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Rockport‑Fulton High School reports big gains in college‑, career‑, and military‑readiness; officials warn accountability lags
Summary
At a June 2 Rockport‑Fulton ISD school board meeting, district and campus leaders reported a rise in the high school's CCMR metric to 93% after local interventions, but said state accountability results will not reflect the improvement for several years.
Rockport‑Fulton ISD officials told the board on June 2 that Rockport‑Fulton High School’s college-, career- and military‑ready (CCMR) rate rose to 93% after an intensive year of interventions and expanded course offerings, up from roughly 37% when the current principal arrived.
The improvement — driven by dual‑credit expansion, targeted test administrations and increased community scholarship support — was presented by Dr. Carter during the meeting’s high school campus report. Dr. Carter said the campus administered 527 TSI/assessment tests this year, with 172 recorded as passing at the time of the report, and that 139 dual‑credit sections were offered this year with 254 courses already selected by students for next year.
School leaders framed the gains as the product of instructional professional development, career and technical education opportunities and outreach to families. Dr. Carter credited the campus’s instructional coach, community partners and teachers for creating new student supports and said teachers embraced targeted strategies intended to raise end‑of‑course (EOC) results. She also reported fewer disciplinary referrals and increased student credentials: 228 industry‑recognized certificates were earned and five teachers received Education Foundation grants for classroom innovation.
The report also noted nearly $300,000 in scholarships distributed during the district’s scholarship night; Dr. Carter said community donors provided about 117 scholarships. She reported a decline of 285 student referrals compared with the prior year and said school organizations logged about 5,756 community service hours.
Superintendent Dr. Austin and Trustee Ken Cruzan both highlighted the campus effort. Dr. Austin cautioned that the Texas accountability system uses lagged data: improvements made this year will not be reflected in the state’s published CCMR accountability until the 2025–26 accountability cycle. "That accountability number lags by a couple of years," she said, and urged the board to consider the timing when reviewing future accountability releases.
Board members and staff invited the public to graduation and emphasized continuing work to increase CCMR to district goals.
For context, presenters described three distinct levers for the improvement: expanded dual‑credit partnerships with Texas A&M University‑Corpus Christi, targeted group testing dates (24 TSI group testing dates), and career/CTE field experiences and industry visits that connected students to credentials and scholarship pathways.
The board’s report was informational; no formal district action was taken on the high school metrics during the meeting.
Looking ahead, Dr. Carter said the campus seeks to sustain dual‑credit access and further lower disciplinary referrals while the district monitors how changes will appear in state accountability data in future cycles.
