’ attitudes toward Public Education shows, once again, that public school parents hold...

Texas's Class of 2020 High School Graduation Rate Reaches an All-Time High 90.3%

Out of 384,600 students in the class of 2020, 90.3 percent graduated within four years. An additional 3.9 percent of students in the...

Texas Ranks 2nd in the Nation in the Number of AP Examinees and the Number of AP Examinations Taken

Texas student participation in AP exams has increased 116% over a 10 year period! AP exam scores can earn college credit before setting...

Black 4th-grade Students in Texas Top National Math Scores

Black 4th-graders in Texas ranked 1st in math scores nationwide in 2019, according to the Nation's Report Card. With an average score of...