COMAL ISD reports gains for emergent bilingual students, flags middle‑ and high‑school gaps
Director Gabby Torres told trustees the district served 1,885 emergent bilingual students (6.2% of enrollment), with 3rd‑grade bilingual students outperforming state peers and gains in Algebra I and Biology EOCs; trustees pressed staff on 87 teacher waivers, certification timelines and plans to strengthen middle/high literacy and math supports.
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Gabby Torres, COMAL ISD’s director of Multilingual Education, presented the district’s annual bilingual and English‑as‑a‑second‑language report at the board workshop, saying 1,885 students — about 6.2% of the district — were identified as emergent bilinguals in 2025–26. "Our dual language and ESL models are focused on both language acquisition and access to grade‑level curriculum," Torres said, and highlighted that COMAL ISD third graders outperformed the state in both reading and math on state assessments.
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